"The President has sent some letters, yes."

THE WHITE HOUSE
Office of the Press Secretary
____________________________________________________________________________
For Immediate Release
July 27, 2009

PRESS BRIEFING BY
PRESS SECRETARY ROBERT GIBBS
James S. Brady Press Briefing Room
1:37 P.M. EDT
www.whitehouse.gov/the_press_office/Briefing-by-White-House-Press-Secretary-Robert-Gibbs-7-27-09/


Q Thank you, Robert. The President is sending Secretary Gates and George Mitchell to the Middle East. Can you confirm that he also wrote letters to a series of heads of state in the Arab countries, to push them for confidence-building measures towards Israel?

MR. GIBBS: Well, we have -- I think the President mentioned -- alluded to
some of this in the speech that he made in Cairo. The President has called
on all sides to take steps to create a climate for the resumption and the
conclusion of negotiations towards a two-state solution. So I don't think
this is anything extraordinary.

Q But he did send those letters to --

MR. GIBBS: The President has sent some letters, yes.

(The "Press Corp" gets paid for this? To whom? When? What was the content or main points? Great job!)
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