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PICTURES: Obama Delivers Key Speech on Middle East

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Updated: May 19, 2011 | 2:35 p.m.
May 19, 2011 | 2:19 p.m.

WASHINGTON, DC - MAY 19: U.S. President Barack Obama speaks at the State Department on May 19, 2011 in Washington, DC. President Obama spoke about U.S. policy regarding the Middle East and North Africa. (Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images) (Mark Wilson/Getty Images)

President Obama's speech on the Middle East Thursday was much anticipated: The White House had promised that the president would break new ground. Though much of the messaging in the speech was not entirely new, the president did call for a return to the 1967 borders for Israel and Palestine.

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