[AP] Terence Hunt and Anne Gearan - Secretary of State Rice said Tuesday that the U.S. wants Arab nations to do more to reach out to Israel, as a way to do their part to nudge a Mideast peace accord into being. Rice spoke from Saudi Arabia, at the side of its foreign minister, Prince Saud. "We have believed that it will be important for the regional states, the Arab states, to do everything possible to encourage the process and that, yes, there should be efforts to reach out to the Israelis as this process goes forward," she said.
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