[IMRA: It should be noted that the road map calls for:
"GOI immediately dismantles settlement outposts erected since March 2001."
www.knesset.gov.il/process/docs/roadmap_eng.htm ]
Press Briefing by Scott McClellan
James S. Brady Press Briefing Room
www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2005/03/20050315-5.html
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Q Scott, an apology if this has been covered already, but one of the
President's comments today with the King of Jordan has made a bit of a
splash in Israel. It's a comment, "Israel must withdraw from the
settlements," not specifying which ones and where. Did the President really
mean all settlements?
MR. McCLELLAN: I thank you for bringing that up. What the President was
referring to was the withdrawal plan that is being pursued by Prime Minister
Sharon, as well as the unauthorized outpost, which the road map calls for
Israel to remove. So that's what he was referring to, what our position is.
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