Last week, Mr.Netanyahu offered to halt Israeli settlement construction in exchange for normalization with Arab states.

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But in an exchange with Senator Russ Feingold, a Wisconsin Democrat, Holbrooke acknowledged the additional troops could drive Taliban and al Qaida fighters further into Pakistan.

VOA: standard.2009.05.12

Labor supports dismantling settlements in exchange for peace with the Palestinians;

VOA: standard.2009.12.21

They argued that more than $12 billion was spent on Pakistan during the previous Bush administration with little to show for it - a point underscored by Senator Robert Menendez, a New Jersey Democrat, in this exchange with Ambassador Holbrooke.

VOA: standard.2009.05.12