The contentious issue split the European Union which attempted to table a compromise proposal.

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It simply requires someone to put a proposal on the table.

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White House officials have made clear that Mr. Obama won't arrive with a new peace proposal in hand or seek to coax longtime foes to a negotiating table.

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But I'll say this, Chip, I think -- again, I want to stress that the effectiveness of Thursday will be predicated upon the willingness of those involved, Democrat and Republican, President and Republican member of Congress, to look at, fairly evaluate the ideas that each bring to that table, and if there's commonality, figure out a way to get that into the proposal.

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On that occasion, the proposal on the table was to upgrade the Meteosats - a project costing slightly more than 3bn euros.

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But it rejected a levy earlier this week, before EU pressure brought the proposal back to the table.

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Iran suggested last week that one proposal may be a reduction in the amount of uranium it enriches to 20%, but it was unclear Friday if such a proposal was still on the table.

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It says this proposal is one way of getting the US and Russia back to the negotiating table and getting a process for first bilateral and then multilateral disarmament back on track.

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