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THE WHITE HOUSE

                       Office of the Press Secretary
                             (Okinawa, Japan)
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For Immediate Release                                      July 21, 2000

                         REMARKS BY THE PRESIDENT
                         IN PHOTO OPPORTUNITY WITH
                    PRESIDENT VLADIMIR PUTIN OF RUSSIA

                           Busena Terrace Hotel
                              Okinawa, Japan

6:20 P.M. (L)

Q Mr. President, are you more optimistic today about the prospects for a Middle East peace settlement?

THE PRESIDENT: All I can tell you is that they're still talking; and consistent with our rules, I'm still not talking. (Laughter.) But I'm hopeful --

Q Mr. President, are the two of you going to be talking about missile defense here today?

THE PRESIDENT: I'm sure we will. We talked about it last month in Moscow, and I'm sure we'll talk about it.

END 6:21 P.M. (L)