"I do not think we are there yet,". "I would hope that we would be in a position to recognize a Palestinian state, but there has to be one first.

VOA: standard.2009.11.17

But if the Tehran government chooses not to engage on the nuclear issue, that would put the United States in a stronger position to seek "other ways" of applying pressure on Iran.

VOA: standard.2009.09.11

"It sure looks like the way they are suppressing speech, the way they are suppressing crowds, they way in which people are being treated that there is some real doubt about I do not think we are in a position to say,".

VOA: standard.2009.06.14

So I think that is somewhat premature. We have said previously if you go back to what the European Union has said that we would be in a position to recognize a Palestinian state, but the conditions are not there as of yet."

VOA: standard.2009.11.17