Stock Photo - Special Envoy to the Middle East George Mitchell arrives prior to United States President Barack Obama and Middle Eastern leaders making statements in the East Room of the White House following their bi-lateral meetings in Washington, D.C. on Wednesday, September 1, 2010. The statements are in advance of the opening of the first direct talks in two years between Israel and the Palestinian Authority scheduled to begin at the State Department in Washington, D.C. tomorrow. From left to right: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel, President Hosni Mubarak of Egypt, President Mahmoud Abbas of the Palestinian Authority, and King Abdullah II of Jordan..Credit: Ron Sachs / Pool via CNPUnited States President Barack Obama and Middle Eastern leaders make statements in the East Room of the White House following their bi-lateral meetings in Washington, D.C. on Wednesday, September 1, 2010. The statements are in advance of the opening of the first direct talks in two years between Israel and the Palestinian Authority scheduled to begin at the State Department in Washington, D.C. tomorrow. From left to right: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel, President Hosni Mubarak of Egypt, President Mahmoud Abbas of the Palestinian Authority, and King Abdullah II of Jordan..Credit: Ron Sachs / Pool via CNP.(RESTRICTION: NO New York or New Jersey Newspapers or newspapers within a 75 mile radius of New York City) | usage worldwide. - Washington/District of Columbia/United States of America