Cheney in Mideast: Palestinian state 'long overdue'

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• Cheney assures Palestinian President Abbas U.S. committed to Palestinian state
  
• Dick Cheney: "Achieving that ... will require painful concessions on both sides"
  
• Abbas wants help stopping Israeli settlement expansion, attacks targeting militants
  
• White House wants Israel-Palestinian peace deal before Bush leaves office
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