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Source: http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1591977,00.html
Rice Accuses Abbas of "Retreating from Previous Commitments"
[TIME] Tim McGirk - According to a close aide to Mahmoud Abbas, Rice accused the PA leader of "retreating from previous commitments" by agreeing to share power with the militant Islamic group Hamas. "And what were these commitments?" asked Abbas. "To dissolve the [previous Hamas] government and call early elections," Rice said frostily. Rice went on to say that Abbas' agreement to share power with Hamas was "unacceptable to the U.S. or Israel."