Meantime the Carter center has issued a statement in Atlanta denying the White House asked Carter not to visit the Middle East and not meet with Hamas. "President Carter has the greatest respect for Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and believes her to be a truthful person. However, perhaps inadvertently, she is continuing to make a statement that is not true" the statement said. "No one in the State Department or any other department of the U.S. government ever asked him to refrain from his recent visit to the Middle East or even suggested that he not meet with Syrian President Assad or leaders of Hamas."
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