U.S. President Barack Obama dispatched Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton to the Middle East on Tuesday. Hillary Clinton hastily departed for the region from Cambodia, where she had joined Obama for summit meetings with Asian leaders. The White House said she would make three stops, meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Al-Quds (Jerusalem), Palestinian officials in Ramallah and Egyptian leaders in Cairo. Hillary Clinton's trip marks the Obama administration's most forceful engagement in the weeklong conflict that has killed more than 100 Palestinians and three Israelis, with hundreds more wounded, according to a report of the Associated Press.
