Clinton seeks to limit fall-out over Mid-East comments
From: news.bbc.co.uk
Hillary Clinton was planning to be home by now after a week-long trip, but instead she took a detour through Egypt for talks with top officials including President Hosni Mubarak, looking for help from a country that is key to any progress in the Middle East peace process.
In her discussions she is expected to try to undo some of the damage done by her comments in the past few days while also looking for ways to keep some semblance of movement in the moribund Middle East peace process.
"There's value in having the process. Without it, things could go from bad to worse," said PJ Crowley, a spokesperson for Mrs Clinton, who's travelling with her.
"We recognise that things have stalled. We're looking at a variety of ways that increase the interaction between the parties in some form."
