In a speech at an international forum attended by senior government officials from the Mideast, North Africa and several major industrialized countries, Clinton struck a serious, cautious tone as she raised the matter of pursuing a comprehensive peace deal.

“I know this is a matter that is of grave and pervasive concern among the countries represented here, but even far beyond this region,” she said. “We are committed to a two-state solution,” she added, referring to the long-running U.S.-brokered effort to establish separate Israeli and Palestinian states. “And we are determined and persistent in the pursuit of