U.S. Envoy Tackles Israel-PA Security

WASHINGTON [MENL] -- President Barack Obama's new security envoy has been
tackling security obstacles to the establishment of a Palestinian state.
Officials said John Allen, the former U.S. commander in Afghanistan, has
been supporting the shuttle by Secretary of State John Kerry between Israel
and the PA. They said Allen, a retired Marine Corps general, was working
mostly with Israel to formulate security arrangements that would facilitate
a Palestinian state as early as 2014.