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WASHINGTON — Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri told President Barack Obama on Monday that the “clock is ticking” on Mideast peace.

On his first official White House visit as premier, Hariri said he told Obama that Lebanon is hopeful about his efforts to secure a lasting peace between the Palestinians and Israelis. The sides have begun indirect peace talks.

But he said he told Obama about a “pervasive frustration and skepticism” in the Muslim world regarding the issue and that the “clock is ticking . . . against all those who believe in a just peace.”

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