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IRELAND PEACE DEAL WELCOMED\n\u003c/h1\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='rp-actions'\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='mr-1'\u003e\n\u003ca class=\"btn btn-success\" data-posthog-event=\"Signup: LP Signup Activity\" data-posthog-location=\"body_link_boclips\" data-remote=\"true\" href=\"/subscription/new\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan\u003eGet Free Access\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003e for 10 Days\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e!\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='rp-body'\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='rp-info'\u003e\n\u003cdiv aria-label='Hide resource details' class='rp-hide-info' role='button' tabindex='0'\u003e\u0026times;\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003ci aria-label='Expand resource details' class='rp-expand-info fai fa-solid fa-up-right-and-down-left-from-center' role='button' tabindex='0'\u003e\u003c/i\u003e\n\u003ci aria-label='Compress resource details' class='rp-compress-info fai fa-solid fa-down-left-and-up-right-to-center' role='button' tabindex='0'\u003e\u003c/i\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='rp-rating'\u003e\n\u003cspan class='resource-pool'\u003e\n\u003cspan class='pool-label'\u003ePublisher:\u003c/span\u003e\n\u003cspan class='pool-name'\u003e\n\u003cspan class='text'\u003e\u003ca data-publisher-id=\"30356011\" href=\"/search?publisher_ids%5B%5D=30356011\"\u003eCurated Video\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\n\u003c/span\u003e\n\u003c/span\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='rp-description'\u003e\n\u003cspan class='short-description'\u003eEnglish/NatNews of the Northern Ireland peace deal has been welcomed in the U-S.Congressman Peter King said the opportunity for peace would not have been possible without the involvement of the United States.U-S Congressman Peter King...\u003c/span\u003e\n\u003cspan class='full-description hide'\u003eEnglish/Nat\u003cbr/\u003eNews of the Northern Ireland peace deal has been welcomed in the U-S.\u003cbr/\u003eCongressman Peter King said the opportunity for peace would not have been possible without the involvement of the United States.\u003cbr/\u003eU-S Congressman Peter King said such an historic agreement would allow the parties to address outstanding issues.\u003cbr/\u003eSOUNDBITE: (English)\u003cbr/\u003e\"Really it's hard for me to put it into words how historic this really is, that after so many years of suffering, so many years of fighting, to see the parties coming together is extremely significant.  Now having said that there are so many problems that have not been resolved, as far as releasing prisoners, as far as totally restructuring the police force in Northern Ireland, so those are all major issues that still have to be addressed, but what we have now is we have a process which will allow them to be addressed.\"\u003cbr/\u003eSUPER CAPTION: Congressman Peter King\u003cbr/\u003eHe said the deal would not have been possible without the involvement of the United States, whose involvement put Northern Ireland's troubles on the world stage.\u003cbr/\u003eSOUNDBITE: (English)\u003cbr/\u003e\"As a Republican I can say that if President Clinton had not gotten involved in the Irish issue there would have been no I-R-A ceasefire, there would have been no peace process, no agreement today.  His getting involved made this an international issue and it allowed all the parties to move off their previous positions.\"\u003cbr/\u003eSUPER CAPTION: Congressman Peter King\u003cbr/\u003eCongressman King added that the assurance of continued U-S involvement meant an increased likelihood of a lasting settlement.\u003cbr/\u003eSOUNDBITE: (English)\u003cbr/\u003e\"And what's going to be important on that is for the United States to make it clear that it's going to continue to be involved because that is what Gerry Adams (Sinn Fein President) - that's his main card in all of this.  That he can go to his people, he can also go to the I-R-A (Irish Republican Army) and say that the President of the United States is going to stay involved in this issue. We will no longer be at the mercy of the British.  So, President Clinton has given that reassurance to Gerry Adams that he will stay involved, and because of that I am confident that at next week's convention Sinn Fein will officially approve this agreement.\"\u003cbr/\u003eSUPER CAPTION: Congressman Peter King\u003cbr/\u003eSinn Fein is the political wing of the Irish Republican Army (I-R-A), a paramilitary group opposed to British rule in Northern Ireland.\u003cbr/\u003eThe party's leader Gerry Adams has made several visits to the United States to rally moral and financial support for his party's cause.\u003cbr/\u003eThe U-S has a large Irish population, and Adams has found strong support from Irish Americans on his visits.\u003cbr/\u003eAccompanied by his chief negotiator Martin McGuinness, Adams has also worked Washington's corridors of power, pressing the cause for a united Ireland.\u003cbr/\u003eMartin Galvin of NORAID (Irish Northern Aid) agreed that President Clinton's involvement in the peace process could lead to both parties being treated on an equal footing.\u003cbr/\u003eHe said Clinton should use his influence to exert pressure on Britain's premier Tony Blair to put an end to British rule.\u003cbr/\u003eSOUNDBITE: (English)\u003cbr/\u003e\"President Clinton has real influence with Tony Blair.  What I would like to see him do is to push Tony Blair and say 'the time has now come - we can't have a denial of Irish national sovereignty, British rule in the north of Ireland based on troops on one hand in denial of civil rights and, equal treatment to the other part of the population.  You've got to act as a head of a sovereign government, you've got to do away loyalists' veto, you have to move and ensure that there will be definite and inevitable progress towards a united Ireland - towards Britain leaving Ireland.'\"\u003cbr/\u003eSUPER CAPTION: Martin Galvin, NORAID\u003cbr/\u003eThe goal of the talks is a compromise in which Protestants and Catholics would govern Northern Ireland together, and cooperate formally with the Irish Republic in a north-south council of lawmakers.\u003cbr/\u003eThe cross-border institution is essential to win support from the north's Catholics, who oppose Northern Ireland's creation as a Protestant-majority state 77 years ago.\u003cbr/\u003eCritically, Sinn Fein has said the cross-border aspect of the emerging deal satisfied them.\u003cbr/\u003eBut not all Catholics are prepared to compromise.\u003cbr/\u003eSOUNDBITE: (English)\u003cbr/\u003e\"The only agreement that I believe that I and my friends and my comrades will actually agree to is a 32-county united Ireland.  Anything other than that, no.\"\u003cbr/\u003eSUPER CAPTION: Colm Hughes, Irish Republican\u003cbr/\u003eAt the root of the dispute - indeed, the entire Northern Ireland conflict - is each community's fear of being made subservient to the other.\u003cbr/\u003eThe north's growing Catholic minority is determined that any settlement must ensure that Protestants can't out-vote them within Northern Ireland, or pull the plug on the cross-border aspect of a settlement.\u003cbr/\u003eWashington DC and New York City, New York - USA - April 9-10, 1998 and File\u003cbr/\u003eWashington DC - April 10, 1998\u003cbr/\u003e1. Set up shot Congressman Peter King\u003cbr/\u003e2. SOUNDBITE: (English) Congressman Peter King\u003cbr/\u003e3. Cutaway\u003cbr/\u003e4. SOUNDBITE: (English) Congressman Peter King\u003cbr/\u003e5. Cutaway\u003cbr/\u003e6. SOUNDBITE: (English) Congressman Peter King\u003cbr/\u003eFile - Washington DC - September 1997\u003cbr/\u003e7. Sinn Fein President Gerry Adams arriving at Irish American reception\u003cbr/\u003e8. Wide of people applauding at reception\u003cbr/\u003e9. Crowd applauding\u003cbr/\u003e10. Adams and Sinn Fein negotiator Martin McGuinness walking with members of Congress\u003cbr/\u003e11. Mid shot meeting\u003cbr/\u003eNew York City - April 9, 1998\u003cbr/\u003e12. Martin Galvin and unidentified man walking (night shot)\u003cbr/\u003e13. SOUNDBITE: (English) Martin Galvin, NORAID\u003cbr/\u003e14. Colm Hughes and friends at Quay's Place pub in NYC\u003cbr/\u003e15. SOUNDBITE: (English) Colm Hughes, Irish Republican\u003cbr/\u003e16. 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