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George Shultz wasn't 'afraid to struggle against the odds'

by Matthew Lee
| February 7, 2021 1:12 PM

WASHINGTON (AP) — Time was running out when Secretary of State George P. Shultz returned home in April 1988 after flying 16,000 miles in a failed mission to persuade Arabs and Israelis to negotiate their differences. Shultz said he would keep trying.

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