WOLF BLITZER, CNN ANCHOR: Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, meanwhile, has also been placing calls to leaders around the world. CNN State Department correspondent Andrea Koppel is over at the State Department and she joins us now with more -- Andrea.</s>ANDREA KOPPEL, CNN STATE DEPARTMENT CORRESPONDENT: Wolf, this has been a day of intense and constant diplomatic overtures by the president, by the secretary of state, and with their Middle East peace team working hard behind the scenes. While the president spoke directly with the leaders themselves, Secretary Albright reached out to other regional leaders, those believed to have significant sway, significant influence, among the Hezbollah guerrillas, those holding those three Israeli soldiers in Lebanon. Secretary Albright spoke with the Syrian foreign minister. She also spoke with the Lebanese president. In addition, Secretary Albright, in the hopes of reaching the Iranian government, because the U.S. does not have diplomatic relations with Iran, she called the French and Spanish foreign ministers, hoping that they would be able to use their influence with Iran, which is known to be one of the main financial backers of Hezbollah. Clearly, Wolf, this is day in which we saw the conflict which had been confined to the Israelis and Palestinians quickly spread to Israel's northern border with Lebanon, pitting again the Israelis against their Arab neighbors -- Wolf.</s>BLITZER: Andrea Koppel at the State Department, and thank you.
Albright Implores Leaders to Curb Middle East Violence