 Rice told an audience of 500, “I believe that there could be no greater legacy for America than to help to bring into being a Palestinian state for a people who have suffered too long, who have been humiliated too long, who have not reached their potential for too long, and who have so much to give to the international community and to all of us.I promise you my personal commitment to that goal.“

The 2007 gala featured Undersecretary of State Nicholas Burns, the highest-ranking Foreign Service office at the State Department, as keynote speaker and also remarks by Mr.Walter Isaacson, chairman and CEO of the Aspen Institute.On October 12, 2008 ATFP's Third annual gala was addressed by Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad.