Given the task definition, example input & output, solve the new input case.
Given a text, write a compressed version of it in a single sentence.
Example: Except for this small vocal minority, we have just not gotten a lot of groundswell against this from members, " says APA president Philip G. Zimbardo of Stanford University.
Output: "Except for this small vocal minority, we have not gotten a lot of groundswell against this," says APA president Zimbardo.
Both texts convey the same meaning that they have not gotten much groundswell against this except for small minority.

New input case for you: He did not speak to reporters in Jordan, but he told The Associated Press before leaving the United States that he hopes to " separate the humanitarian work from the political issues. "
Output:
He told The Associated Press that he hopes "to separate humanitarian work and political issues."