The family made the absolutely absurd argument that somehow the photos that were released Saturday were doctored, that it wasn't really the boy, |
The idea that we didn't get along is ridiculous, |
The most important piece of information here is all of this could have been avoided, ... None of this had to happen. This happened because the family did not respect the legal process here that dictated that the father should be reunited with the young boy. |
The only thing I'll say is that the attorney general made her decision based on the facts, the evidence and the law. |
The parties know what they need to do, and we felt that staying an extra day gave us a better chance of getting there, |
the prerogative of the Senate to set the rules, and we will wait until the time that they have designated to deal with any motions we might file. |
The president and the first lady, over the last seven and a half years, have always welcomed their friends and supporters and political officials from around the country, (and) prominent members of the arts community, to stay at the White House. Within that group, there certainly have been people who, as their friends, have supported them financially. |
The president believes this is a year to make progress, and doesn't believe we can afford to take the year off. |
The president expects all those who accept the conditional clemency grant to abide fully by its terms, including refraining from the use or advocacy of the use of violence for any purpose and obeying all the statutory conditions of parole, |
The president felt it was important to come back. He was not really comfortable being out three days. |
The president fully recognizes this disrupts lives. But this is what reservists train for. This is what their mission is. From time to time, they are called. |
The president has been very deeply involved in this. He's talked to the leaders dozens of times and believes strongly that we are at a historic point where we have an opportunity for peace. |
The president is pleased that Senator Howard Baker and Congressman Lee Hamilton have agreed to conduct a review regarding missing data at Los Alamos, ... He expects their efforts to be thorough, expeditious and conducted in a manner that does not interfere with the FBI's investigation of this very serious matter. |
The president just made the point to both of them (Adams and Trimble) that they need to stay at this and work out their differences ... |
The president thought this was the right time to bring both leaders to Washington to try to move the peace process forward. |