[On sensitive stories, Whitaker said, journalists often have to rely on whether officials] deny them or how vehemently they deny them. ... troubling if that's the standard they used. |
[On the September 28 broadcast of his nationally syndicated radio program, Bill Bennett remarked that] you could abort every black baby in this country, and your crime rate would go down. That would be an impossible, ridiculous, and morally reprehensible thing to do, but your crime rate would go down. ... not appropriate. |
[On Thursday, McClellan said the president would be] furious ... He made his feelings known, but I think even more importantly baseball fans all across the country made their feelings known and he was one of those baseball fans. |
[President Bush had been briefed on the situation, which is] a high priority for our government, ... The risk to the public from these samples is low. . . . Nevertheless, we do not want to take any chances. |
[The White House, stung by criticism that it had not responded quickly enough to Katrina, promised to stay on top of the situation.] We are closely monitoring what is an extremely dangerous storm, ... People should take this hurricane very seriously. |
[When a reporter suggested that] these are obviously difficult days for Republicans, ... Not for Judge Roberts. |
[While not officially announcing a recess appointment yesterday, White House press secretary Scott McClellan left little doubt at his briefing that Bush would make such a move, noting that Bolton was needed to push through changes at the world body.] It's a critical time to be moving forward on this, ... The United Nations will be having their General Assembly meeting in September, and it's important that we get our permanent representative in place. |
[White House press secretary Scott McClellan refused to discuss the possibility of a Libby pardon.] There is a legal proceeding that is going on relating to that individual, ... Under our system there is a presumption of innocence. And we're not going to comment on it while it is continuing. And I'm certainly not going to speculate about it as well. |
[White House press secretary Scott McClellan said Bush still considers DeLay a friend and effective leader in Congress.] Congressman DeLay is a good ally, a leader who we have worked closely with to get things done for the American people, ... I think the president's view is that we need to let the legal process work. |
[Without specifically criticizing the possible] disengagement procedure, ... We would oppose any unilateral steps that block the road toward negotiations under the road map that lead to the two-state vision. |
2006 will be a time of more testing and sacrifice. The terrorists and Saddam loyalists want to continue to try to derail the transition to democracy. |
a broad international agenda that recognizes the connection between freedom, democracy, trade and development, and security. |
A decision on this constitutional referendum represents an important step in the democratic process in the Democratic Republic of Congo. |
A free and prosperous Iraq will be a major blow to the terrorists and their desire to establish a safe haven in Iraq where they can plan and plot attacks. |
a good ally, a leader. |