From the president-elect's point of view, the closeness of the election signals to the nation, and to the people in Washington, that we really do need to work together on the people's behalf. |
From the president's point-of-view, it simply remains too important an issue for Congress not to get the job done and complete. The president believes that there are too many in America who are unemployed, and too many people who risk being unemployed if Congress doesn't take action. |
give a boost to the economy. |
gives all parties an opportunity to seize the opportunity to emerge from the violence, to end the violence. |
Gone are the days when this daily session was a serious affair, with mostly serious questions asked and mostly serious answers given. Instead, the public is now treated to a spectacle in which the media do their best to pressure the White House, regardless of which party is in power, into admitting that much of what the president is doing is wrong, and the White House pushes back. |
has made clear ... to Chairman Arafat that when they arrest people, they need to keep them detained. |
has neither asked for nor sought a pardon, and we take him at his word. |
He [Carter] said some things that the Cuban people have not heard before about their rights, about freedom in Cuba, and that's helpful and positive, |
He apologized again, and rightly so. I reiterate the president does not think he needs to resign. |
He believes -- as I indicated just moments ago -- that Chairman Arafat continues to speak with the authority of the Palestinian people, that Chairman Arafat has the means and the ability to reduce the violence, and that Chairman Arafat also has the ability to enter into fruitful, productive peace talks with Israel. |
He believes that this money will help them do a better job, have more resources to cure and fight diseases, including cancer and Parkinson's, up and down the line. |
He believes the Palestinian people, given a fair choice, want a future of freedom. |
He definitely thinks there is a role for government to play. |
He expects to receive the report sometime today, and he will review the report once he receives it. |
He goes as an optimist. He goes as somebody who sees so much that we and Europe have done together to help protect the world, and so much that we have in common. |