... prolonged violence is only going to endanger civilians. |
[But the amendment threatened the overall budget deal, and was opposed by the White House.] As a free-standing matter, I think this president's sympathies are pretty clear around the thrust of the legislation, ... The problem is, the amendment doesn't stand freely. It stands encumbering the balanced budget agreement that we also fought very hard for. The president is not about to see all that hard work go down the drain. |
[Chung] often sort of hung around the anteroom of the first lady's office, ... to portray himself as someone who had greater influence than the facts would allow. |
[Nowhere was the feeling of bewilderment and betrayal stronger than among Clinton's political allies -- from cabinet members to White House aides -- who had put their careers on the line for him. Yet there were no immediate apologies to staff members; these would come only two days later, after Clinton read in the New York Times that he had supposedly called in several key staff members and begged their forgiveness.] It was hard to imagine how he could do this to us, ... and how he could be so incredibly reckless . . . |
[The White House denies any connection.] This was one of the very key legislative fights that happened last year, ... There were enormous fights back and forth over provisions of this bill. To suggest that this somehow had something to do with this work that Huang was doing on outreach to the Asian community is laughable on its face. |
[While Hatch blames the loss on last-minute opposition whipped up by President Bill Clinton, the White House differs.] What really cost Senator Hatch, ... was the leader and his party indicating that this was a deal-breaker and he would pull the budget resolution down if the Kennedy-Hatch amendment passed. |
a bare fraction of major breathtaking drops in the past. |
A great deal of care goes into the security of these aircraft, ... There's always risks involved in air travel. We believe it's a very minimal risk. |
A lot of people are going to speculate going into this weekend about events on Monday, ... And you don't know what the questions are. We don't know what the questions are. You don't know what the answers are. We don't know what the answers are the president will give, what the president decides to say or decides not to say. |
and our hope is that if good faith prevails that there will be an agreement as this process goes forward. |
and there will be several things that I think the president will address tomorrow. |
another indicator that tobacco companies will be held accountable, and another reason why there should be federal legislation to pursue these issues on behalf of all Americans. |
As a general premise, we take the view that the government should not step in and resolve labor management disputes -- that they are to be resolved by the parties, through collective bargaining, |
At the end, the important thing is you strip away all the negativity from the debate ... and you really get to look into the heart and soul of the candidates and say who really is going to get us to where we need to be as a nation and where are we going to be in the world at the end of the next four years after this president serves. |
bad table manners is grounds for impeachment. |