He is helping to lead our troops as they meet an awesome responsibility to protect us and to bring freedom to others. He's also transforming the military. And any time you do that, there are controversies. |
He'd like to see Saddam come clean and disarm, bring those weapons of mass destruction to a parking lot and allow them to be destroyed, ... He'd like to see a regime change in Iraq, so the Iraqi people can live in freedom and have more liberties -- and Saddam Hussein can still do that. The burden is on Saddam Hussein. |
He's still working... still considering lots of options. |
I do not see my job as being anything other than a staffer responsible for the staff, ... It's my job to facilitate the president's ability to get the best out of his staff. |
I encourage you to understand that we have a broader responsibility in thinking about the war in terror as just denying an attack today or winning a battle in Afghanistan or a challenge in Iraq. It's really [about] changing the nature of that part of the world, |
I expect that whoever is named commissioner, either acting or confirmed, will know that it's not possible to give the FDA the kind of strong new leadership that is needed to reinvigorate the agency on a part-time basis. |
I know that the Iranian people are looking with great excitement to see what happens in Iraq because the Iranian people love democracy, ... And they certainly would love to have a chance to have a democracy that wasn't run by a theocracy. And I think that they would like to have a government of, by, and for their people. |
I think we're probably looking at the week of June 5th, ... He'll probably want to sign it when Congress is back in Washington. |
If we don't find that happening, all of the progress expected under the trade agreement could disappear. So an excessively weak yen would jeopardize success under the auto agreement. |
if we have to go to war, we will. |
It appears that there was a test of a short-range missile by the North Koreans, and it landed in the Sea of Japan. |
It reminds people of the mission at hand. |
It will be very difficult for us to have a post-convention bump, ... Al Gore, on the other hand, will probably get a big bump because his base is fractured and he'll go to Los Angeles and their base will come together. |
It would be wrong for me to speculate on what the Defense Department feels is in the best interests of the national security of this country and the security of the region, |
It's a different kind of convention, because we have a different kind of candidate running for president. |