hopeful, but ... realistic. |
Hopefully, Saddam Hussein will get the message that the world community, through the United Nations, has called on [him] to disarm. And as the president said, he will either disarm or the United States will lead a coalition to disarm him. |
How could you fail to take action? How could you leave him in power? Could you just hope your information was wrong? |
I can assure you that if any of these meetings are set up, we hope the members of Congress will show up. There's often an issue where people go up to the Hill to brief, and very few members of Congress even show up. |
I do think for both parties - and it has happened for Republicans now - there is a risk of majority fatigue where you run out of new ideas. |
I don't think that either nation wants to have a repeat of an incident like this, and that means flying differently. |
I don't think that the people who are professionals, who make it their business to go in and prepare the White House for new arrivals, would cut wires. |
I don't think this is the typical case, |
I haven't heard anybody put a hard timetable on it like that. I think you've seen an acceleration in the pace. |
I haven't personally talked to the president about it, so I don't have anything direct for the president to share, |
I hear your concerns, |
I just want to point out that in the past when Iraq had disputes, it invaded its neighbors, |
I knew if I started talking to people it would get out. That's not the way I do business. If I'm going to do something, it's going to be forthright. |
I know a phone call was made into the vice president's office, but I really don't know who made it. |
I know that Mrs. Pearl has very strong feelings about the damage that can be done as a result of showing that video. The administration has great sympathies for what Mrs. Pearl has said. |