for Europe and that the debate over granting full membership ''will be an issue of controversy for years to come. |
the chaos and violence in Iraq is worse than he ever expected. |
We're not walking out of this at all. We stay and support them. |
(Iraqi leader) Saddam Hussein's regime is a regime that is deeply repressive to its people and is a real danger to the region, |
(It) puts the relation between the European Union and India on a new and higher and more intense level |
(The review) will include specifically the issue of whether we facilitate the development of a new generation of nuclear power stations, |
[Asked about Bush's apparent reluctance for a U.S. role as] global policeman ... huge and important strategic role in the world. |
[Blair has made clear that he believed the threat was real and had pressed for broader anti-terrorism powers that critics said would endanger Britain's traditional freedoms.] Should any terrorist act occur, there will not be any debate about civil liberties, ... There will be a debate about the advice the government received and whether they followed it. I've got the advice, I intend to follow it. |
[Blair refuted any suggestion of EU energy dependency.] I do not think the relationship is one of dependence either on the Russian side or on the European side. It is a recognition of a very strong set of mutual interests today, ... If there are issues that may arise from time to time between us, we can discuss and resolve those. |
[Blair turned up the pressure at the recent G8 Summit held in Gleneagles, Scotland. Overshadowed by the terrorist attacks on the London transit system that occurred during the summit was Blair's continued call for the United States to do something about global warming. This time, he emphasized that he wasn't looking for the United States to join Kyoto per se, but to do something technological that would have an impact.] What I am trying to do at the G8, ... is say: 'America is not going to sign the Kyoto Treaty, let's leave that to one side.' |
[Bush had already said he was] anxious ... Britain and the United States have got a special relationship. We'll keep it that way. |
[Clinton, too, complained mildly about news leaks from the grand jury, but did not single out one source.] I'm honoring the rules of the investigation, ... If someone else is leaking unlawfully out of the grand jury that's a different story. |
[First, he accused John Prescott of wearing a wig:] I'm pretty sure it is: he's got very angry hair. ... Just after the election, his forehead had all these craters in it. Now they're gone. |
[In a joint interview with the Guardian and Financial Times newspapers, published Tuesday, Short said it would be] very sad ... hung on and spoiled his reputation. |
[In the film, produced by Anthony Minghella, the director of Oscar-winning] The English Patient, ... Whatever the difficulties, whatever the tensions -- and there are a few from time to time -- actually it's a partnership that works. |