It is important for tax dollars to be used in a way that recognizes the burdens that the airlines have incurred as a result of the war, not as a result of previous existing factors...

The president is pleased that action is beginning in the House on a stimulus package, … hopes that the end product will be a very bipartisan product. He wants to work closely with the Democrats...

an interesting test for the Senate to see if it is bipartisan.

The president-elect feels very strongly that one of the best ways we can help protect economic growth is to cut taxes, … He believes we can and should cut taxes to help keep the economy...

It was a real sweat box in there, very humid, … I got a little woozy and began to feel weaker and weaker.

they need to make certain as part of a becoming a state that they take action to have transparency, the rule of law and fight corruption.

Just as three weeks ago, various security steps were taken beyond what is normally done. That was done again today.

The president will miss John’s service, … He is a good man. He did what he set out to do.

the president would have signed it.

How could you fail to take action? How could you leave him in power? Could you just hope your information was wrong?

[Bush] understands the right to defend, but the president wants it to be toned down so that people do not believe this becomes a matter of war,

willingness by the parties themselves to end the violence.

Right now, this is the building block phase, the legal phase, the fund-raising phase.

The president expects results, and he expects them as soon as possible.

The report released in New York this morning shows clearly Iraq is not complying.

Chavez supporters, on orders, fired on unarmed, peaceful demonstrators. Venezuelan military and police refused to fire … and refused to support the government’s role in human rights violations.

I think the president understands how the U.N. works. And when the president went up there, he said that this would be a matter of days and weeks, not months. And it is not a...

because the situation in Iraq involves somebody who has used force in the past to attack and invade his neighbors.

The Senate was right to reject what in large measure was nothing more than a Democrat spending proposal. The package fails in its basic purpose to stimulate the economy.

The key is for Chairman Arafat to show that he is that man, that he does have the authority, that he does have the capability, the desire to lead the Palestinian people,

It’s just logical, so long as there is violence, it’s very hard for both parties to engage in meaningful political talks.

We always leave options on tables, but our course of action with Syria is focused on reminding Syria this is a good time to re-examine their support of terrorism and a good place to begin...

we always reserve the right.

Israel isn’t the only one with an obligation. All parties have to do their part.

In a traditional war [when] a capital city falls, it is a real sign of military success and progress. In this case, it’s a sign of progress, … But when the enemy doesn’t rely on...

They are the people who are best versed at telling the American people and the president-elect how strong is the economy …. how serious are the problems of potential weakening?

has made clear … to Chairman Arafat that when they arrest people, they need to keep them detained.

I’m not going to describe any additional deployments, but suffice it to say that we work closely with Colombia. We have before. We will continue to do so.

So what the president has said is that we will not reward North Korea for bad behavior, that what we seek is North Korea’s irrevocable and verifiable dismantlement of its nuclear weapons program, and we...

That is categorically a lie,

high confidence that there is not an issue here.

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.

The president has made clear all along that there can be no good terrorists and no bad terrorists, and I’ll leave it at that.

Mrs. Dole’s prospects have not changed. If Elizabeth Dole cannot beat George Bush, no one can.

Not all of these positions are popular with the NRA, … The president took those positions because he thinks they’re the right thing to do.

zero, nada, nothing new here.

The president is still determined to focus on finding ways to achieve peace in the Middle East, but he condemns this attack in the strongest terms.

The governor feels very strongly that we need to unite our country, that there are too many politicians who seek to divide us. That’s not the governor’s style.

this type of threat is nothing new.

These East European nations were proud to stand up early and alongside the United States,

attachments of the Democratic National Committee and the liberal wing of the party.

just as innocent as any other day.

of a nation that continues to strongly approve of the job the president is doing and a nation that knows the president is honest and ethical and shares the nation’s moral values.

that bear looking into.

So this is a wake-up call to the Congress not to spend tax dollars. Because if they spend and go back on a spending spree, the Congress risks tapping Social Security’s money, and Congress should...

We hope this will lead other scientists to step forward.

Even in previous recoveries, previous economic booms, the welfare rolls still went up,

It would have been better if the vice president and/or his staff had come out last Saturday night or first thing Sunday morning and announced it. It could have and should have been handled differently.

In the second year … a parent, a single mom, can now send their child to a public school that is in a different part of town, and they will get their transportation costs paid...

I was halfway through and just getting to the poignant part, … I had them in the palm of my hand.