strengthen and save Social Security and Medicare, provide a prescription drug benefit and work in a bipartisan manner to enact much-needed reforms.

The president expects Saddam Hussein to live up to his agreements.

Brazil is an important friend and ally, and the president and this administration have great confidence in Brazil and its economic team.

This statement is appropriate, but words are not enough,

[The Bush administration is seeking to] further build upon the fragile cease-fire that’s in place, … confidence-building measure.

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.

The President has said that he wants the inspectors to be able to do their jobs, to continue their efforts.

[Using his own calculations, Bush would apply nearly three-fourths of the expected surplus to tax cuts, partly on the grounds that Washington will otherwise spend the money.] This is where it is an important election,...

The president is troubled by the fact the economy has slowed down, the president is troubled that we are in recession. The president will be more troubled if the Senate doesn’t do anything about it.

The president expressed his regrets and apologized for the accident and said the United States would do all it can to be of assistance to the Japanese government and the Japanese people.

The governor has said he is willing to have a top-to-bottom review upon election to see how we can restore our military to make it more efficient and more lethal, and we will reserve judgment...

all components of the Iraqi community, not one community versus another, not one community over another.

As a matter of long-standing policy, the administration never comments on anything involving any people involved in intelligence. So I’m not saying yes and I’m not saying no.

He has not yet completed his consultations, … The president is going to be discussing various ideas about Middle East peace with members of his administration and members of the administration will continue their outreach...

It is impossible to place any credibility in the laws, so-called laws, of a totalitarian dictatorship,

There are many dangerous areas of Baghdad for our armed forces that remain, there are many other cities in Iraq that are dangerous … where armed conflict could result,

These grand news conferences of the past are designed for a little more theatre than they are for information.

This morning’s report is both a good sign and a warning signal, … It’s a good sign because, despite the slowdown, the budget is in strong shape. It’s a warning signal because there are still...

Nothing new. Nothing original. More rhetoric by a regime that is losing its grip on power.

The view of the White House is that this was a wrong decision, and the Department of Justice is now evaluating how to seek redress.

The working families of America will not be well-served by more fighting in Washington, yet Vice President Gore tonight offers more of the same old language of class warfare, partisanship and division.

The government of Libya must take responsibility.

The president was never in any danger.

I think it goes without saying that it’s going to be easier to make progress on the political front if the violence is reduced. And so it makes sense that both are important. But the...

Why should they have chemical weapons?

I’ve said all I’m going to say,

On the question of headway, I think it’s fair to say that every time the president meets with foreign leaders and the topic of Iraq comes up, the president thinks it’s a constructive exchange of...

She was always pleasant, always polite, always being tough as the paper kept moving. Is that a skill you need to be a Supreme Court justice? No, I don’t think so. But it’s a reflection...

I think he will go into this meeting with an open mind. He wants to listen to people, and if people have any ideas of anything short-term, he will listen.

I noticed that people are referring to this as the hug-a-Democrat-a-day administration,

a positive step forward.

The president will, of course, take into account any recent developments that need that need to be factored into any decision he makes,

we have nothing to announce right now.

The memo speaks for itself.

the ideology of a few liberal Democrats.

There were no duels; there were no invasions. There was use of weapons of mass destruction and [the] military. And that’s how Iraq settles its disputes.

I think it shows — and I’m going to speak very carefully because I’m speaking about some, not all, because clearly there are members in the AFL-CIO who do not see it that way —...

It starts dead even. This begins very close, perhaps with the governor up a notch.

Across America every community is looking to pitch in, Hollywood included, and this White House is pleased

The president’s message to labor and management is, ‘Go back to work and resolve the problems,’

This will not be funding religion. It is not the religious aspect of what they that is getting funding, it is the community service aspect. These are not going to be programs that preach religion,...

Under the old Senate leadership this would have already happened by now. So this will be a test of the new leadership. It will reflect badly if the Senate is unable to act by the...

It’s not suicide, it’s murder.

You can’t destroy something you don’t have.

This is a real test now of their ability to bring perpetrators in to justice. They need to do so.

the president respects the decision…[it] was made on the merits by the board based on the extensive financial information available to them and based on the criteria that were established in the law.

I think that it’s clear that North Korea first knows what it needs to do. And we’ve always said that if North Korea comes into its international obligations, then they will stop isolating themselves,

work closely together to achieve peace on Korean Peninsula and to further strengthen the South Korean alliance.

That’s where the president is focused. Individuals are free to focus on any one person if they think that’s the best way to conduct foreign policy. That’s a different approach than the president has.

[Asked later whether removing troops from the border would constitute a] de-escalatory step, … Clearly, one way to reduce the risk of war is to de-emphasize the instruments of war, and that includes troops.