The president just made the point to both of them (Adams and Trimble) that they need to stay at this and work out their differences …

We do want this over with, … but it has to be in a fair way.

I would suggest that if you want to report the story, you start by talking to Mr. Woodward and Mr. Bennett and establish the facts, … Why don’t you start with Mr. Bennett, who, if...

Unfortunately, it didn’t make the first edition of The New York Times. I think the second edition is much more accurate.

And that having gone through it, turn 180 degrees in the other direction and say, it’s so important, it’s so important to this country and it’s so damaging that the president should resign. I think,...

There is no evidence that’s true. And I just think that those who have chosen to make this partisan are misguided. And it doesn’t help put out a single fire to engage in a partisan...

We will look at what is the appropriate level of assistance we can give, whether it be logistical or technical support or other. But I can tell you that there’s been no decision made on...

some perceived political gain here.

The administration will work to ensure that all that have sustained losses in this fire are fully compensated.

While we’ve made great advances in reducing crime overall across the country, the president wants to reinforce the message of how crucial it is that schools are safe and that discipline is restored.

I’ll expect he’ll have some time to relax there and enjoy the wonderful, natural surroundings — the ocean, the beach and potentially some fine golf courses,

We did not expect today to be a day where we had a breakthrough in the process. That is true. I have no breakthrough to report. On the other hand, the process has not broken...

Under the president’s proposal, there is not a provision in there for price controls.

We feel like at this point that we’ve got a good shot.

The only thing I’ll say is that the attorney general made her decision based on the facts, the evidence and the law.

The president believes this is a year to make progress, and doesn’t believe we can afford to take the year off.

Again, it is quite rare and somewhat remarkable when the NRA says something we agree with, but in this case … I think they are speaking the truth.

We’ve been officially reassured at a high level that Russia will not be drawn into the conflict into the Balkans.

We need to see, we need to verify, we need to set up a system of implementation that is precise and will allow us to make sure with our own eyes, based on what we...

We have heard reports of atrocities, and we have clear examples of ethnic cleansing.

I think there is a bipartisan consensus among leaders in the Senate that not enough time has been put forward for this, the process is inadequate.

…Having the intransigent position of the Miami relatives as something that was clear that this was the only alternative for reuniting the boy with his father, … It was done in an appropriate way, it...

there was a willingness to stay in the president’s absence and an unwillingness to let this break down.

We’ve had these conclusions going back to 1996.

All of these issues will be on the table. This is an important issue and it’s important we have addressed it the way we have.

These are very, very difficult issues. I’ve heard about a lot of tensions between the parties. There are tensions every day when you’re working through these issues.

I know what they went with, and it’s something that was consistent with what NATO has articulated. It’s consistent with what our views are.

I wouldn’t use that phrase. Obviously, there are very difficult issues in front of them, but the parties are continuing to work at them.

I’m not going to get into the details of the decision-making or speculate on any of the options.

What the president said to Sen. Graham was that we did not want to do this. We thought there was a better way, which is why we negotiated for three months,

It will be interesting to see how he squares his constitutional views with the performance over the last five years.

They are still here. They are still talking,

There is not an open-ended or unlimited amount of time. People have been … up most of the night for the last three nights, so you can expect that they’re tired. But they’re staying at...

We have worked very hard to find a path to an agreement, … At this point in time we have not reached that, but the priority for the president right now is to continue to...

We had nothing to do with these documents or forgeries or whatever they are … I did not talk to Burkett about any documents or even the National Guard story.

The president understands we have a historic opportunity here. The president believes we can act as a facilitator, as an honest broker, as we have in the past.

She thought it was a good meeting and Arafat thought it was important (for her) to take this time to listen to their point of view,

He has been committed to this very successful program from day one,

There’s no discussion of putting (U.S.) troops into a combat situation there,

He has had times where he’s miscalculated. But he should not miscalculate our resolve.

All of his statements still stand.

Despite the problems with the ceremonial events, the substantive work goes on, … Our team believes we’ve made some progress today.

We’ve seen reports that they have begun an investigation, but I don’t know what that means. We’ve seen reports that they will have a trial and other reports they have decided not to — clearly...

some kind of a national standard, law, on hate crimes.

That is the reason the president is still there. That is the reason the president is going the extra mile with the parties.

I think that it’s important that they understand that we think some of things that have come out … are headed in the wrong direction,

We see potential evidence of genocide and that evidence will continue to be collected

[Lockhart suggested the administration effort was low key.] For those who think there is a vast aggressive lobbying effort, those people are wrong, … We don’t presume to have control … let members vote their...

You can spend way too much time talking about things like optimism, pessimism, what your hopes are,

Unfortunately some members have put some things in there that … if we still had the tool of the line-item veto we might exercise, … But on balance we think the right thing to do...