This summit is not about Hugo Chavez. We’ve had some long-standing concerns about the policy for his government. This is not news.

Everybody understands the Sunnis need to be part of this process going forward and need to be part of this government. How that will sort out and get down is obviously for the Iraqis to...

The violence seems to be diminishing. They’ve stared into the abyss a bit. I think they’ve all concluded that further violence… is not in their interests.

Suffice to say they didn’t come to me. They didn’t come to the NSC,

That’s clearly where we’re heading.

I think our judgment is: That is a credible claim. But I think that we are going to learn a lot more as the investigation goes forward.

This is actually the vehicle to bring India onto our page, in terms of proliferation policy.

We would like to get it before the trip. If we can, great. If we can’t, we’ll continue to negotiate it after the trip.

Scooter Libby is a fine person. And he served the president and the vice president well,

This is going to be an issue, you know, it’s a longstanding issue that we’ve had with China.

I can tell you my recollection. My recollection is no, not here, not anyplace else.

At this point people are comfortable that the necessary precautions are in place but this is not a risk-free undertaking.

It’s still something we’re working on. Obviously, it has not moved as quickly as we would have liked.

We must get it right.

We hope and we’ve made clear that the forces need to come out. It needs to be full and complete withdrawal. Our position is it needs to be done as soon as possible so that...

Our preference is to act through diplomacy in conjunction with friends and allies. That is our preference. That is our preference.

China would do well to implement policies to correct its global trade imbalances, through expanding domestic demand, increasing market access for foreign goods and services, and adopting a flexible, market-based exchange rate for its currency.

Turns out, we were wrong,

They were on the terrorist list and that is why they were taken into custody,

Next week the president and Mrs. Bush will depart for South Asia. They will travel to India and Pakistan. This is the first trip of the president and Mrs. Bush to either country. They are...

People recognize that it would be problematic for Chavez to be in the nuclear business.

It’s going to be an issue during this trip, it’s going to be an issue after this trip. I don’t think you’re going to see, you know, headline breakers.

The spread of democracy will make the Middle East a safer neighborhood for Israel. An American retreat from Iraq, on the other hand, would only strengthen the terrorists who seek the enslavement of Iraq and...

In terms of the administration and executive branch process, that process has been completed … There’s nothing to reopen. In terms of the CFIUS, process, it’s been completed.

The president has been very clear we’re doing that in a way that is consistent with our values and that is why he’s been very clear that the United States will not torture.

We are winning that ideological struggle.

That U.N. Security Council resolution requires getting Syrian troops and intelligence officials out of Lebanon so that the Lebanese can have elections here this spring that are free and fair and free of outside influence.

Obviously, we didn’t have the intelligence we needed in that particular instance. In some sense, those countries that pursue weapons of mass destruction in secret also learned an important lesson – that there are risks...

We think we’re going to make progress on three of them.

roughly the same intelligence that the Clinton administration saw.

It’s also an opportunity to pay tribute to the people of the Slovak Republic, and also other countries in the region, for the right choices they made in pursuing democracy and freedom.

The two countries are working together on a range of global issues, including counter terrorism, nonproliferation, energy and the environment, and the expansion of economic and political freedom.

While we have to do what is necessary to defend the country against terrorists and to win the war on terror, the president has been very clear that we’re going to do that in a...

We’ll want to continue to have a dialogue on that issue to make sure that we continue to see that issue the same way.

At this point, discussions are ongoing.

The president believes that we must remember the clearest lesson of Sept. 11: that the United States of America must confront threats before they fully materialize.

There’s limited time on these things.

We’ve listened to our critics and are already pursuing many of their proposals.

Pakistan is both an ally in the war on terror, and in some sense, a battleground of the war on terror.

If we don’t get it on the trip, then we’ll get it after the trip, because the parties are committed to make this relationship work in the civil nuclear area.

It has the signature of the terrorist groups that have struck Egypt before.

is to continue to talk to the American people about the war on terror, the nature of the enemy, what is at stake (and) the importance that we see it through to success.

We share with the Panamanians a goal of a stable hemisphere that is democratic, secure and prosperous,

It is planned as an opportunity for him to watch and learn a little bit about it. But, you know, who knows what he’ll do? I have not asked him.

Some people say that the test of your principles is what you do when no one’s looking.

bring stability to Iraq.

It’s not deadlocked, … We went from a summit which was supposed to bury FTAA to a summit … in which all 34 countries actually talk in terms of enhanced trade and an FTAA.

The president’s strategy affirms that the doctrine of preemption remains sound and must remain an integral part of our national security strategy. If necessary, the strategy states, under longstanding principles of self defense, we do...

His approach is to not to try and dominate but to participate as one of equals and listen, and that’s what he did. At critical times he made his views obviously clear.

There’s an issue of finalizing the relevant agreement and then signing it. The framework basically allows access to facilities so as to facilitate cooperation between the forces of the United States and Romania,