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To: goldworldnet who wrote (282096)	7/30/2002 11:28:33 PM
From: asenna1	Respond to of 769670

Press Briefing by Ari Fleischer Question from Helen Thomas "...And with that, I'm happy to take your questions. Helen. Q Ari, what does the President think of the widespread perception that he would, at a terrible human toll, attack Iraq to avenge his father? You hear that everywhere. MR. FLEISCHER: Nowhere I've heard, Helen. I think that -- Q You've never heard it? MR. FLEISCHER: The President focuses on protecting our country, and protecting our country from whatever the source may be. And particularly in the case of Iraq, the President has, in his State of the Union, referred to Iraq as part of the axis of evil, and for good reason, given the behavior of Iraq toward its neighbors, its belligerent manner, the way it's attacked Kuwait, the war it fought with Iran, its use of chemical weapons against its own people. And that's why the President has, with the support of the American people, said -- Q So that has no validity at all? Never? MR. FLEISCHER: Of course not. This is about protecting our country. Q And what right does the President have to take the United States into an attack on a country which has not provoked it? I mean, you're going back a long way to find some reasons. And I don't think they're accepted by the American people, because you haven't explained it. MR. FLEISCHER: Well, I'm not going to accept the premise that the President is going to attack Iraq. Q You're not? MR. FLEISCHER: The President has not given any such indication. The President has said he will protect the American people. But I think that your read of the American people is not where the country is when it comes to wanting action to protect themselves against the dangers that Iraq poses. Q So he's going to really explain his reasons if he does attack Iraq? MR. FLEISCHER: I'm not going to go too far down this hypothetical line of reasoning. But I will refer you to the speeches the President has given on it, and you can hear for yourself. Q All he said is we need a regime change. And as for weapons of mass destruction, he can -- I can name you 10 countries that have them, including the U.S. MR. FLEISCHER: Campbell. Q Ari, the consumer confidence number is out today. It's a nine-point drop, the lowest since February....

To: goldworldnet who wrote (282096)	7/30/2002 11:35:50 PM
From: asenna1	Respond to of 769670

Press Briefing by Ari Fleischer - Continued Connie. Q On this office of global communications, how will it work? Will it be working with the Voice of America, for example, or the department of homeland security, or completely separate from them? MR. FLEISCHER: Well, it's going to work with the department of -- the State Department's Department of Public Diplomacy -- Office of Public Diplomacy. That will be the principal group that they work with, but it will be interagency. And I think, depending on the issue -- for example, if you're talking about trade, you could anticipate a role for the Department of Commerce. This, too, is part of America abroad and the products abroad. The National Security Council, as you know, has a coordinating role in a variety of agencies, depending on the issue. And I think that's basically how the Office of Global Communications is going to work. Depending on the issue, it will involve different agencies, all of which play a role abroad. But it primarily is going to work with the Department of State. Q But it is autonomous of the Department of State, it can do what it wants? MR. FLEISCHER: No, it's not above the Department of State. The Department of State has the lead in public diplomacy around the world. But it's a White House coordinating body, to work shoulder to shoulder with the State Department on this.

To: goldworldnet who wrote (282096)	7/31/2002 3:00:36 AM
From: Don Hurst	Respond to of 769670

>>".....and being a national embarrassment."<< Yup, Clinton, the "national embarrassment??", who received a standing ovation from the world's leaders at his UN speech during that crazy time of RWE presidential sex life investigations versus some clown speaking Spanish in Paris at a news conference with the French president. Yes sir, there clearly is a national embarrassment. Who selected these clowns?

To: goldworldnet who wrote (282096)	7/31/2002 10:37:10 AM
From: rich4eagle	Respond to of 769670

Thanks for the good note and your view. I disagree on a lot of your points however. The Soviets would have gone broke if Reagan had cut defense spending, the data is out there to show that the empire was fiscally crumbling without our help. As I said before maybe Reagan moved the time table up a few months emphasis on the word few. Clinton did cause what happened to the stock market, and the Bush admininstration's policies worsened the bursting of the bubble. But at least the exchange was civil and I appreciate your view. The China thing is a bully looking for an enemy.