Bill Clinton actually said...

"I was quite confident that START II would be ratified in the fairly near future by the United States Senate."

"I think it was certainly a good idea to extend the meeting next year to other former Soviet states, and indeed other states as well."

"We hope that in the end all the people of Russia, including the people in Chechnya, can be reconciled so that your democracy can flourish everywhere and the cycle of violence can be broken."

"We are very, very grateful for it."