Bill Clinton: “Well, I will certainly give them a briefing on this issue, and I want to talk about what happened on our trip and what…”

“Well, I will certainly give them a briefing on this issue, and I want to talk about what happened on our trip and what happened at the Tokyo summit and how important it is for us now to pass this budget. This is our part of the bargain. We got a new trade agreement with Japan. We got an agreement to lower tariffs historically with the other major industrialized countries. We're trying to restore growth to the world economy, but to do it we've got to bring the American budget deficit down, too. Mr. Blitzer. You come to this area here--helicopters are flying overhead even as we speak--to see the devastation. The G-7 summit must seem like 100 years ago, doesn't it?”