Bill Clinton: “You have identified by your question one of the very key issues in the negotiations. Any answer that we give will…”

“You have identified by your question one of the very key issues in the negotiations. Any answer that we give will undermine the possibility that a successful negotiation can occur. Thank you very much. [At this point, the President was presented with a plaque from the children of the Kobe area in Japan in appreciation of U.S. assistance after the Hanshin earthquake.]”