Bill Clinton: “Well, under the present--under the present facts, China has made significant overall progress in several of the areas…”

“Well, under the present--under the present facts, China has made significant overall progress in several of the areas outlined in my Executive order of last year, but not in all of them. There are still areas in which we are different. And that is obviously clearly an option on the table. Yes, it is a possibility. But he asked me the question, would it be a bad thing for China and would it be consistent with the relationship I hope we have with them. And the answer is, yes, it would be a bad thing; and, no, it's not consistent with the relationship I hope we have. But we have to keep working to get over these last humps. And I hope and pray that we will in the next month. Somalia [A journalist from Uganda asked about lessons learned in Somalia and their applicability elsewhere.]”