Bill Clinton

It's 10 minutes after 10 Egyptian time--[laughter]-- so watch a movie and go to bed. It's real important. You're going to have a hard day tomorrow.

Well, I wish they were there, the Syrians. I wish they were there. But I believe that in terms of continuing the peace process and keeping commitments, that President Asad will do that. And that's very important, very important. I hope you…

Well, I think a strong united stand for keeping the peace process going and standing against the terror as a precondition of that, because unless people are secure they can't go forward. I think that's the most important thing. And then…

I don't know. I think a very strong statement will come out of it and that we may have some pretty good ideas come out of it for what we can all do together. I hope so. But I thank His Majesty for standing up for the right thing in the…

Right. Well, he was up there on takeoff. I don't know if he lifted us off or not. King Hussein. I watched and was very impressed by the wonderful, professional team up there. Middle East Peace Process

It's okay. Like I said, Hillary had a cough and then Chelsea was sick and I sort of got it. It'll be gone in a day or two. It's just a head cold, it's not any big deal--just from the neck up.

I want to support President Mubarak.

The purpose of the terror was to kill the peace.

I think you have to look at this in every country, in every place it rears its head, and see how it can be dealt with.

The general tone and flavor of what we would like to see will be addressed later at the Chairmen's Statement.

There’s been a great deal of work done on that document.

Anyway I believe we're getting close on--and in their compromise--in the Governors' conference when I met with them, they did not ask for the right to just cut people off whether or not the kids had a way to be supported or not. At least…

The bill I vetoed was a rejection of the reasonably good bill that passed the Senate. What the Governors said in their compromise was that they were prepared to keep coming up with at least some of their match--the vast majority of it--and…

No, I didn't say no to that. I don't think that's a fair characterization of their compromise. I thought their compromise was actually pretty good.

That's what I'm trying to do. That's exactly what I'm trying to do. Look, I have given--you ask Governor Whitman or anybody else, did Bill Clinton, Ronald Reagan, or George Bush give the Governors more permission to experiment with welfare…

Well, first of all, philosophically, I did envision exactly what would happen. I thought the States would have a lot of room to experiment, and I'm glad--I've kept my word. I have granted more freedom to States to experiment in welfare and…

I don't know. Maybe it's just--part of it may be the Presidential politics over there. I don't know. There may be--but in any case, I think--at one time Senator Dole endorsed these concepts, so I would like to just see--let's just get a…

I've had occasion to think about it since then. No. We're attempting to maintain constructive relationships with the Chinese, to work together when we can and to find ways to disagree in a forthright way when we have to disagree. And as I…

We will not tolerate attacks on United States citizens and we will stand with those both inside and outside Cuba who are working for a peaceful transition to freedom and democracy.

The Executive and Legislative branches must work together to ensure the utilization of every available means to prevent, investigate, and prosecute terrorist acts.

I think a very strong statement will come out of it and that we may have some pretty good ideas come out of it for what we can all do together.

It is time to put partisan politics aside and work together in the national interest.

We will not sacrifice the guarantees of the Bill of Rights in combating terrorism.

I will also bring a message that in this time of difficulty and in the battle against terror and the struggle for peace, Israel is not alone.

By acting swiftly—just 17 days after the attack—we are sending a powerful message to the Cuban regime that we do not and will not tolerate such conduct.