It is, for both Barbara and me, an honor to be back here.

I think what he's trying to do is to rally support in some of the countries where he may have some. I think he's trying with the attacks on Israel to divide the coalition and to mount anti-Israel sentiment in parts of the world. What he is…

Well, many Presidents have given the State of the Union message by post office--messengers, sent it up there. And I don't know that any of them have been done from the White House. But if I-- when I go to the Capitol--put it that way--I…

No, I'm staying with our objectives. And the violation of the Geneva conventions are clear, and we'll have to see how that works out. We'll have to see what a post-liberation Kuwait looks like there in Iraq. But our objectives remain the…

No, I haven't reached that conclusion at all, because these Scud missile attacks certainly invite instant retaliation if you can find the mobile launchers. And we're keeping on in that quest, as I indicated the other day.

Hey, there's no embarrassment in that. It took 6 or 7 days, but there wasn't any embarrassment. I felt no embarrassment at all. There was a man who was wanted for crimes in this country, and he's in prison, and he's going to have his day…

Because we've set our objectives. We've got our objectives in accord with the coalition, and we'll stay with them--that's why. Soviet Union

I wanted to walk in here to this news room to say that I intend to nominate Edward Madigan, a good friend and outstanding Member of the United States Congress, to be the next Secretary of Agriculture. Ed Madigan has served for 19 years in…

Thank you, Ed, and I'm just delighted you're doing it. Big shoes to fill, and I'm glad you're taking it on. Persian Gulf Conflict Now, Helen [Helen Thomas, United Press International].

Well, there's a lot of activity going on right now trying to figure out what the best course of action is to clean this mess up, to stop this spill. Saddam Hussein continues to amaze the world. First he uses these Scud missiles that have…

Absolutely not. It has nothing to do with that. And so, I don't know. I mean, he clearly is outraging the world. But back to your question, there were some meetings that were concluded about 2 hours ago. A course of action that I will not…

Because we are not in the business of targeting Saddam Hussein. I've set out our goals, and I think that--I will say this, as I said the other day in echoing my support for what Prime Minister Major of the United Kingdom said, no one will…

I am looking forward to the consultations that Secretary Baker will have with Mr. Bessmertnykh. Mr. Bessmertnykh knows the United States very well and he knows the difficulties that we have with any use of force in the Baltics. And so I…

I am disappointed in the Soviet actions in the Baltics because use of force is not the way to resolve that problem. And I've had an opportunity to discuss that with the President, and I know the difficulties that he faces. And I have not…

We are certainly dealing with that all the time and we want to find ways to stop it. We want to find ways to stop these brutal, senseless, nonmilitary-value attacks on civilian populations.

No, although this one--I felt I might be asked that question walking in here--and there's still--I'm still not certain that we know all the details exactly of what happened on this. I will again express enormous confidence in the Patriots…

On the first part of it, I would leave that to the Pentagon. That is still being computed. There have been some--that will be presented, obviously, to the United States Congress, that not only has a right to know, but has the prime…

Oh, yes. My position on this is that this is not a partisan effort. I thought Lee Hamilton answered that question pretty well. I can't remember exactly what he said, but he said, look, I'm prepared to defend my vote one way or another. And…

I'm going to have to wait and discuss all this with Mr. Bessmertnykh after he has a chance to discuss it with Secretary Baker. Because, you may recall, this was to be a summit at which we were going to sign an arms control agreement, and I…

Yes. Every once in a while you find some outbreak, none quite like that, though. That was probably the most violent, but it doesn't concern me. I'll be standing up there giving that speech with total confidence in the men and women of our…

Stay tuned. Stay tuned. You get another one. You get one more. That was Sarah [Sarah McClendon, McClendon News]. Let's see, did you have one last time?

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