Joe Lockhart

This mission does not represent the United States government. It is private and it is humanitarian.

Given the importance of the issues at hand, the president and Prime Minister Netanyahu and Chairman Arafat believe it is appropriate to stay and work on these important issues.

some kind of a national standard, law, on hate crimes.

Ari is hot right now because people want insights into the Bush White House.

You let someone know that you are leaving the White House on July 1 and by February you are already booked.

If you are looking for a message to take back the House and the Senate or the White House, there are better ways to go about it.

The White House has not been informed of anyone planning to leave,

I take responsibility for my own actions, ... I deeply regret it. I'm dealing with the people I have hurt the most. And I'll have nothing further to say.

The idea that we didn't get along is ridiculous,

As far as the resumption of talks, it's impossible to predict when those talks might resume.

You know, it's impossible to predict at this point where these talks will lead, but it's obviously an important step and an important part of the process that they have been brought together in this forum to have discussions directly.

I think that it won't add any new information and can be put in the category of a stunt.

both of them are people with great intellect, very engaging, very interesting to be around and have a real sense of where the country's going.

The United States stands firmly in support of a solution that offers justice and human rights for all the citizens of a unified, peaceful and prosperous Sri Lanka.

Both the president and the first lady are very concerned and asked to be kept up to date on the situation.

occupies a very unique position of leadership in the region.

This letter is a positive sign that members on the Hill... don't believe that the president should be removed from office and want to find a bipartisan way to put this behind us in a prompt manner,

What the president said to Sen. Graham was that we did not want to do this. We thought there was a better way, which is why we negotiated for three months,

I think there is a bipartisan consensus among leaders in the Senate that not enough time has been put forward for this, the process is inadequate.

The president fully recognizes this disrupts lives. But this is what reservists train for. This is what their mission is. From time to time, they are called.

There are times when no matter what you do it seems to blow up in your face, whether it's self-inflicted or inflicted from the outside.

He has had times where he's miscalculated. But he should not miscalculate our resolve.

We did not expect today to be a day where we had a breakthrough in the process. That is true. I have no breakthrough to report. On the other hand, the process has not broken down.

Is redemption available to everyone in Washington today Absolutely yes. It's that kind of town. But any press secretary caught in this particular bind needs to find a way to demonstrate that they can simultaneously serve both masters, the press and the president. Scott McClellan can do it, but it's hard.

I didn't see any luggage today.