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Q Dr. Rice, what's your present evaluation of the attitudes of the Afghani individuals themselves to the American bombing and to the Taliban regime? What's your assessment? And so, we are going to continue to discuss with the Russians how to maneuver forward on a new strategic framework, we are going to assess what pieces of it are in place and what items of it nonetheless should be developed, and we'll see what comes out of the meetings. And, if so, will the President be assembly with him at the U.N. Q Dr. Rice, what does President Bush hope to get out of his meetings with President Putin, each on terrorism and ABM? Q I wish to ask you, I perceive President Bush is having at the least two conferences with Latin American leaders, President of Colombia Pastrana and President de la Rua from Argentina. From each day you might be saying, 'We aren't recognized.' If some ruler were to know you, what would you wish to do? So the items of it are coming into relief; but, again, I wouldn't expect any explicit moment by which you tie it all up with a purple ribbon. And those meetings, the important thing moment was when the 2 sides signed an settlement that said we do not wish to destroy one another.

DR. RICE: As we've mentioned, this has been a series of conferences, I believe, all the best way back at Ljubljana, we said don't anticipate any breakthrough at any particular meeting. DR. RICE: We'll offer you a full checklist. The American public won't get an opportunity -- the total American public will not get an opportunity to fully hear his hope for domestic safety and his confidence in Tom Ridge. President and Mrs. Putin may have Bush -- may have dinner with the Bushes on the ranch. On Saturday, the President will tackle the United Nations General Assembly. And that i just want to emphasise, there is plenty of speak about what we will or won't do on the security entrance. That stated, we do believe that in some quarters there is a tendency to allow the spewing of propaganda that the majority -- propaganda and conspiracy theories -- that are not helpful and not true. We settle for that. But there are tasks that come with being the consultant of the Palestinian folks.

We predict that the coalition is as sturdy because it was the day that it started to return into being. Look on the number of scholars learning in American universities and nonetheless wanting to come back to check in American universities. We've stated a number of occasions, and the President mentioned all the way in which again in the campaign, that his need to cut offensive nuclear forces comes from his belief, which has now been confirmed by a study by the Joint Chiefs of Staff, a nuclear technique evaluate, below Secretary Rumsfeld's leadership, that the number of nuclear weapons in the U.S. On Sunday, the President will attend an observance on the World Trade Center site, with Secretary General Annan. The next morning, Wednesday morning, President Putin will fly to Houston, the place he will meet with Mayor Brown of Houston and will be greeted by former Secretary of State James Baker. Then President and Mrs. Putin will fly to Waco, the place they will be welcomed. Q Dr. Rice, what is the considered the administration that final week President Bush mentioned he needed to speak to the nation, he wished to talk to America in reference to a number of the critics of homeland security and Tom Ridge, and tonight he is going to try this, but many of the networks will not carry him.

He will take this opportunity to thank the United Nations and its member states for the short action and strong stand in opposition to terrorism that was taken. President hope to accomplish beyond shoring up assist for the terrorism marketing campaign? Allied commitment to combating terrorism and the regimes that harbor it. And for the reason that President has decided on a nuclear stockpile number, what is the expectation that Putin will accept it? Is the United States contemplating, will President Bush have a message for President de la Rua on the financial scenario of Argentina? I understand that the afternoon is a program for President Putin, by which he will make remarks to the congressional leadership and a speech on the Russian embassy. I just wish to repeat what we have said a number of instances: The President is committed to a sturdy testing and analysis program and ultimately deployment. DR. RICE: The President has made very clear that Chairman Arafat, who, in the peace process that is below means with Israel or has been below method with Israel, is the representative of the Palestinian folks.