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Press Briefing 
January 29 McCurry Press Briefing 
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THE WHITE HOUSE 
Office of the Press Secretary 
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MR. MCCURRY: Good Monday -- what is it? Thursday? Feels like 
Monday. I 
haven't been here in a while. When you're having fun, time flies. It feels 
a couple days away here. What are you going to do? 
Listen, let me start with a couple of housekeeping items. First, the Presi, 
placed a call to Prime Minister Jean Chretien of Canada a short while aj 
They 
had a conversation that lasted just over 10 minutes. It was an opportunit 
obviously, for the President to consult further with the Prime Minister o 
situation in Iraq. The President and the Prime Minister agreed th…

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MR. MCCURRY: Yes.
Q He will not go beyond that?
Q No ultimatum today?
Q How much support is he getting?
Q My question is, how much support is he getting for an aggressive acti
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MR. MCCURRY: I expect him to reiterate the very strong passage he h 
the
State of the Union address.
MR. MCCURRY: I'm not - that's not the forum that the President plans 
advance the story at this point.
Q Will the President address the question of Iraq in his speech at the 
National
Defense University?
Q Will he advanc…

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MR. MCCURRY: Sam, I'll come back. Let's do that after -
Q Do you have something for this?
Q What about Yeltsin? Does he anticipate talking to him?
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Q Will you please tell us for purposes of the official transcript whether 1 
White House can confirm these reports that Monica Lewinsky --
Q Did the President tape a Voice of America address to the people of In 
urging
cultural exchanges?
MR. MCCURRY: Have we given out that passage yet? I can tell you m< 
about it.
He did. This is the President's ann…

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Q That was on the Voice of America?
extent to which diplomacy may or may not bear fruit, and the degree to
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aware that we have formally agreed to any exchange, but I think the 
President is
indicating to the people of Iran in this statement that those kinds of 
exchanges
could be fruitful.
MR. MCCURRY: I again stress to you that the President has not made i 
decision
on use of force, so our consultations are about the situation that we are i
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Q When do you expect the President to make a decision on this?
Q Can we turn to the other matter?
MR. MCCURRY: One more, Bill, and then we can.
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Q Well, Mike, are you trying to give the impression that the President is 
searching for some diplomatic solution to avoid military conflict?
other governments of a certain course of action, but it's certainly designt 
explore the kind of action that is necessary if we are going to achieve th 
objectives that we have.
MR. MCCURRY: I think that it's cl…

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it very clear that he had no sexual relations with this woman.
Q But that is not my question, Mike. Did he meet with Monica Lewinsk
Q It's a legitimate question, do you not agree?
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Everyone knows where GPO is. If you don't, it's down on 710 North Ca 
Street. The five documents that we put out in connection with the budge 
range
from the budget itself to the explanatory materials, the analytical 
perspectives,
the historical tables, so forth, ranging in price from $62 for the big bana 
the append…

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Q If I could just — I know I'm a visitor, but let me throw this out to you
MR. MCCURRY: Welcome.
Q The Confederacy lost. (Laughter.)
MR. MCCURRY: At that battle, Sam, they did not.
MR. MCCURRY: I think the President has asked of the American peop
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Q Well, Mike, does the President not feel that by not providing informal 
he
is doing himself a disservice if, in fact, he has a story that will clear all 
this up?
Q If the meeting did not take place, the logs would reveal that. Releasin 
logs would g…