Saturday, February 01, 2003

Remarks by the President on the Loss of Space Shuttle Columbia

President Addresses Nation on Space Shuttle Columbia Tragedy, The Cabinet Room, White House transcript.

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Friday, January 31, 2003

President Bush Meets with Prime Minister Blair
Remarks by the President and British Prime Minister Tony Blair, The Cross Hall, White House transcript.

AP: 8 European Nations Support U.S. on Iraq
Eight European leaders voiced deep gratitude to the United States on Thursday and wrote that U.S.-European ties "must not become a casualty" of Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein's attempts to "threaten world security."

President Bush Meets with Italian Prime Minister Berlusconi
Remarks by the President and Italian Prime Minister Berlusconi in Photo Opportunity, The Oval Office. White House transcript.

Bush: Diplomacy on Iraq Will Not Continue Indefinitely
Diplomatic efforts to find a peaceful solution to Iraq's failure to get rid of its weapons of mass destruction will not continue indefinitely, President Bush said January 30 following a morning meeting with Italy's Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi. State Department report.

Carter Center: A Statement By President Carter: An Alternative To War
Despite marshalling powerful armed forces in the Persian Gulf region and a virtual declaration of war in the State of the Union message, our government has not made a case for a preemptive military strike against Iraq, either at home or in Europe.

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Tuesday, January 28, 2003

Text of Bush's State of the Union
President Bush's State of the Union address, as delivered Tuesday night, Jan. 28, 2003, from the AP. The official White House transcript can be found here.

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State: U.S. Says January 27 Reports Show Iraq Not Complying with U.N.
The January 27 reports on Iraq delivered to the United Nations Security Council by chief U.N. weapons inspectors Hans Blix and Mohamed ElBaradei show clearly that Iraq is not complying with United Nations demands that it disarm, the Bush administration says. Secretary of State Colin Powell said the reports show that after 60 days of U.N. weapons inspection activity in Iraq, Iraq "has not provided the active, immediate and unconditional cooperation that the council demanded in U.N. Resolution 1441."

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Monday, January 27, 2003

Key Dates
The AP has compiled a list of key dates that suggest that this week will be very important for the United States. The UN weapons inspectors give their report to the Security Council today, followed a day later by President Bush's State of the Union address to Congress, which is followed by a session of the Security Council to formally consider the report, and the week concludes with a meeting between President Bush and British Prime Minister Tony Blair at Camp David. We may know by the end of this week whether the UN weapons inspectors will be given more time to hunt for weapons of mass destruction or if the United States intends to wage war against Iraq.

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Powell's World Economic Forum Speech
Text of Secretary of State Colin Powell's speech Sunday to the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, as transcribed by the State Department.

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