Both of us (US and Japan) had discussions with the Chinese host. Chinese host tried to put forward some ideas,

The Chinese have given us a text to react to, some ideas, so we're looking at those and having some internal discussions and talking with people in Washington,

We don't want to get into protracted discussions on who takes what steps first and how we calibrate each step, ... sort out things boldly about how we can make some important steps forward.

We've been in touch with Governor Richardson and we look forward to being in touch with him again on his return.

There's been a list of witnesses who have come forward -- seven different people who corroborated that Mr. Bolton tried to fire a defense analyst. Not just one -- seven different people, all within this administration.

So I haven't seen any of the parties coming forward to say that they are prepared to fund such a thing, so we are talking about a theoretical issue at this period.