I know what they went with, and it's something that was consistent with what NATO has articulated. It's consistent with what our views are.

some perceived political gain here.

You're talking about a plan that will likely mean deep cuts in the Social Security guaranteed benefits, and is based on the fact that he hopes that the stock market does well.

At this point there's been no requests for our assistance. We are following this closely, and if the Russians are in a position where they believe we can offer some assistance, we will do that.

Any comments or suggestions President Clinton committed to the release or promised the release of Jonathan Pollard are false and inaccurate,

The president is pleased that Senator Howard Baker and Congressman Lee Hamilton have agreed to conduct a review regarding missing data at Los Alamos, ... He expects their efforts to be thorough, expeditious and conducted in a manner that does not interfere with the FBI's investigation of this very serious matter.