If you believe consolidation is inevitable, it makes sense to pick your partner, to put together the strongest possible combination that you can see.

We believe consolidation in the industry is inevitable, ... We are in and out of talks with several airlines. If something like this is happening, we want to be forward-thinking about it.

The secretary condemns in the strongest possible terms today's terrorist attack and expects Chairman Arafat to do so as well.

When you see a combination like that, you just have to pick your poison. We wanted to take away their drives and contest the post.

After 9/11, there was an awakening. The administration has to believe that it's possible to wait too long to deal with a problem, the contours of which could have been seen easily before. Is it safe to do that again?

We condemn it in the strongest possible terms.