It's clear that the target the White House has set of halving the deficit (as a percentage of gross domestic product) by 2010 is unrealistic.

He risks having to take unpopular measures to bring down the Italian deficit below three percent of gross domestic product by 2007.

No White House aide is indispensable.

It was obstruction, end of story. Obstruction is not black and white but there's clear guidelines that have been set down and each incident needs to be looked at on its merits.

One thing is perfectly clear: We don't need another China crony in the White House!

We have offered $2 million to start out with, and then every year going forward, a percentage of our gross with a minimum of $500,000.