People have the right to protest - that's what democracy is all about. I have no problem with people exercising their democratic rights.

The problem here is that there will always be some uncertainty about how quickly Saddam can acquire nuclear weapons. But we don't want the smoking gun to be a mushroom cloud.

This is the democratic process at work, ... What you're seeing with this process is the Iraqi people embracing American-style democracy.

The problem here is that there will always be some uncertainty about how quickly Saddam can acquire nuclear weapons. But we don't want the smoking gun to be a mushroom cloud.

We know that there are unaccounted-for Scud and other ballistic missiles in Iraq. And part of the problem is that, since 1998, there has been no way to even get minimal information about those programs except through intelligence means.

They will talk about issues concerning the continued march of democracy in Europe and also in Russia,