That would be a blatant infringement on the German 'no' to the Iraq war. Not the least bit of doubt should remain.

We want to hold exploratory talks, but these are not coalition negotiations.

Without a doubt, terrorism and the war in Iraq will drive most of the address, as well as domestic issues such as tax cuts, business growth and rebuilding of the Gulf Coast.

There is no doubt there is an Iraq effect and the Liberal Democrats are rising on that.

The Iraq war was not necessary.

There was no breakthrough, but at least the negotiations were not disastrous.