I'd like to "embed" some hard nosed Brits in the White House press core. But you can't accuse Ari of not being prepared.
Q Ari, in light of what you just said about the
President being careful not to put a timetable
on it, how does he feel about the Vice President
saying that it will take weeks, not months?
MR. FLEISCHER: And then what did the Vice President say
in the next sentence right after he said that?
Q I don't have that with me.
MR. FLEISCHER: He said, I think it will go relatively quickly,
but we can't count on that. He said, weeks rather
than -- he was asked, weeks, months. He said,
weeks rather than months. And then his next
sentence was, "There is always the possibility of
complications that you can't anticipate." And,
obviously, one week into the battle, I don't know
that anybody can draw any conclusions about
duration to judge whether the Vice President is
precise or not, it's accurate or not.
But if this is the best he could find, they don't have much to stand on.
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But if this is the best he could find, they don't have much to stand on.
- mark 3-29-2003 11:08 am