CASEY: Well, again, I think one of the issues that are being confronted there is the problem that the Hamas-led government has faced in trying to not just win an election but trying to govern. I don't know how much further I can go.
You were talking about having to try to make the highest ethical standards in the executive branch.
So what we're not going to do is to leap to judgment without finding out what the deal is. The House has an obligation, and House members, I think, are talking pretty vociferously about this on both sides of the aisle.
Because we're not going to be able to come back today and talk to you.
flags as a dissuasive to those who threatened to disrupt? flags as a dissuasive to those who threatened to disrupt?
Not having seen it, it places us in a peculiar situation. I think people are trying to put us in a box, and say, you know what, unless you come out and you condemn Denny Hastert, you're saying that this behavior is acceptable.
Therefore, they are not likely to be able to come up with other mischaracterized meetings. But as I said on Friday, we are looking very carefully through all of it. delegation there at a time of tremendous activity, including on some of the critical issues before us, including Iran, including Iraq, including North Korea. Gossip flows freely about members, and rather than retelling it, I was simply citing a fact of life.
That's the bottom-line question.
Typically, in a time of war, that is the exit strategy. Now this does not affect every Republican in the United States of America, just as bad behavior on the parts of Democrats in ages past has not been a reflection of their entire party.
For those of us working in the White House, we're horrified when we hear stories like this. The sponsor is Senator Jim Inhofe, of Oklahoma; the House version, sponsored by Richard Pombo, of California.
Obviously, there is a lot about this in the news, but what specifically prompted the President to make the call?
Now, as you also know, the vast bulk of lobbying in this town goes elsewhere. As a matter of fact, President Roh had said that there had been some action taken against North Korea, which was breaking news, in the conversation afterward.
SNOW: No, I really don't.
It is something that the administration obviously pays attention to.
And what did you mean when you said there have been scandals, more than simply naughty emails on the Hill?
Congress will reconvene, as I understand it, in mid-November and we'd hope that they would bring him up for a vote at that time.
The House has an obligation, and House members, I think, are talking pretty vociferously about this on both sides of the aisle.
He'll depart the White House in a bit and attend a Heller for Congress reception in Reno, Nevada, later today, and spend the night in Stockton, California.
SNOW: It's a presidential decision brief, for heaven's sake, it goes before the President.