 Thank you very much for receiving me. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. It's very nice to be here. Thank you. Mr. President. Hello. Hello. What may I call? Any new wishes? Hello. How are you? How are you? How are you? Fine. Congratulations. Thank you. How are you? Thank you very much. Thank you. Well, congratulations. Nice to see you. Well, congratulations. Nice to see you. How are you? Well, thank you so much for your support. Your support. Your support. That worked. Well, Secretary, Carlucci, and Weinberg, spoke in a great way. All your friends, both in fact this morning had breakfast with Kat Weinberg. And I'll see Frank Carlucci just in a few minutes. Well, we know the good work you've done for your country and now you're going to face some tremendous tasks that we have for all of us, the rest of us. I'll keep your fingers crossed then. I hope for your support. Well, there are great many challenges. I know a country with tuberculosis. I think the alliance is more than over. There are two waves of press, you get it now. There are waves of press. You can keep saying I'm back. It will. Why do you think you're going to take a break? I don't think I'm going to take a break. I don't think I'm going to take a break. Hey, Fred, you're just going to move the period and find Carol. Yeah, I think so, you know. I don't think I'm going to take a break. Yeah, that's right. Yeah, that's right. They go away. Mr. President, General Noriega chose to go to another country. Would we pursue him there or would we be satisfied to let him go someplace else? Sam, I can't answer any of those questions right now with what's going on, the process that's going on. All I can tell you is that we do want Noriega out of there in return to civilian democratic governance. Well, will you drop the extradition aspect of the indictment? Well, as I said, I'm not in the position to answer any of those things right now. Well, you know, a lot of panemanias aren't being paid today. They're going without any pay. Is that a good thing? It should happen to us. Mr. President, can we get a contra bill this week? You're all here before the meeting starts. Yeah, but you're all smiling. Thank you. Sir, are you going to press Prime Minister Shamir to sign on to the Schulz peace plan? I was going to discuss the peace plan and I'm quite sure a number of things will agree with Prime Minister. But Sam, I'm just amazed that you're asking me questions. I haven't been west of Georgetown. You've been out there in Illinois. What's going on? Sir, what's going on? You're the political expert. You never got out of the airport. You're not saddled with a nod to the fact. Sir, are you pulling for the Republican leader of the Senate? He's not here today. The Republican leader of the Senate, are you pulling for him he's not present today? Uh, that's not the name of the chair. I'm your neutral in favor of Bush. I am neutral. In favor of Bush? Thank you all. Do you know what a new caucus is? Ha ha ha. Ha ha. Thank you. Harry? The guy who's got the best idea of what has come from the floor. He definitely has a better idea of what has come from the floor. He has a better idea of what has come from the floor. He has a better idea of what has come from the floor. I'm sure there are some. I actually think this is going to be one of the best ideas Well, let's get underway here, last Friday I announced that several steps would be taken against the illegitimate Noriega regime in Panama, now that our friends have gone. I tell you, we've taken action to suspend trade preferences to Panama under the generalized schedule of preferences and the Caribbean Basin Initiative. And I have ordered intensified scrutiny by our immigration and customs services aimed at apprehending the drug traffickers and the money launders. Funds due to Panama from our government are being reviewed to determine whether they should be placed in escrow in the name of Panamanian people. I might add that certain payments due to Panama from the Panama Canal Commission will be placed in escrow immediately. Additional steps will be taken if necessary to deny any transfer of funds to the Noriega regime from other sources in the United States. We've done these things because until such time as Democratic government is restored in Panama, we cannot conduct relations on a business as usual basis. We have been and remain committed to fulfilling our obligations under the Panama Canal treaties. And we're also prepared to assume our relationships with the Panamanian Defense Forces once civilian government and constitutional democracy are reestablished. And now I'm going to ask Colin Powell if he will update us on the situation in Panama. Thank you, Mr. President. I'll begin by just for you stating the goal. Mr. President, this is the Ambassador of course. How are you, sir? Just fine. Wonderful to see you. Thanks for seeing me. Thank you. This is Ambassador Rock. Mr. President, I haven't seen her yet. Thank you. Thank you, Dr. Better do the honors. All it expects to see you, sir. Fred Bisson. Nice to meet you, sir. Pleasure to meet you. Hello. Hello. So do I. Thank you. I'm Jack Wasserman from New York, Mr. President. Pretty good to see you. Thank you, sir. I hang this upon us. Yes. Nice to see you. And welcome. Nice to meet you. I'm Walter Bradford. How do you do this, sir? Absolutely. Mr. John. Thank you. Congratulations. Thanks very much. Henry Muller, Mr. President. I'd like you to introduce yourself. I'm pleased to meet you. I'm Dorsal, but at this week's time, this is Prescott. Well, nice to see you there. How do you do this? Nice to see you. Very interesting something here, Mr. President. Yeah, we're going to do some good stuff. This is a symbol, the first one of its kind. It's produced in Sweden, in Sweden's capital. All of these symbols here indicate relations between our two countries. We think this is called Luccian. This has to do with the goddess of light, who was an ancient Italian saint. The Swedes adopted her early on in the 1700s, every 13th of December. The Swedish women walk around, the beautiful Swedish women, walk around with candles, lighted candles. This is the dark day in Sweden. The light starts right after this. It symbolizes light. It also symbolizes peace. It also symbolizes trade. You are the first recipient of what we call the Nobel Prize of Free Trade. This is the first one out, and it'll be perpetuated if there are other qualifying individuals. But you're the first, and we're here, representing the Swedish-American Chamber of Commerce, Swedish industry, over 208 years we've had an unbroken trade relationship between our two countries. We can't say that about politics, but we can say that about trade. So we think that's here to stay, and we're so proud to give this to you, representing the Swedish and American business community, and as the first recipient, we're so proud to accept it. Well, I am very proud to be the first recipient of this, and all of you who live in Sweden to deliver this, I can't tell you how much I appreciate it, and as for trade, yes, I think the relations we have, and you know that I'm opposed to protectionism and so on, so I'm most appreciative of all that you've done there with regard to trade. Incidentally, speaking of the history there, also I know that we're celebrating the 350th anniversary of the first migration here, and we're looking forward to their majesties, the King and Queen, who are coming. They say, Mr. President, I'm an old man, but I didn't come over with the first group. I came over with the first group. I came over with the first group. Well, I was exactly here to do that. We will not take your time, but here's a descriptive scroll, and I think that you can read it at your leisure, and I'm proud to say this is the first. A little description, which I think you might like, all the person who created this, and the artist who is responsible for it. This will glow in the dark, Mr. President. It's in the light of the city. Well, that's the glowing luchia. Well, you've given us a lot of your time. We promised we'd be an announcer. Well, listen. I'm most appreciative of my time that you have spent here and all that you've done, and I'm extremely proud to be the first recipient of this. Well, the four years you gave me in Sweden as your ambassador there in 81, I'm much appreciated. Well, I'm pleased that you would do it. Thanks. Thank you all. Right? Mr. President, I'm looking forward very much to their visit here. I'm looking forward to deliver it today. I'd like to talk to the Chief of Court from His Majesty to you, where he thanks for a message from you. He says how much he's looking forward to coming here. All right. Thanks. All the best. Thank you, Mr. President. Thank you very much. Thank you, sir. Bye now. Thank you, Mr. President. Great to visit with you. Well, thank you very much. Thank you. Thank you, Mr. President. Thank you very much. I've done a little hires and I'm sure I've done a lot of stuff. I have too much time. Thanks. Thank you very much. I appreciate you doing it. I'm simply you have been with many people. I know you're going to carry on with that. Well, thank you. I hope I'll do what I'm supposed to and with Ashby's help. Good to see you again. Good to see you. You look and fit as always. Well, I have to. I hope the director's coming in here with regard to that. Well, you are the most exemplary person for our cause of fitness and I was telling Ash that I would just hope that every day we can have you out front and center and showing all the Americans what fitness really is. Well, I appreciate that very much and I'm very grateful to someone for it. I also want to compliment you on your passing art. I saw a television clip of the Rose Garden pass to the Washington Redsman receiver and I saw your pass to the Dr. Dame receiver the other day and you were very good. He was the top quarterback. Well, I'll tell you when Moose Krause handed me that ball on the platform and then turned and indicated that I was there, that the team was over there and there was 10,000 people sitting out there and this young fella stood up and held his hand up. I didn't know that was their Heisman Trophy winner and all American. So I let fly. He couldn't have had a better pass. He was a crowded in, he couldn't have made a move. I met you at the Rose Bowl kickoff lunch and after your term as governor of California I was impressed how enthusiastic you were about football in those days and 1500 enthusiasts for the Rose Bowl and that kickoff lunch and you gave them a very fine fight talk. Football played a great role in my life. After those two passes I may have changed my favorite story about throwing accuracy happened at the ranch when we'd first bought this present ranch and one of the fellows on staff was there with us and we're all working fixing up the little old house that was there and he and I went out to get some in the jeep to get some creek rocks that we thought we could use for decoration and on the way back he said sneak with the side of the road so I stopped and I said to him in the jeep there and I said well I'm going to get out and look and I said I don't go around killing things but if this is a rattler I'm going to kill it and he had started to get out of the jeep and all of a sudden as I'm going around the front he's backing up onto the jeep and he's saying kill it and I looked and there was about a four foot rattler and I was trying to get up the back of the rocks well I looked for something my favorite weapon is to get a big rock and dump on their head and I couldn't find one and he's almost to the rocks and I just finally picked up one about the size of a lime and I let fly hit him right in the head and squashed his head I got on the jeep without saying a word we went back down when I got in the house I heard him outside saying to the other fellows and then he picked up this stone and he threw that stone and he hit that snake right in the head and I said to Nancy and he will never see me throw a rock again in my life good timing you left that one behind but your passing prowess is at least two fold well we appreciate your support with the President's counsel and appreciate your willingness to see us tonight I think it's really very important well you've been a good supporter and we look forward to the next eight or nine months of continued energy and enthusiasm alright we'll go after him thank you sir thank you very much thank you very much bye sir