 Ladies and gentlemen, the President of the United States and the Secretary Schultz. Good morning. I have a very brief statement to read here, and then I'm going to have to depart, and the Secretary of State is going to take some of your questions here with regard to this event. I've just concluded a meeting with the Joint Congressional Leadership, and I am pleased to announce that there's a general agreement among us to go forward with a renewed diplomatic initiative in Central America along the lines of the peace plan prepared in cooperation with the Speaker and the Joint Congressional Leadership. Accordingly, I have instructed the Secretary of State to transmit that document to the leaders of the five Central American countries who are meeting in Guatemala City tomorrow, with the request that these views should be taken into account in their deliberations. As I said at Ellis Island several months ago, this administration has always supported regional diplomatic initiatives aimed at peace and democracy. The aspirations of our Central American neighbors, the democratic resistance in Nicaragua, and the Nicaraguan people are one and the same. The establishment of genuinely democratic systems throughout the region with the fully guaranteed liberties of free assembly, free speech, free press, and the simple principle of self-determination. I applaud this bipartisan effort in Congress, and I express the hope that it will produce a peaceful resolution to the conflict in Nicaragua. I urge other nations of the world to join in the support of this effort and refrain from activities that would jeopardize it. Mr. President, why are you willing to now trust the Sandinistas and sit down at the bargaining table with them? Do you trust them to live up to their end of the deal, sir? We're going to be over here. She's going to put me on the same side. I'm going to subscribe to the middle of this because I can get it. Okay. Wait, Federal, why don't you get us a seat? I'm sorry. That's fair. I'm going to raise the cell phone, sir. Thank you. Bob, it means you. Which way are you at? The same door you came in. Thank you, Mark. Well, it's a great pleasure to have you here. They have some of you here. Again, the statement that has made the press, the achievement here in Nicaragua has by far as an approach to a negotiation here. Peace settlement. And I want you to know, however, that, you know, we have a problem with the Congress, the three by three aid to the freedom fighters. And we're not going to retreat from that. The agreement is based on if the ceasefire comes and the negotiations get out of their way, that there will be humanitarian aid. In other words, justice, the Sandinista army is not going to disappear on the ceasefire. We know that the Congress has to remain together as an army and it will be able to exist until we know the solution. And if it should be a failure, why then I will be just as eager as I've always been to have the Congress provide military help for the freedom fighters. So you having heard that, we believe that with the other democratic countries in this Guatemala meeting that is going on, this probably is the best opportunity. And I want to commend all of you because now what you have done in this, this human being I think is going to make it as much more possible to get the kind of discussions that we've been seeking for so long. And now I'd like to hear from you and about you. You're very encouraged by what you've achieved. I've left George there as you know, to take questions. He threw me to the wall. We seem to be breathing too much.