1. CASEY:В Let me make - QUESTION:В So you are, Tom -- I dont want to -- its a pity that you have to be put through all this.В But because policy evolves and its not your doing.В Its not your doing and its like were hammering you and were not -- its nothing personal.

2. McCLELLAN:В Well, I think the American people expect better.В And lets call it what it is -- this is simply an effort to block the nomination of John Bolton and play partisan politics.В Its nothing but that.В Weve got important work to do at the United Nations when it comes to reforming it and making it more effective and making it work better.В And John Bolton is the kind of guy we need there to do that.

3. MCCORMACK: Well, Ive seen the same news report that you referred to and at this point, what were doing to do is were going to wait to hear back from North Korea on our proposal, the June 2004 proposal, what their response to that is and that forms the basis of potentially moving forward on the -- towards the ultimate goal of the discussions.В Im not going to get into, you know, I know there are going to be a lot of news reports out there talking about a number of different proposals from one side or the other.В Not going to get into discussing those things or trying to, you know, readout the negotiations from here.В So at this point, lets - QUESTION:В Its nothing new.В You dont see - MR.