31.   Gore said he had been drinking a lot of iced tea and therefore might have been answering a call of nature when the incriminating discussion took place.

32.   Gore said he had been swayed in part by criticism of the idea from Alan Greenspan, the chairman of the Federal Reserve.

33.   Gore said he had no position on whether the records should be made public.

34.   Gore said he helped to lead the fight to save public broadcasting when the Reagan-Bush administration tried to eliminate it.

35.   Gore said he is proud of the album, and quite satisfied with how it turned out.

36.   Gore said he later met a group of Marine recruiters who encouraged him to enlist.

37.   Gore said he strongly supported the separation of church and state.

38.   Gore said he supports such a designation but would oppose calling it a marriage because it is not the same as marriage.

39.   Gore said he thought that the administration would prevail in imposing tough rules this year.

40.   Gore said he was not worried about the increasing likelihood that First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton will run for a US Senate seat from New York.