11.   That is, if the Blazers president Bob Whitsitt will still deal with New York after the Chris Dudley contract fiasco three years ago.

12.   The president also will met with leaders of the civil society movement in Africa that supports democracy and human rights efforts.

13.   The president could waive them, and this president would.

14.   Under the current thinking in the House of Representatives, would the president lying under oath about having Tex-Mex with that woman amount to perjury?

15.   White House spokesman McCurry refused to comment on what the president would or would not accept in a budget, however.

16.   While the president will certainly, at least in the initial stages, act without regard to his own electoral future, aides will watch public opinion carefully.

17.   White House spokesman Joseph Lockhart said, though, the president would likely return to the talks later this week.

18.   But the president would not back away either, a government source said, speaking on condition of anonymity.

19.   Chances are slim, however, that the president will quit office.

20.   Chances are slim, however, that the president will quit the office.