MS. PERINO: Bear with me for a moment. A couple of things. Obviously we are en route to New York, and then he will travel to Colts Neck, New Jersey, where he has the Lance-Myers New Jersey Trust Reception. Then at 8:10 p.m., he will attend the United States Reception at the Waldorf-Astoria.
A couple of announcements. One, just a scheduling thing for you. In August, we announced that the White House Conference on North American Wildlife Policy will be held October 1 through -- the 1st through the 3rd in Reno, Nevada. I just want to remind you of that. As you remember, this conference will bring together leaders and professionals within the wildlife conservation community to discuss issues related to Executive Order 13443, which facilitates the expansion and enhancement of hunting opportunities and the management of game species and their habitat. And the President will deliver the keynote address at that conference on October 3rd. Also we noted today Mohamed ElBaradei's comments that, unfortunately, his agency, the IAEA, has not been able to make what he called "substantive progress" on the alleged studies regarding Iran's nuclear program and the suggestions of a nuclear program. He said that he remains seriously concerned, and so do we. Secretary Rice will be meeting with her counterparts in the P5-plus-1 up here at this meeting, and we would echo what the IAEA said today, which is that Iran needs to give the agency substantial information and access if they are going to be proven correct in their claims. And meanwhile, we will continue on with our path of negative consequences for their inaction in response. Finally, obviously, the big story of the day and over the weekend was the economy. We continue to work with members of Congress to get a bill done quickly and cleanly this week. We've had some good responses so far that everyone understands the gravity of the situation, the urgency of the situation. And I don't have a lot of details for you because those are still being worked out, but you have the President's statement from this morning. I don't think you'll have another one today, but I'll let you know if that changes.
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