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``Like the United States, we share the desire to make sure the Korean 
Peninsula is nuclear weapons free.''
    Right after this meeting with President Fox, I'll be meeting with 
the leaders of Japan and South Korea, where we'll continue this dialog. 
So the strategy is to make sure that our close friends and our allies 
and people with whom we've got relations work in concert to convince Mr. 
Kim Chong-il that a nuclear-weapons-free peninsula is in his interests; 
it's in South Korea's interests, and it is in the world's interests.

[At this point, a reporter asked a question in Spanish. President Bush 
and President Fox

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responded in Spanish, and no translation was provided.]

U.N. Resolution on Iraq

    Q. For President Fox--it's the same question, basically. For 
President Fox, are you prepared to support the U.S. position at the U.N. 
and vote for a resolution authorizing force?
    And for President Bush, are there any consequences for nations that 
don't support our position at the U.N.?
    President Bush. The only consequence, of course, is with Saddam 
Hussein. And if the U.N. does not pass a resolution which holds him to 
account and that has consequences, then as I have said in speech after 
speech after speech, if the U.N. won't act, if Saddam Hussein won't 
disarm, we will lead a coalition to disarm him.
    Q. President Fox?

[President Fox responded to the question in Spanish, and no translation 
was provided.]

Note: The President spoke at 11 a.m. at the Las Ventanas al Paraiso 
Hotel. In his remarks, he referred to Foreign Minister Jorge Castaneda 
of Mexico; General Secretary Kim Chong-il of North Korea; President 
Jiang Zemin of China; President Kim Dae-jung of South Korea; Prime 
Minister Junichiro Koizumi of Japan; and President Saddam Hussein of 
Iraq. A tape was not available for verification of the content of these 
remarks.


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Joint United States-Japan-Republic of Korea Trilateral Statement

October 26, 2002

    Today President George W. Bush, President Kim Dae-Jung, and Prime 
Minister Junichiro Koizumi met to reaffirm their commitment to a 
peaceful Korean peninsula free of nuclear weapons.
    The three leaders agreed that North Korea's program to enrich 
uranium for nuclear weapons is a violation of the Agreed Framework, the 
Non-Proliferation Treaty, North Korea's IAEA safeguards agreement, and 
the South-North Joint Declaration on Denuclearization of the Korean 
peninsula. The three leaders called upon North Korea to dismantle this 
program in a prompt and verifiable manner and to come into full 
compliance with all its international commitments in conformity with 
North Korea's recent commitment in the Japan-North Korea Pyongyang 
Declaration. In this context, the three leaders agreed to continue close 
coordination.
    The three leaders stressed their commitment to resolve this matter 
peacefully in close consultation trilaterally and with other concerned 
nations around the globe.
    The three leaders agreed that South-North dialogue and the opening 
of Japan-DPRK normalization talks can serve as important channels to 
call upon the North to respond quickly and convincingly to the 
international communities' demands for a denuclearized Korean peninsula. 
President Kim briefed that during the recent South-North Ministerial 
Meeting held in Pyongyang, the South strongly urged North Korea to take 
immediate action for a prompt and peaceful resolution of the nuclear 
issue. Prime Minister Koizumi reiterated that Japan-DPRK normalization 
should promote not only bilateral relations with North Korea, but also 
contribute to peace and stability of the region. In this regard, Prime 
Minister Koizumi stressed that Japan-North Korea normalization talks 
would not be concluded without full compliance with the Pyongyang 
Declaration between Japan and North Korea, in particular with regard to 
the security issues, including the nuclear issue, and abduction issues. 
President Bush reiterated his February statement in South Korea that the 
United States has no intention of invading North Korea as well as the 
fact that he had been prepared to pursue a bold approach to transforming 
U.S.-DPRK relations.
    The three leaders noted the potential for North Korea to benefit 
from greater participation as a member of the international community. 
However, the three leaders agreed that North Korea's relations with the 
international community now rest on North Korea's prompt and visible 
actions to dismantle its program to produce highly enriched uranium for 
nuclear weapons.
    With a view to contributing to regional as well as international 
peace and stability, the three leaders reaffirmed that continued close

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consultations and trilateral coordination remain vital to the success of 
their efforts towards North Korea.

Note: An original was not available for verification of the content of 
this joint statement.


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Remarks in Phoenix, Arizona

October 27, 2002

    Thank you all. Governor, thanks for that kind introduction. You 
know, it wasn't all that long ago that a lot of people were saying, 
``Old Matt Salmon doesn't even have a chance.'' A lot of the pundits 
here in the State of Arizona had written this good man off, but it looks 
like to me they might have wasted a little ink.
    A lot of people were saying, ``Well, he's just not going to get 
there.'' My fellow Americans and the good folks from Arizona, with your 
help, with your hard work, with your turning out the vote, with your 
joining this good man and his good wife, Matt Salmon is going to be the 
next Governor of Arizona. And I am proud to be here as one of his 
strongest supporters.
    I'm not as strong a supporter as the next first lady from Arizona. 
I'm proud that Nancy is here. She's going to make a great first lady. 
Old Matt and I married above ourselves. [Laughter] Laura sends her best. 
She sends her best regards to the Salmons. She knows what it's like to 
be running for office. She knows what it's like to be a first lady of a 
State. She's got all the confidence in the world, as do I, in the Salmon 
family. They will represent you with dignity. They'll represent you with 
class. They'll do a great job for everybody who lives in the State of 
Arizona.
    I'm also proud to be up here supporting Rick Renzi for the United 
States Congress. I like a man who believes in family values--all 12 of 
them. [Laughter] I had the privilege of campaigning with Rick in 
northern Arizona, the heart of his district. He's well liked there. 
People understand him. He's going to make a fine United States 
Congressman. No question in my mind, with your help, he is going to win.
    I want to thank one of my Cabinet Secretaries for joining us today, 
Mel Martinez from the Housing and Urban Development. Let me tell you 
about Mel. He's from Florida. There's another Governor's race over there 
I'm paying attention to, I might add. [Laughter]
    A long time ago when Mel was a little fellow, his parents made a 
difficult decision. They sent him to the United States from Cuba. They 
sent him in what they call Operation Pedro Pan from an island controlled 
by a dictator to the land of the free. They put their young lad--let him 
go--they stayed behind for a while, not certain if they could get out--
because of what America stood for. And here is that little man. That 
Pedro Pan, years later, is now in the Cabinet of the President of the 
United States, doing a fabulous job on behalf of America. The American 
Dream is alive and well, and Mel Martinez represents it all.
    I'm honored to be here with my good friend the Governor of Arizona; 
I appreciate her service to your State, and I appreciate her friendship 
to Laura and me--Jane Dee Hull. Thank you, Governor.
    I want to thank Cindy McCain for coming. She didn't bring John. She 
brought Jack. [Laughter] Senator McCain is out working hard to make sure 
that we change the leadership in the United States Senate. I appreciate 
John McCain and Jon Kyl's good work on behalf of the American people. 
And there's a lot of reasons why we need to change the Senate--no more 
clear reason than to make sure the good, honest judges I put up for the 
Federal bench get a good hearing.
    We've got some of the members of the mighty Arizona congressional 
delegation who are here with us. One man not with us, but a man who's 
done a fabulous job on behalf of the people of Arizona and the people of 
the United States, is the chairman, Bob Stump. He served with 
distinction. He served with class. And of course, we all wish Bob all 
the very best.
    I'm so proud to be up here with John Shadegg and Jeff Flake and big 
J.D. Hayworth. I told J.D., those of us in the political world make a 
living by shaking hands, and I'm not shaking his anymore. [Laughter]
    I also want to thank Trent Franks, who's running for the United 
States Congress, for joining us today. For those of you in Trent's

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district, give this good man your hard work. Thanks for coming, Trent.
    I know we've got the mayor here, Skip Rimsza, from the city of 
Phoenix. I want to thank you for coming, Skip. I'm proud to--I don't see 
you anywhere, but I'm proud that you're here. You're not Skip. 
[Laughter] You're not even old enough to vote. [Laughter] But if you're 
wise, you'll follow in his footsteps and serve your community, like he 
does. But thank you, Mr. Mayor, for coming today.
    I want to thank the Mountain View High School Band for being here on 
a Sunday afternoon; thank you all. I appreciate you all coming. I'll try 
to keep my short--my speech short, so you can go back and study. 
[Laughter]
    I want to thank all those of you who are involved in the political 
process for being here today. Obviously, you're interested; otherwise, 
you wouldn't have come. But a lot of you are the folks at the grassroots 
level who make a tremendous difference as to whether or not a candidate 
has a chance of winning or not.
    For those of you who are at the grassroots, I want to thank you for 
what you're doing and going to do, which is to man the phones, put up 
the signs, send the letters, remind your friends and fellow Arizonians 
they have an obligation to America to vote. If you're living in this 
country, you have an obligation as a citizen to exercise this wonderful 
freedom. Go to your houses of worship and your community centers and 
your coffee shops and talk it up. Talk it up about Matt Salmon and your 
congressional candidates. Don't be afraid to talk to good Democrats, 
either. Listen, a good Democrat knows the difference between a tax 
raiser and a tax cutter. These candidates are going to win, and they're 
going to win because of you all. So thanks for coming, and thanks for 
your interest.
    The Governor's race of any State is really important. It's important 
to have somebody who's going to do in office what they say they're going 
to do, not somebody who kind of walks around taking a poll here and 
running a focus group there, trying to figure out what position to take, 
not somebody who will take a position one day, and then the butane gets 
turned up and changes their mind. That's not the kind of Governor you 
need. You need somebody who's steady, somebody who knows what he 
believes, somebody like Salmon that, when he went to the United States 
Congress, he said he was only going to serve three terms, and then did 
what he said. That's the kind of Governor you need, somebody whose word 
you can trust.
    You must have a Governor who's got the right priorities. Educating a 
child is the right priority, and that's Matt Salmon's priority. 
Education is to a State what national defense is to the Federal 
Government, by far the most important priority. And this Governor 
understands that.
    But a good Governor is someone who also has the right frame of mind 
when it comes to education. And that frame of mind starts with realizing 
every child can learn and believing that every child can learn, a frame 
of mind that is willing to set high standards and therefore challenge 
what I call the soft bigotry of low expectations; somebody that 
understands that if you set the bar low, you're going to get bad 
results.
    It's that type of attitude, by the way, the people that set the bar 
low or those who are willing just to write off certain children who are 
hard to educate--you see, it's much easier to walk into a classroom full 
of children whose parents may not speak English as a first language and 
say, ``These kids can't learn. Let's just move them through.'' You've 
got to have a Governor who's willing to challenge the status quo, who's 
willing to say that it is unacceptable to socially promote children who 
may be hard to educate, a Governor whose vision for their State says 
every child can learn, not just those in good suburban districts but 
every single child can learn.
    You've got to have a Governor who also understands that 
bureaucracies don't set the path to excellence for every child, that 
you've got to have local control of schools, that one size doesn't fit 
all. And you've got to have a Governor who's willing to ask the 
fundamental question, is every child learning in Arizona? See, if you 
believe every child can learn, then you've got to ask the question. Show 
me. And therefore you must have accountability.
    And with Matt Salmon as the Governor, when he finds children in 
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working, he'll praise the teachers, and we need to praise the teachers. 
But the thing I appreciate about this good man is, when he finds 
children trapped in schools that will not teach and schools that will 
not change, this is a man who will challenge the special interests of 
Arizona with one interest in mind, the children. He will challenge the 
status quo because he believes, like I believe, that no child should be 
left behind in the State of Arizona.
    I appreciate so very much that Matt understands the role of 
Government is not to create wealth. The role of Government is to create 
an environment in which the small-business owner and the entrepreneur 
can flourish. Seventy percent of new jobs in America are created by 
small-business owners, and you better have you a Governor who 
understands the role of small business in our society. And Matt Salmon 
understands that. When he says he's not raising taxes, book it.
    I look forward to working with Matt when we get a welfare 
reauthorization bill through the Congress, one that says that we're 
going to help people find work. The best welfare program is a program 
which incorporates work so that people have the dignity of being able to 
put food on their own table.
    I look forward to working with Matt to make sure our health care 
system works. And I look forward to working with Rick and the other 
Members of Congress and the two United States Senators to make sure our 
health care system works. Medicine has changed. Medicare hasn't. 
Medicine is going modern. Medicare is stuck in the past. For the sake of 
our seniors, for the sake of the quality of life for those who depend 
upon the Federal Government when it comes to Medicare, we need to 
modernize Medicare, reform Medicare, and include a prescription drug 
benefit for Arizona's seniors.
    Now, there's a lot of issues that we can work on together. The 
people of Arizona will understand when Matt becomes the Governor that 
he's going to work to change the tone. He's going to elevate the 
discourse, that he's not politics as usual, that he's here to serve the 
good people of the State. He's not going to be one of these fellows that 
says, ``Well, did you vote for me? I'm going to be your Governor. If you 
didn't vote for me, I'm not.'' His intention is to represent every 
single person in Arizona, and he will do so with distinction and with 
class.
    I keep talking about Renzi. One reason I'm anxious to get Renzi up 
there is because I want to make sure Denny Hastert remains the Speaker 
of the House. The leadership of the House of Representatives and the 

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