No battle plan survives contact with the enemy.

received reports that he may be in contact with various individuals.

The plan that is out there -- A, B and C -- is the Mitchell report, ... It calls for a cessation of violence and hostility toward one another, it calls for confidence-building measures to restore trust and security cooperation, and it also leads to negotiations on final status.

there are no arms deal with Iran so far.

Everybody knows what [Iraqi President] Saddam Hussein should be doing, and if he isn't doing it and shows no indication he's doing it, I think we can present a strong enough argument for the second resolution that we put down,

No one has any evidence to the contrary, ... should not jump to such hasty conclusions.