That's not true. There are no plans for a trip at this point with Assistant Secretary Shannon to Venezuela.

We'll be focusing here in this trip on further discussion of that, as well as working together to strengthen not only the global economy but to expand trade between our two countries,

In this regard, Secretary Annan has been playing an important and, I think, proper role.

And I wouldn't at this point make any specific linkages to what happened in this parliamentary election to any of those issues.

We're not even close to going that far.

We have seen reports that ... there is no distinction between 'abolish' and 'ceasing activity' and that the effect of Taiwan's action earlier this week was to abolish the Council.