We don't want to pre-judge how the next administration will proceed. We've been consulting with them all along.

We'll have to examine the details. But it is not clear that the provisions will actually help American farmers and others who want to sell food to Cuba.

We will do what we can to be helpful. We will be talking to all the various campaigns. The president wants to play a role in the final two weeks of the election -- helping Democratic candidates around the country, from the vice president to the first lady to various congressional members.

It's essentially the first organizing meeting of this council to prepare for a smooth transition.

Mr. Cheney was part of the 'Whip Inflation Now' team and he was part of a Bush administration that had a pretty anemic growth record, but that doesn't mean he's qualified to talk about the state of the economy today.

We put out a budget in February that lays out where we stand. It's hard to blame us for the fact that they are well behind on their work.