We hope and expect President Yeltsin will abide by his prior statements that Russia will not get militarily involved in this situation.

Russia is a great winter sport country and we keep our fingers crossed and hope to make the cut (in June).

We are interested in what course of reform the government pursues, and we hope there will be continuity in taking steps to get the Russian economy stable and growing.

I had conversations with people in Russia, South America, Africa. In my profiles, I wrote that I was looking for a Proverbs 31 woman. (The Old Testament chapter) talks about the perfect mate being trustworthy, hardworking, dedicated, faithful, putting God first. And Hope was the only one to respond to the Proverbs 31 reference.

We fully plan to have a second wave of enlargement. Slovenia is definitely on that track.

They discussed the Syrian track, and the best ways to move the process forward. There's still work to do.