President Bush in San Jose: “America doesn’t need more big government, and we’ve learned that more money is not always the answer. If a program is failing to serve people, it makes little difference if we spend twice as much or half as much. The measure of true compassion is results.” … In wake of 9/11 spending, federal budget expected to grow at least 11 percent this year . . . “From the first of the year, the president has been cautioning about the need not to practice a guns-and-butter policy,” says OMB director Mitch Daniels, in New York Times. “The president is resolute. The House leadership is resolute. Those are two good disc brakes. The problem is that the vehicle is already moving pretty fast.” . . . Rep. John Shadegg (R., Ariz.): “Many of us are deeply concerned about spending spinning out of control.” . . . Bush commemorates Cinco de Mayo: “[Mexican president Vicente Fox and I] are both deeply committed to helping the entire American familia achieve prosperity and live in peace.” . . . Bush on judicial nominees: “The Senate thus far has not done its part to ensure that our federal courts operate at full strength. Justice is at risk in America, and the Senate must act for the good of the country.” . . . Treasury secretary Paul O’Neill on taxes, in Wall Street Journal: “We’re beginning to work on simplification issues . . . Next year, I think we need to put a major reform proposal on the table.”
Undersecretary of state John Bolton, at Heritage Foundation: “The United States believes that Cuba has at least a limited offensive biological-warfare research and development effort. Cuba has provided dual-use biotechnology to other rogue states. We are concerned that such technology could support BW programs in those states.” . . . National security adviser Condoleezza Rice, on Fox News: “The president has made no decision as to how he is going to deal with Saddam Hussein. We’re in consultation with our friends and allies. But we have felt, the president has felt, that it’s extremely important to make clear that the status quo is not acceptable with this regime.” . . . Bill Clinton discusses why he didn’t invade Afghanistan, on NPR: “I think the only thing [more] we could have done is to try some sort of invasion, which would have been widely condemned around the world as a violation of international law.” . . . University of California at Berkeley offers class on “The Politics and Poetics of Palestinian Resistance,” and course description says “conservative thinkers are encouraged to seek other sections.”
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