that they are made fully aware of the united states positions in both areas of pctical cooperation such as defeating is and areas where russia does not share our interest and values. as you know the vice president will be departing for his ten-day trip for south korea, japan, indonesia and australia saturday morning. his office will provide more information later today. i m glad to announce that president will host the prime minister of italy for an official working visit to the white house next thursday april 20th. the leaders will discuss the upcoming g7, which will be hosted in italy, and italy and sicily and a range of issues of mutual concern. with that i would be glad to take some of your questions. sean, where is the administration on [ inaudible ]. that is an area that is being internally discussed at this time. undecided? there is an ongoing discussion on that matter. matt? thanks. the last few days have seen a