(We take you now to the Oval Office.)
"Who is leading China"
Mr. Bush: Condi! Nice to see
you.
What's happening?
Condi: Sir, I have the
report here about the
new leader of China.
Mr. Bush: Great. Lay it on
me.
Condi: Hu is the new leader
of China.
Mr. Bush: That's what I want
to know.
Condi: That's what I'm
telling you.
Mr. Bush: That's what I'm
asking you.
Who is the new leader of China?
Condi: Yes.
Mr. Bush: I mean the
fellow's name?
Condi: Hu.
Mr. Bush: The guy in China.
Condi: Hu.
Mr. Bush: The new leader of
China.
Condi: Hu.
Mr. Bush: The Chinaman!
Condi: Hu is leading China.
Mr. Bush: Now whaddya'
asking me for?
Condi: I'm telling you Hu is
leading China.
Mr. Bush: Well, I'm asking
you.
Who is leading China?
Condi: That's the man's
name.
Mr. Bush: That's who's name?
Condi: Yes.
Mr. Bush: Will you or will
you not tell me the
name of the new leader of China?
Condi: Yes, sir.
Mr. Bush: Yassir? Yassir
Arafat is in China?
I thought he was in the Middle East.
Condi: That's correct.
Mr. Bush: Then who is in
China?
Condi: Yes, sir.
Mr. Bush: Yassir is in
China?
Condi: No, sir.
Mr. Bush: Then who is?
Condi: Yes, sir.
Mr. Bush: Yassir?
Condi: No, sir.
Mr. Bush: Look, Condi. I
need the name of the
new leader of China. Get me the
Secretary General of the U.N. on the phone.
Condi: Kofi?
Mr. Bush: No, thanks.
Condi: You want Kofi?
Mr. Bush: No.
Condi: You don't want Kofi.
Condi: Yes, sir.
Mr. Bush: Not Yassir! The
guy at the U.N.
Condi: Kofi?
Mr. Bush: Milk! Will you
please make the call?
Condi: And call who?
Mr. Bush: Who is the guy at
the U.N?
Condi: Hu is the guy in
China.
Mr. Bush: China?!
Condi: Yes, sir.
Mr. Bush: Just get me the
guy at the U.N.
Condi: Kofi.
Mr. Bush: All right! With
cream and two sugars.
Now get on the phone.
