And from that point of view, that initiative to share and discuss and dialogue and reachcommonground with the president of the United States is something that I greatly appreciate.
And we have demonstrated our willingness to accept cuts that in an ideal world we would not support in order to reach a compromise and find commonground because nobody can get 100 percent of what they want in a process like this.
So he will continue to work with leaders of both parties, beginning again this afternoon in the Roosevelt Room, to try to find commonground and to reach a compromise so that we can move this process forward and fulfill our obligations.