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 toreach a compromise so that we can move this process forward and fulfill our obligations.
And we have demonstrated our willingness to accept cuts that in an ideal world we would not support in order toreach a compromise and find commonground because nobody can get 100 percent of what they want in a process like this.
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.