Remarks by the President and U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan
The Oval Office
February 3, 2004

THE PRESIDENT: It's my honor to welcome the Secretary General here to the Oval Office. We've just had a really constructive dialogue about a lot of issues. And the world is changing for the better and the United Nations is playing a vital role in that change. And we talked about Iraq and Afghanistan, Pakistan, India, the Middle East, the continent of Africa. And I'll let the Secretary General speak for himself, but I'm upbeat and optimistic about the future of the world.

Isn't it grand to hear the President so upbeat and optimistic? Perhaps no one's told him that the best hope for the "future of the world" is one where his performance as Unlikely World Leader has ended due to bad reviews.