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25 February 1998

• Additional Media Encounter with Deputy Secretary Hamre, February 25, 1998 "We will send to Congress next week a supplemental requesting funds. What we spent so far is probably over 600 million dollars. But it's going to be bigger than that when it's all done."
• PRESS BRIEFING BY HEAD OF TECHNICAL TEAM'S MISSION TO IDENTIFY IRAQI PRESIDENTIAL SITES Staffan de Mistura, Head of the Technical Team set up to identify Iraqi presidential sites prior to the Secretary-General's mission, briefed correspondents at Headquarters today on his mission to Baghdad from 15 to 18 February.
• KOFI ANNAN REMARKS AFTER UNSC BRIEFING United Nations -- UN Secretary General Kofi Annan says he has "a general sense of approval" from the membership of the UN Security Council for the weapons inspection agreement he negotiated with Iraq.
• [EXCERPT] U.S. Department of State Daily Press Briefing -- 25 February 1998 -- IRAQ Agreement: Focus on Weapons of Mass Destruction / Sen Lott Criticism / Iraqi Implementation / Details to Address Compliance: Reversal of Course / Accounting for Kuwaiti Prisoners UNSCOM: Inspectors / Teams / Diplomats / Commissioner / Executive Director / Role of Chairman Butler / Responsibilities for Certification Military Force: Costs for US Military Operations / Support from Other Countries /Additional UNSC Resolution Sites: Access / Off-Limits Areas Secretary: Feb 15 Mtg with UN Secretary General / Discussion of Diplomatic Solution / Rationale for US Policy
• SADDAM "BACKS DOWN" IN CONFRONTATION OVER UN WEAPONS INSPECTIONS By Peter Sawchyn USIA Staff Writer (Gulf specialist says Saddam will continue to pose threat) In the latest confrontation with the United Nations over weapons inspections, Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein has for all practical purposes "backed down."
• TRANSCRIPT: STATE DEPARTMENT NOON BRIEFING, FEBRUARY 25 State Department Spokesman James Rubin briefed. Rubin called the agreement recently brokered between Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein and UN Secretary General Kofi Annan a "win-win" arrangement for the United States.
• IRAQ/ PRESIDENTIAL SITES Voice of America 25 February 1998 - THE HEAD OF THE MAPPING TEAM THAT RECENTLY SURVEYED PRESIDENTIAL PALACE SITES IN IRAQ BRIEFED THE UNITED NATIONS SECURITY COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
• ALBRIGHT / IRAQ Voice of America 25 February 1998 THE CLINTON ADMINISTRATION HAS RECEIVED CLARIFICATIONS FROM UNITED NATIONS SECRETARY GENERAL KOFI ANNAN ABOUT THE AGREEMENT HE HAS MADE WITH IRAQ ON WEAPONS INSPECTIONS.
• CONGRESS-IRAQ Voice of America 25 February 1998 THERE IS TOUGH TALK COMING FROM CAPITOL HILL ON THE U-N DEAL WITH IRAQ. SENATE REPUBLICAN LEADER TRENT LOTT SAYS THE WHITE HOUSE SHOULD REJECT THE AGREEMENT.
• AMERICAN PUBLIC OPINION ON IRAQ VOA 25 February 1998 - AMERICANS EXPRESSED CONTEMPT FOR THE REGIME OF SADDAM HUSSEIN, AND AN UNWILLINGNESS TO USE MILITARY FORCE.
• IRAQ / INSPECTIONS Voice of America 25 February 1998 IRAQ'S DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER IS CALLING FOR A SPEEDY RETURN OF U-N INSPECTORS AND AN EQUALLY SPEEDY WITHDRAWAL OF U-S TROOPS FROM THE GULF.
• REPORTER'S NOTEBOOK: GULF CRISIS Voice of America 25 February 1998 V-O-A CORRESPONDENT GIL BUTLER HAS BEEN IN THE PERSIAN GULF FOR THE PAST TEN DAYS, REPORTING ON DEVELOPMENTS IN GULF COUNTRIES. IN THIS REPORT, HE SHARES SOME OBSERVATIONS FROM HIS REPORTER'S NOTEBOOK.
• How U.S. Got Iraq Deal and Resolved Its Own Internal Debate The New York Times 25 February 1998
• Annan Says He Has Council Backing for Iraq Agreement The New York Times 25 February 1998
• Lawmakers Demand Test of Saddam's Promise to United Nations The New York Times 25 February 1998
• Iraq Unlikely to Be Able to Increase Oil Output Significantly The New York Times 25 February 1998

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