News from the Washington file

usinfo.state.gov 04 March 2003 Transcript: White House Press Briefing, March 4, 2003 .............. Q: Next question, Ari, please -- recently The Washington Post had an editorial in which it expressed its worries about some of the latest steps taken by President Hugo Chavez of Venezuela, and asking the United States to get more involved with a group of friends trying to find a democratic solution --

MR. FLEISCHER: The United States is deeply involved in the Mission of the Secretary General of the Organization of American States. They have formed this group of friends that is working very hard to bring solutions to the problem in Venezuela based on a constitutional solution and based on a peaceful model. We're a deeply integral part of that. ...............

(Distributed by the Office of International Information Programs, U.S. Department of State. Web site: usinfo.state.gov)