Clar'ty and S'curity at the Pacific Rim Summit

"I might be wrong. I think I did not hear President Bush mention a declaration to end the Korean War just now," [South Korean President] Roh said through an interpreter. "Did you say so, President Bush?"'

"It's up to Kim Jong Il," Bush said.

Roh pressed on. ''If you could be a little bit clearer,'' he said, prompting nervous laughter from the U.S. delegation and a look of annoyance from Bush.

"Ha ha," the US delegation collectively thought to themselves, "ha ha ha ha ha."