    [Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: George W. Bush (2002, Book II)]
    [July 2, 2002]
    [Pages 1161-1162]
    [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office www.gpo.gov]

    Exchange With Reporters in Milwaukee, Wisconsin
    July 2, 2002

    New York Times Article

        The President. Yes, Terry [Terry Moran, ABC News], what is it?
        Q. Do you have any response--there's this columnist in the New York
    Times today who says that your role on the board of Harkin Energy back
    in the 1980s and its sale of Aloha Petroleum, your sale of stock, that
    amounts to the same kind of

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    corporate misbehavior you're now criticizing.
        The President. Everything I do is fully disclosed. It's been fully
    vetted.
        Any other question?

    International Criminal Court

        Q. Excuse me, sir. Do you think you'll be able to work out that
    logjam, or is our participation in Bosnia coming to an end?
        The President. The International Criminal Court is troubling to the
    United States. It's troubling to the administration and obviously
    trouble with the United States Senate as well.
        President Clinton signed this treaty,
    but when he signed it, he said it should not be submitted to the Senate.
    It therefore never has been, and I don't intend to submit it either,
    because it--you know, as the United States works to bring peace around
    the world, our diplomats and our soldiers could be drug into this court,
    and that's a very troubling--very troubling to me.
        And we'll try to work out the impasse at the United Nations. But one
    thing we're not going to do is sign on to the International Criminal
    Court.

    Corporate Responsibility

        Q. Mr. President, as you contemplate new penalties for corporate
    malfeasance, do you think that the laws on the books are insufficient to
    prosecute CEOs, or----
        The President. I will make a statement on that at the appropriate
    time, Dick [Richard Keil, Bloomberg News].

    Independence Day Celebrations

        Q. How should Americans celebrate July Fourth this year, given the
    anxieties about more attacks?
        The President. They should celebrate heartily because we have
    freedom, and we love freedom. And I--they should also know our
    Government is doing everything they can to make the homeland secure,
    that people ought to be joyous in their celebration and celebrate the
    fact that we're fortunate enough to be Americans. I'm going to do that
    in West Virginia.
        Thank you all.

    Note: The exchange began at 10:16 a.m. during a tour of the Holy
    Redeemer Institutional Church of God in Christ. A tape was not available
    for verification of the content of this exchange.