[Bill]

George B.: Condi! Nice to see you.What's
happening?
Condoleeza R.: Sir, I have the report here about the new leaderof
China.
Bush: Great. Lay it on me.
Condi: Hu is the new leader ofChina.
Bush:
That's what I want to know.
Condi: That's what I'm tellingyou.
Bush: That's what
I'm asking you. Who is the new leader of China?
Condi:Yes.
Bush: I mean the
fellows name.
Condi: Hu.
Bush: The guy inChina.
Condi: Hu.
Bush: The new
leader of China.
Condi: Hu.
Bush: TheChinaman!
Condi: Hu is leading
China.
Bush: Now whaddya' asking mefor?
Condi: I'm telling you Hu is leading
China.
Bush: Well, I'm asking you. Whois leading China?
Condi: That's the man's
name.
Bush: That's who'sname?
Condi: Yes.
Bush: Will you or will you not tell
me the name of the newleader of China?
Condi: Yes, sir.
Bush: Yassir? Yassir
Arafat is in China? Ithought he was in the Middle East.
Condi: That's
correct.
Bush: Then who is inChina?
Condi: Yes, sir.
Bush: Yassir is in
China?
Condi: No, sir.
Bush:Then who is?
Condi: Yes, sir.
Bush:
Yassir?
Condi: No, sir.
Bush: Look,Condi. I need to know the name of the new
leader of China. Get me the SecretaryGeneral of the U.N. on the phone.
Condi:
Kofi?
Bush: No, thanks.
Condi: Youwant Kofi?
Bush: No.
Condi: You don't want
Kofi.
Bush: No. But now that youmention it, I could use a glass of milk. And then get
me the U.N.
Condi: Yes,sir.
Bush: Not Yassir! The guy at the U.N.
Condi:
Kofi?
Bush: Milk! Will youplease make the call?
Condi: And call who?
Bush: Who
is the guy at theU.N.?
Condi: Hu is the guy in China.
Bush: Will you stay outof
China?!
Condi: Yes, sir.
Bush: And stay out of the Middle East! Just get methe guy
at the U.N.
Condi: Kofi.
Bush: All right! With cream and two sugars. Nowget on the
phone.

(Condi picks up the phone.)

Condi: Rice,here.
Bush: Rice? Good
idea. And a couple of egg rolls, too. Maybe we should sendsome to the guy in China. And
the Middle East.