U.S. Department of State
Daily Press Briefing
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 31, 1999
Briefer: JAMES P. RUBIN
IRAQ
12 Reported Travel by Belgrade Officials to Iraq
15 US Support for Iraqi Opposition Groups
DAILY PRESS BRIEFING
DPB #41
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 31, 1999, 12:45 P.M.
(ON THE RECORD UNLESS OTHERWISE NOTED)
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QUESTION: Can we go to Iraq? The efforts to spend the authorized money to support the opposition -- $7 million or whatever it is -- how is that going?
MR. RUBIN: I don't have any new information on that. I could get it for the record for you.
QUESTION: Are you all continuing forward with that effort?
MR. RUBIN: Absolutely.
QUESTION: Your policy in Iraq to degrade his ability to build weapons of mass destruction -
MR. RUBIN: Containment until regime changes is our policy in Iraq.
QUESTION: Is that policy bearing fruit? Are you seeing any efforts by him to break out of his box?
MR. RUBIN: We continue to believe that the containment-until-regime-change policy is working.
(The briefing concluded at 1:30 P.M.)
[end of document]
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