You seem to have answered your own question. You referred to a video clip in which the President says if anyone on his team broke the law, he'd fire them.
I agree with you that it's an important distinction.
My clumsily-phrased question is whether the statement that Fox showed was President Bush's only statement on the subject, or whether President Bush also made another statement (whether on that date or another time) in which he said that he would fire anyone who was involved in leaking Plame's name.