QUESTION: Russia rejected today the UN plan for Kosovo independence as unacceptable and will raise veto. Any comment?
MR. MCCORMACK: Well, we're going to continue working with the Russians, but I think President Bush made quite clear back at the beginning of June around the G-8 summit where we stand with respect to Kosovo and this process where we would allow time for some additional dialogue between the parties to arrive at a solution, some limited time, clearly limited, but the question of independence for Kosovo is not one that is, in our view, up for debate.Which means you're going to have to find someone else to debate the issue with you, and if you want to put your faith in Putin, well good luck with that.