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10/28/2003
Daily Press Briefing for October 28, 2003-- Iran Transcript
QUESTION: On Armitage and Iran. Secretary Armitage also said that the U.S. should not have been signing a ceasefire with the MEK. Is it the State Department's understanding that there actually was a ceasefire signed with the MEK in the field? He said -- he said his understanding was that this was done by a soldier tactically, who had an immediate problem, an immediate concern.
MR. BOUCHER: I don't know.
QUESTION: Is that just -- not careful language?
MR. BOUCHER: I'd have to check with him whether that was an issue, a statement in the question or something we know ourselves. But, again, military action in the field like that, the military might be able to provide more information than I could.
QUESTION: Right, and the second on that. He said that it was his understanding that the MEK members have not been disarmed of their sidearms. Is that something -- I mean, the State Department has had some public concerns about this --
MR. BOUCHER: Once again, I -- my personal view on this is that we should believe whatever the Deputy Secretary says. I'm not in a position to provide that information or supplement it.
QUESTION: Well, are these still questions that the State Department are pressing the Pentagon for answers?
MR. BOUCHER: These are obviously still questions that we're interested in and come up in discussion with other agencies,
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