Verbatim: Aug. 29, 2005

"We are disagreeing. We are failing to reach compromises. But we are not killing each other."

BARHAM SALIH, Iraqi Minister of Planning, on hammering out a constitution, whose deadline for submission was extended a week

"I think it's important for me to be thoughtful and sensitive to those who have got something to say. But it's also important for me to go on with my life, to keep a balanced life."

PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH, on his decision not to meet with Cindy Sheehan, who waited two weeks in a roadside vigil to speak with him about her son's death in...

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