Aides described the talk as "good," but offered few details.

Another aide described the President's remarks as "a 2-by-4 across the eyes."

Senior aides described the plan on Wednesday as one of several under consideration to save money.

And this time, a senior aide described her statement as a policy "clarification."

Aides described the two sides as being "far apart," and time for further negotiations is limited.

After the tour, aides described the Mayor as upset, even furious.

Neither she nor her aides would specifically describe their conversations with the Arab leaders.

Aides to the mayor described several of the measures as common-sense solutions that would cost little, if anything, to put in place.

Friends and close aides describe the Governor as reborn.

Besides being what his aides described as wounded, the former President is also isolated from much of his family.