February 25, 2009
For the complete transcript and video, please click here.
QUESTION: But can you imagine any
circumstance under which pasta could be considered a dual-use item? Or is there
some -- you know, is rigatoni somehow going to be used as a weapon? (Laughter.)
MR.
WOOD: I’m not
involved in those discussions, so I –
QUESTION: Well, I mean -- I mean, it just
seems to be absurd on the face of it, if that’s what happening.
MR.
WOOD: Well, there
are people on the ground who are dealing with these issues. And I think we
should leave it --
QUESTION: Dealing with the pasta dual-use
issue?
QUESTION: Yeah, can you take a question on
the pasta, please?
MR.
WOOD: I’m not
going to take the question on the pasta --
QUESTION: Why?
MR.
WOOD: -- because
it’s –
QUESTION: Well, the United States
is obviously pushing it, so obviously it’s something --
MR.
WOOD: We’re trying
to get humanitarian supplies in – on the ground to the people in Gaza.
QUESTION: Do you think food is a
humanitarian supply?
MR.
WOOD: Food
certainly is.
QUESTION: All kinds of food?
MR.
WOOD: I – I’m not
able to tell you from here whether it –
QUESTION: Can you get a – can you take the
question of what kind of food that the U.S. thinks is a humanitarian
supply?
MR.
WOOD: I’m not
going to take that question, because I don’t think it’s a legitimate question.
QUESTION: You don’t think it’s legitimate
that the Palestinians need certain foods and is – should Israel decide
what food the Palestinians need?
MR.
WOOD: I’m sorry,
Elise, I’m not going to – I’ve spoken on it.