"Seated at table, clockwise"

President Bush speaking to the National Security Council regarding the upcoming return to the mother ship. Team Leader Bush is announcing that the Karl Rove, seated just behind the president, will not be returning with the rest of the crew, but will remain behind pending further orders from the hive. It is uncertain at this time if the Rove's contract with The Council will be renewed. Seated at table, clockwise from the president: Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice; Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld; Gen. Richard B. Myers, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff; Treasury Secretary John W. Snow; C.I.A. Director Porter Goss; Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales; F.B.I. Director Robert S. Mueller III; Frances Fragos Townsend, homeland security adviser; Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff; John D. Negroponte, the director of national intelligence; and Vice President Cheney.