President Bush was underwhelmed by the potential impact of the New York Philharmonic's concert in North Korea today, White House press secretary Dana Perino said this morning.

"The president thinks, at the end of the day, this is a concert," Mrs. Perino said. "It's not going to change the behavior of a regime that is not being as forthcoming as we need them to be about their proliferation activities."

Mrs. Perino was not aware that the concert, which was played a few hours ago in North Korea's capital city of Pyongyang, was broadcast on state-run TV.

"You can't help but think about all the people in North Korea that won't be able to hear this concert," she said.

When informed of the broadcast, Mrs. Perino said, "I've been busy!"

— Jon Ward, White House correspondent, The Washington Times