Dan Bartlett
Dan Bartlett
Daniel Joseph Bartlettwas a Counselor to the President in the Bush administration. The position was previously held by Karen Hughes, who vacated the post in 2002. On June 1, 2007, he announced his resignation and that he would be leaving the White House on July 5, 2007. He was replaced by Ed Gillespie...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPublic Servant
Date of Birth1 June 1971
CountryUnited States of America
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It is the president's decision to make and he will decide when it is appropriate to let the American people know he has made it.
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It's a tough part of the world; it's hard to access; it's hard to penetrate. And when we do, it's important that we be able to strike on the offense, and that's something we'll continue to attempt to do.
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The president's big message today is that our economy is growing strong, which puts us in a position to address other issues that workers are concerned about: rising health care costs and energy issues.
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The president's priority is to find a diplomatic solution to a problem the entire world recognizes.
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We're very pleased with the last couple of weeks.
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We've had a good week. We feel like the president heads out of the country on a strong note.
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What President Bush will outline is not only an agenda for America, but, obviously, an agenda for his own party to provide an optimistic forward-looking set of proposals.
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We have some very complex issues to grapple with.
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We do have the legal authority to do what we are doing. We have the necessity to do what we are doing.
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We hope Al Gore uses this opportunity to explain why during his term, teen drug use in America nearly doubled, the number of drug treatment beds in federal prisons were cut by over one-third, the office of National Drug Control Policy was cut by 83 percent and federal gun prosecutions have decreased by 46 percent.
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We are disappointed with the judge's ruling and believe it does not represent a fair or accurate portrayal of Texas' efforts to provide health care to children on Medicaid.
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Without the media, the American people won't have the type of information they need to hold their leaders to account. The relationship between government and media has always been strained, and I think most of the time that's a healthy strain.
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You hit panic mode if you don't like the first draft at all.
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The plight of the Palestinians has always been on the president's mind and a part of his statements. But sometimes when we state our case not all of it gets out. So we reorder the priorities to make sure our entire policy and positions get out there.