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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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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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 have some very complex issues to grapple with.
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The accusations of racism and things like that is something that touched a chord with him. It wasn't one of the finest moments for our government.
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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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The worst thing that we could do is raises taxes. It would only hurt the economy.
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The fact of the matter is when our nation faces these type of emergencies, it unfortunately requires us to deficit spend. It's nothing that anybody in Washington, or anywhere for that matter, likes to do but it's necessary.
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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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We're very pleased with the last couple of weeks.
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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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When the president puts out a legislative and executive agenda, we'll make sure we reflect the fact that it's difficult for Congress to get anything done in an election year.
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We want to know what happened and how.
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The decision isn't one looking back at past performance or judgment. It was one looking forward. Josh is re-energizing and rebuilding his staff for the next thousand days.
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Were going to let the career prosecutors do their job and I'll bet they get to the bottom of it.