Jake Siewert
Jake Siewert
Richard L. "Jake" Siewert, Jr.is head of corporate communications for Goldman Sachs. He served as White House Press Secretary during the administration of U.S. President Bill Clinton and in Treasury department during the Obama Administration...
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He (Zedillo) leaves office with the admiration of the people of Mexico. The president told him that he should be proud of what he has accomplished there.
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The timing of it absolutely reeks, but given the past conduct and record of that office is not surprising.
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Certainly he's an experienced debater, and she said she's never done this before. I'm sure he's offered some advice.
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It's essentially the first organizing meeting of this council to prepare for a smooth transition.
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Obviously the war divided a lot of Americans. If anything, this is meant to heal those divisions and point the way toward a new future.
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California might be the exception to every rule. The president will spend time in California. He will be in California because it's a state where he has a lot of friends and a lot of people he'd like to help. . . . There are a lot of close races and the president will be there between now and election day.
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Mr. Cheney was part of the 'Whip Inflation Now' team and he was part of a Bush administration that had a pretty anemic growth record, but that doesn't mean he's qualified to talk about the state of the economy today.
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We'll wait and see how it comes out in the Senate.
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We'll have to examine the details. But it is not clear that the provisions will actually help American farmers and others who want to sell food to Cuba.
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We will not determine the timing of the vote.
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We put out a budget in February that lays out where we stand. It's hard to blame us for the fact that they are well behind on their work.
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We don't want to pre-judge how the next administration will proceed. We've been consulting with them all along.
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Unfortunately, it looks like Congress is going to squander another day without getting any substantial work done.
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The president will talk at some length about the history of our relationship, but more importantly about the future and where he sees that relationship going.