James Baker
James Baker
James Addison Baker III is an American attorney and statesman. He served as White House Chief of Staff and United States Secretary of the Treasury under President Ronald Reagan, and as U.S. Secretary of State and White House Chief of Staff under President George H. W. Bush. As Secretary of State, he helped oversee U.S. foreign policy during the end of the Cold War and dissolution of the Soviet Union, as well as during the Gulf War...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth28 April 1930
CityHouston, TX
CountryUnited States of America
challenges courts federal free manual noted present process recount return selective subjective time
While we are disappointed ... they specifically noted we are free to return to the federal courts to present our constitutional challenges to the selective and subjective manual recount process at an appropriate time in the future,
election honor law lawyers losing pain prevail reached time understand
At some point, there must be closure. At some point, the law must prevail and the lawyers must go home, ... We have reached that point. ... I can understand the pain and frustration of losing an election so very, very narrowly, but it is time to honor the will of the people.
both change legal practical prepared proposed raises support time
Because the proposed change raises both significant legal and practical issues, the administration at this time is not prepared to support it.
both change department justice legal practical prepared proposed raises studying support time
The Department of Justice has been studying Sen. DeWine's proposed legislation. Because the proposed change raises both significant legal and practical issues, the Administration at this time is not prepared to support it.
america believe certainly court election honor lawyers losing national orderly pain people process time turned understand
I don't believe that the people of America want this national election turned over to lawyers and court contests, ... I can certainly understand the pain and frustration of losing an election so very, very narrowly, but it is time to honor the will of the people. It is time to let the orderly process of transitioning go forward.
across averaged less percent studies total
Our studies show that, averaged across all users, the utilization is less than 1 percent of the total capacity.
audiences autumn best bring confident continues continuing critics emphatic mirror potential promises reception returning series sky strongest style success
Our autumn programming promises to be our strongest line-up to date. We're confident that Sky One continues to bring the best from the US with 'Weeds' set to mirror its emphatic US reception from audiences and critics alike, 'Threshold' exhibiting the potential for an 'X-Files' style cross-over success and returning series 'Nip/Tuck' and 'The 4400' continuing to captivate audiences.
action court final fox judicial news respect supreme
I think the Supreme Court is going to have the final say with respect to judicial action with respect to this election, ... Fox News Sunday.
conditions la normal normally past seen three winter
We haven't seen a normal winter for the past three years because of El Nino and La Nina, but those conditions have disappeared and we're going back to what we've seen more normally in the past 10 or 20 years,
activities aware buy complaints complaints-and-complaining efforts sure terms
We are aware that there have been some complaints filed in terms of pre-election activities by way of efforts to buy votes, ... We're not sure of the significance of those.
appeal constitution court federal florida law motion process ruling states supreme united
We think this ruling is inconsistent with Florida law, federal law and the United States Constitution. We have no alternative but to appeal to U.S. Supreme Court for relief, ... We have already put in motion a process to do that.
objective standards
There are no uniform, objective standards here. It's all subjective,
expect great lose lost next percent
We have already lost something like 10 percent of our reefs. Two-thirds of them are under great stress, and we expect that if we don't do something we may lose another 30 percent in the next 10 to 20 years.
avoid behavior bounds clearly guys hold involved looking people reason risk settle simply understand
The only reason why I negotiated with these guys was simply because they didn't try to avoid the issue, they got hold of us right way, ... They clearly didn't understand when they went out of bounds the risk that was involved to other people. I think in looking backward, they understand they put other people at risk with their behavior and this was a way to settle this thing.