Joel Kaplan
Joel Kaplan
Joel Kaplan was the White House Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy for U.S. President George W. Bush. The other Deputy Chief was Blake Gottesman, Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations. He took over policy planning from Karl Rove on April 19, 2006, as part of a staff shake-up by Josh Bolten, the White House Chief of Staff...
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The greatest tool we have for reducing the deficit is a growing economy because of the revenue that results.
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We have made substantial investments in the region, and our new deficit projections will include costs of Katrina and Rita recovery. We believe that those increased outlays associated with the Katrina recovery efforts are a temporary event.
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We think this is a very restrained budget.