Karen Hughes
Karen Hughes
Karen Parfitt Hughesis the global vice chair of the public relations firm Burson-Marsteller. She served as the Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs in the U.S. Department of State and as a counsellor to United States President George W. Bush...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth27 December 1956
CountryUnited States of America
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I'm also working with Mrs. Bush on some education projects in Afghanistan, so I get to see her a great deal.
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What the president will talk about tonight is the fact that what we've learned in Afghanistan has made it clear that, far from ending there, our war against terrorism is only beginning.
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throughout the fall campaign, we will have multiple messages. That's the nature of the fall campaign.
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The person I work for, President Bush, is the first president in the history of America to say we believe the Palestinians should have a state, living side by side in peace with Israel,
Now, I am completely independent - I earn my living by speaking and writing.
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I never dreamed I would one day work at it White House.
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Well, it really describes what it feels like to be a normal person whose boss and friend suddenly runs for the president, and then becomes the president.
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I can assure you we are all strong-willed, forceful personalities and the president encourages vigorous debate.
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is something that's widely supported in the region.
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Unlike Vice President Gore, Gov. Bush says what he means and means what he says. He has said all along, for more than a month now, he wants three debates: Today our campaign has agreed with the Gore campaign to have three debates.
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We're in a war on terror. We are still at war. And to succeed in this war, we must effectively explain our policies and fundamental values to people around the world,
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The only people who would have had authorized access to that tape were the most senior members of our campaign, and so it appears that whoever sent that tape to the Gore campaign obtained it in some sort of unethical way.
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Would any of you like to guess what was driving the commentary and all the chatter in all the talk shows in Western Europe that weekend? You know what it was? It was the death penalty case in California!
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Unfortunately, you know, working in a spirit of cooperation and respect requires someone else to reach back, and I don't think that's happened and it's been disappointing because the debate in our country has become so rancorous.