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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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.
Now, I am completely independent - I earn my living by speaking and writing.
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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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That's not the case here. We're in touch every day planning everything that goes on here.
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That just defies all logic and all common sense. When Gov. Bush unveiled his plan to end social promotions in public schools, it was heralded by the national press as a sweeping reform, the most sweeping ever attempted in the country.
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Air Canada's planes assisted in the evacuation. To every nation and every province and every local community across the globe that is standing with the American people and with those who hurt on the Gulf Coast, our entire nation thanks you for your support.
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His economic security plan for America can be summed up in one word: jobs. He knows it is very important that we act now to stimulate our economy, to get a good energy policy, to expand free trade -- all those policies that help create jobs for American workers.
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I was just walking through the Bone Center and I heard someone singing so I just walked in and thought it sounded good. I enjoyed the whole thing.
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I know what those campaigns are like that nationally don't listen to what is happening in the home states,
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He talks about three great goals, and I think we can accomplish all three of them. That's what this speech is about.
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Both President and Mrs. Bush feel strongly that out of the evil of Sept. 11 has come a great deal of good. As President Bush said, we're a nation awakened to terror but also a nation awakened to service, citizenship and compassion.
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Dealing with the kids' emotions was the toughest thing.
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Now, I can understand if out of conscience you take a principled stand and you would decide that you were so opposed to this that you would actually throw your medals. But to pretend to do so, I think that's very revealing.