Trent Duffy
Trent Duffy
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There are different views expressed, there's no question about it, ... As the president said on Tuesday, most of those he meets with express support for going forward in the way and the manner in which the president has laid out. But there are those who have different views.
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We're still deciding if we should push for a capital gains cut this year, ... The ironic thing is that we do all these estimates on what kind of impact a cut would have and then the U.S. Treasury says 'Oh, no. We can't afford it.' Well, we cut capital gains a few years ago and now we've got an enormous budget surplus. Much of it was generated by capital gains.
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President Bush believes that we need to explore new methods of deriving new lines that would not result in embryos being destroyed. He feels that we should push the envelope of science in a way that does not cross fundamental moral and ethical lines.
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President Bush believes Chairman Greenspan is doing an excellent job, We don't speculate on personnel decisions.
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The United States expresses our sincere condolences to the people of the Philippines for the loss of the life and the suffering of other victims, family members and loved ones. We hope and pray that ongoing search and rescue operations will help save as many lives as possible.
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He's going to work hard with the Congress to make sure that we get that important law renewed.
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President Bush wants the troops home as soon as possible, but the U.S. will not cut and run from terrorists.
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He thanks them for their service. He asks how they're doing. He is always interested in seeing if they are getting the kinds of care they need.
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The main reason that (the law) was waived in the immediate aftermath of the hurricane was to make sure that there wasn't undue red tape and hassle and frustration,
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The US has received a request from the Philippine government and will provide resources today to help fund the immediate response. US military assets, in the form of two ships currently in the Philippines, are also being dispatched to the area.
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Mr. Aristide has resigned his office and has left the country. And now the Haitian people are involved with grasping democracy and moving forward on an interim government. And that's where the focus should be right now. And any comments that would stir up more division are not helpful, as the Haitian people move toward a greater democracy.
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The president is viewing the economy realistically that there is very strong job growth, but he will not be satisfied until every American looking for work can find work. The overwhelming evidence is that this economy is very strong and that's because of the president's economic program.
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We are praying for their full and speedy recovery. Our thoughts are with their families and their loved ones. The White House is offering to help in any way as the government does when any American is injured in the line of work.
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We're not going to be bogged down. The schedule is too full for that to happen.