Ari Fleischer
Ari Fleischer
Lawrence Ari Fleischeris a former White House Press Secretary for U.S. President George W. Bush, from January 2001 to July 2003. Today, he works as a media consultant for the NFL, Bowl Championship Series, and other various sports organizations and players through his company, Ari Fleischer Sports Communications. He was also an international media consultant to former Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper. He helped Mark McGwire in his media strategy for his admission of steroid usage. He was also briefly...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPublic Servant
Date of Birth13 October 1960
CountryUnited States of America
There is something democratic about grass-roots, widespread money support. There is something anti-democratic about one person propping up a candidate who can't make it.
The greatest threat to the security of the people of North Korea comes from the government of North Korea.
The president of the United States and the secretary of defense would not assert as plainly and bluntly as they have that Iraq has weapons of mass destruction if it was not true, and if they did not have a solid basis for saying it.
There is already a mountain of evidence that Saddam Hussein is gathering weapons for the purpose of using them. And adding additional information is like adding a foot to Mount Everest
I think from the president's point of view, any questions about how long it will last are, of course, are entirely legitimate questions ... The president understands people want to know, but it's also an unknowable issue. But I do think there is a difference between asking that question and the suggestion that,
part of what, to his supporters, is steadfastness and, to his critics, is stubbornness.
I think time will tell. They both understand the president's message and the president's message is strongly that war doesn't serve either party.
I think those types of statements contribute to the coarsening of the tone in Washington, D.C., ... The whole issue of land use in the West is one of the most polarizing issues in America, and it pits special interests against each other.
The American people are going to give the President a second look here in his sixth year because he?s engineering these changes. That?s helpful. He needs the country to give him a second look.
It is Congress' right and prerogative to be informed and they are being informed on an ongoing, regular basis. Sometimes you have to recognize in Washington no amount of consultations is ever enough for the Hill, and I think that extends well before this administration. That's sometimes just the way the Hill works.
It is at the same time the most wonderful job in the world and the most punishing.
It is a package to help Taiwan provide for its defense.
I think the reason that we know Saddam Hussein possesses chemical and biological weapons is from a wide variety of means. That's how we know,
It could have and should have been handled differently.