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
Having served as the majority spokesman for the House Ways and Means Committee after Republicans took the House in 1994, I've seen the promise and the peril of divided government before.
I think it's important for the people to see the government is functioning...
The greatest threat to the security of the people of North Korea comes from the government of North Korea.
After two years of fighting, government shutdowns and little to no agreement on anything except welfare reform in 1996, President Clinton was re-elected and decided it was time for compromise.
My advice to the tea party freshmen: Slow the galloping horses to a trot. Big government was built over decades; it can't be dismantled in a year, especially when Democrats control the White House.
The government of Libya has not yet satisfied these requirements.
I think the burden is on those people who think he didn't have weapons of mass destruction to tell the world where they are.
A safety net for the poor indeed requires some level of income redistribution.
If Democrats were good at thinking like Republicans, they would see the light and stop being Democrats.
...President [Bush] believes that [high-energy consumption] is an American way of life, and that it should be the goal of policymakers to protect the American way of life. The American way of life is a blessed one.
The press secretary who starts to narrow down or close the president's options because he answers delicate negotiating questions no longer serves the president.
The president typically never does comment on anything involving the Supreme Court cases, Supreme Court ruling, or Supreme Court finding, typically.
The 2000s were marked by terrorism and a bipartisan desire to fight it.
If Mr. Obama wants to get things done, he must recognize that in Washington only the president has the power to make the first big move.