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
The president thinks this is the chance now for Yasser Arafat to demonstrate real leadership that is lasting, that is enduring, that puts people responsible for this away, and does so in such a way that they can't get out again and commit more terror. The president thinks it is very important that the Palestinian jails not only have bars on the front but no longer have revolving doors at the back.
If you allow those who are the most vocal and most antagonistic to get a meeting with the president for fear that publicity will hurt you if you don't, you're creating incentives for your critics to become even more antagonistic and more vocal. Then, you're forever stuck in: Will you or won't you meet? You'll no longer lead. You'll just wrestle with meetings.
We will work closely with Pakistan to try to achieve that outcome of bringing them to the U.S..
The United States doesn't understand the reasons for an apology, ... Our airplanes were operating in international air space and the United States did nothing wrong.
It would have been better if the vice president and/or his staff had come out last Saturday night or first thing Sunday morning and announced it. It could have and should have been handled differently.
Right now, this is the building block phase, the legal phase, the fund-raising phase.
Saudi Arabia has been the subject of terrorist attacks, and Saudi Arabia has worked well with us. We will always, in the long war on terrorism, work with our allies in a cooperative fashion so that we can together do more.
Reading and math scores nationally have been declining for past ten years. There's a real worry in America about whether children will be safe in school.
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,
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.
The president has said before that he is patient, the American people are patient, and he is confident that in time we will find this.
The president has full faith ... the vice president can take care of himself,
The president has confidence in Senator Santorum, both as a senator and as a member of the Senate leadership,
The president can accomplish what he wanted to accomplish at APEC.