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
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.
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,
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.
The president believes that it's an American way of life.
The president will, of course, take into account any recent developments that need to be factored into any decision he makes.
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.
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.
The president thinks this is a positive. The president expressed his belief that this will increase the prospects to bring peace to the region. Israel has said it will continue withdrawals. It is. The withdrawals are continuing.
The president thinks the ICC is fundamentally flawed because it puts American servicemen and women at fundamental risk of being tried by an entity that is beyond America's reach, beyond America's laws and can subject American civilian and military to arbitrary standards of justice.
The president is going through a bad time, and it is related to policies. It's related to Iraq, and the advantage of making a change is it allows the public to take a second look at a president who has been in office six years.
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.