Dan Bartlett
Dan Bartlett
Daniel Joseph Bartlettwas a Counselor to the President in the Bush administration. The position was previously held by Karen Hughes, who vacated the post in 2002. On June 1, 2007, he announced his resignation and that he would be leaving the White House on July 5, 2007. He was replaced by Ed Gillespie...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPublic Servant
Date of Birth1 June 1971
CountryUnited States of America
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Oftentimes, people look at these challenges and only see those challenges. The president sees opportunities, and the history of our country shows that America always does best when we are shaping the events of the world, not being shaped by them.
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I've never heard the two even discussed together.
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It would be our choice not to have to talk about this at all, but the fact of the matter is that it was leaked to the New York Times.
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Al Gore is running more than $60 million in attack ads, making his campaign the most negative in history. When it comes to experience, America can't afford Al Gore's experience of raising taxes, increasing the size of government, opposing bipartisan Medicare and Social Security reform, and not making education a priority.
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The worst thing that we could do is raises taxes. It would only hurt the economy.
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Al Gore may think Medicare is at a crossroads, but his plan puts it on a highway to bankruptcy.
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Obviously there's an extreme deference to his own opinion. But I don't think you will find a situation where he is operating independent of administration policy or positions on anything.
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We want to know what happened and how.
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When the president puts out a legislative and executive agenda, we'll make sure we reflect the fact that it's difficult for Congress to get anything done in an election year.
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The decision isn't one looking back at past performance or judgment. It was one looking forward. Josh is re-energizing and rebuilding his staff for the next thousand days.
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The fact of the matter is when our nation faces these type of emergencies, it unfortunately requires us to deficit spend. It's nothing that anybody in Washington, or anywhere for that matter, likes to do but it's necessary.
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Without the media, the American people won't have the type of information they need to hold their leaders to account. The relationship between government and media has always been strained, and I think most of the time that's a healthy strain.
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The president's priority is to find a diplomatic solution to a problem the entire world recognizes.
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The president's big message today is that our economy is growing strong, which puts us in a position to address other issues that workers are concerned about: rising health care costs and energy issues.