Erskine Bowles
Erskine Bowles
Erskine Boyce Bowlesis an American businessman and political figure from North Carolina. He served from 2005 to 2010 as the president of the University of North Carolina system. In 1997–98 he served as White House Chief of Staff and he also ran unsuccessfully for the United States Senate from North Carolina in 2002 and 2004...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth8 August 1945
CountryUnited States of America
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This job has given me a chance to do things that I never dreamed possible,
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Any staff who are found to be engaging in such conduct will be fired immediately. In addition, we have make clear to persons outside the White House that we will not tolerate such conduct.
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This could be the golden goose, I think there's a lot more homework that needs to be done.
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Unless we are imposing tough penalties on the tobacco companies and doing everything in our power to reduce teen smoking, this administration will not address proposals to give tobacco companies protection from liability,
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He was very clear when he decided there were three basic areas where felt there needed to be some change, ... First in the area of legal immigrants, second in the area of food stamps and third to give the governors some more flexibility.
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I really believe I've been preparing for this job all my life,
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In today's knowledge-based global economy, we're competing head-to-head with China, India and dozens of other countries that are making tremendous strategic investments in education and research. The cold hard fact is that if we don't get more of our own people better educated, we're in a losing fight, a fight that if we shape up, we can still win and win big.
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I want to see if you have the same sense of joy that I do. Because you will never see someone who is more excited to be here than I am!
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I don't think I need to be in lockstep with anybody other than the people of North Carolina,
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If I can run a positive campaign and talk about what I believe are important things for North Carolina to do -- and if I think I can win -- then I'll probably take the plunge,
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I applaud the president's choice of Dan Reed as a member of PCAST. He brings a broad range of knowledge and experience to the job and will be a strong voice for North Carolina as the council develops national priorities for research, education and IT development.
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I believe my experience in the private sector and the public sector has truly prepared me to lead North Carolina into the 21st century.
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You always have certain strengths and certain weaknesses, and you want to compensate for your weaknesses... I have a real duty to earn the trust of the faculty. I don't just deserve it. I have to earn it.
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I believe in working in a bipartisan manner