James Baker
James Baker
James Addison Baker III is an American attorney and statesman. He served as White House Chief of Staff and United States Secretary of the Treasury under President Ronald Reagan, and as U.S. Secretary of State and White House Chief of Staff under President George H. W. Bush. As Secretary of State, he helped oversee U.S. foreign policy during the end of the Cold War and dissolution of the Soviet Union, as well as during the Gulf War...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth28 April 1930
CityHouston, TX
CountryUnited States of America
It would not, as (U.S. Supreme Court) Justice Scalia says, remove a cloud, it would create a cloud because ... the recount is being done in an unconstitutional way as far as we are concerned, and it's being done in a way that changes the rules after the game has been played.
Anyone who thinks we can effect regime change in Iraq with anything less than this is simply not realistic,
Because the proposed change raises both significant legal and practical issues, the administration at this time is not prepared to support it.
What do we change to see that this never happens again?
The Department of Justice has been studying Sen. DeWine's proposed legislation. Because the proposed change raises both significant legal and practical issues, the Administration at this time is not prepared to support it.
Every one of the recommendations in our report, whether they are recommendations to the Congress or recommendations to the states, are designed to improve confidence in our system of federal elections.
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We will vigorously contest the efforts for a manual recount in Florida.
We will then withdraw our lawsuit, and we both agree to accept the results of the overseas ballots, ... That what's best for the country, that is what's reasonable.
We're very optimistic that nanotechnology can markedly improve cancer therapy.
The Gore campaign strategy is crystal clear, ... Keep conducting selective recounts. Keep filing selective lawsuits, keep making false charges that divert attention, and keep refusing to accept any deadline until the results change.
The Gore campaign ought to agree with us that we will go with the automatic recount, ... They should say, 'OK, we will stop all these shenanigans. We will stop calling for recounts.'