Joe Lockhart
Joe Lockhart
Joseph Lockhartis a spokesman and communications consultant, best known for being the White House Press Secretary from October 5, 1998 to September 29, 2000, during the administration of U.S. President Bill Clinton. He worked as press secretary for several Democratic politicians, including Walter Mondale, Paul Simon, and Michael Dukakis; he was an advisor to John Kerry during his 2004 presidential campaign. He subsequently founded and became managing director of the communications consulting firm Glover Park Group, a position he held...
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There is a real danger here that this can become a political issue, that this young boy will be a political football. And I think the president has made it very clear to everyone that they ought to stay away from politics here and stick to what the facts and the law dictate.
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we should not allow a dispute on a single issue to derail the important work we're doing on a wide variety of issues.
They are still here. They are still talking,
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This is not an expansion, it's an acknowledgement that the world has changed. All of this adds up to a strong case as to why in a modern medical system, you need to keep drugs affordable and you need a prescription drug benefit.
I think that if that is his intention, he will be sorely disappointed.
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I think that the president believes that is a period of time that he's put behind him, that the country has put behind him. I think Congressman Forbes ... was extremely uncomfortable remaining in the Republican Party and he was someone welcome in the Democratic Party.
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I would suggest that if you want to report the story, you start by talking to Mr. Woodward and Mr. Bennett and establish the facts, ... Why don't you start with Mr. Bennett, who, if you have all read The Washington Post this morning, will see that he says that he did not violate attorney-client privilege.
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What do you expect you're going to do when you run for office? ... You're going to go to your friends.
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Again, it is quite rare and somewhat remarkable when the NRA says something we agree with, but in this case ... I think they are speaking the truth.
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it's not clear to me where the breakdown was.
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Because of politics, the House majority party has impeached the president because they could do it, because they had the power to do it and without making an effective case for it,
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I'm not in a position to predict the two sides will reach an agreement.
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All of these issues will be on the table. This is an important issue and it's important we have addressed it the way we have.
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All of the issues were on the table.