Karen Hughes
Karen Hughes
Karen Parfitt Hughesis the global vice chair of the public relations firm Burson-Marsteller. She served as the Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs in the U.S. Department of State and as a counsellor to United States President George W. Bush...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth27 December 1956
CountryUnited States of America
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More than 170 flags will fly on the south lawn of the White House today as a way to visually and symbolically explain that the world is coming together to fight this threat to civilization and to freedom.
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I am here to listen and to learn and to work to strengthen the relationship and close partnership between our two countries,
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But what I will challenge in any stories I see is any idea that we didn't want to help people. We certainly wanted to help everyone.
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Many of the differences and many of the concerns are deep-seated, and I'm probably not going to change many minds, ... But if I make a connection with a person or two who I can keep following up with after I leave here on my trip, I would consider it a success.
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Senator Kerry had one bar to meet coming into this debate and that is he had to establish some type of credibility on the issue of Iraq. Not only did he fail to do that, but he further undermined his own credibility.
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Some months your light bill is higher than other months and that is what happened with our Medicaid and prison expenses over the last two years, ... But as long as you have enough money to pay the bills, you still have a surplus. And that is the shape we are in.
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I feel the pain that you are feeling, ... It is impossible to say that the plight of women was better under Saddam Hussein . Women were tortured, they had their children tortured in front of them.
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I did not expect, because I visited the Middle East, someone opposed to the war (in Iraq ) would change their mind. That's naive.
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I can't imagine that I would seek to approach this job and seek to reach out to a wider Muslim audience without first seeking the advice, opinions and input of our American Muslim community.
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What I did is open a door for conversation. That's how conversation starts.
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Neither he nor the United States government supports a coup -- the overthrow of a democratically elected government. What he was speaking to was what appears to be an encouraging prospect, that what has happened appears to have brought stability and resulted in an easing of tensions between Pakistan and India.
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The facts are, Governor Bush provides a tax cut for every taxpayer at every income level in every bracket. Vice President Gore completely leaves out more than 50 percent of American taxpayers. More than 50 million people need not apply for one of Al Gore's targeted tax cuts.
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.. As we seek to engage the wider Muslim world, I thought it was first of all very important to listen and try to understand and work with the voices of our own American Muslim community.
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a chance to look back and think of all we've been through. It's been a remarkable three years in our history.