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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I know what those campaigns are like that nationally don't listen to what is happening in the home states,
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It will take probably 10 or 15 or even 20 years for the kind of campaign we are talking about to have an effect,
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The vote count on Tuesday night showed Governor Bush won Florida's election and a recount has now confirmed his victory. We hope Vice President Gore and his campaign will reconsider their threats of lawsuits or still more recounts which could undermine the constitutional process of selecting a president and have no foreseeable end.
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We wish (Coelho) well and hope his health improves, ... I wonder whether naming a new chairman involves yet another reinvention of the Gore campaign. Which Vice President Gore will campaign next week?
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The Bush campaign fought for the format that is being used tonight and I think was used successfully last week in the vice presidential debate. People seem to like it. It allows for a very thoughtful exchange of ideas and substance, and that's exactly what Gov. Bush intends to engage in tonight.
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Unlike Vice President Gore, Gov. Bush says what he means and means what he says. He has said all along, for more than a month now, he wants three debates: Today our campaign has agreed with the Gore campaign to have three debates.
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The only people who would have had authorized access to that tape were the most senior members of our campaign, and so it appears that whoever sent that tape to the Gore campaign obtained it in some sort of unethical way.
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I know the Muslim world disagreed with America's decision to go into Iraq,
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it's sometimes hard to talk about difficult issues.
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It's styled as a listening trip to show respect and to foster understanding both of people's concerns and our policies and our actions. We want to open minds and encourage dialogue.
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The consensus of the world intelligence community was that Saddam was a very dangerous threat.
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I'm not naive. I know a lot of people that we're going to be visiting with disagree with us and certain of our policies.
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I'm wondering which Al Gore that was talking, the one who promised not one unkind word, not one? Or was it the one who yesterday called for a serious discussion and then six hours later issued a playground challenge.
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It's wonderful to see and to meet with the people and see hope in their eyes and to see them taking part in the process of rebuilding.