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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The reason that I choose this meeting, as my first meeting on my first trip to the Middle East is to talk about the courage of this institution, ... I praised Sheik Tantawi for his courage, and he said it is not courage but I did the right thing to speak out against terrorism and extremism.
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The Gallup Poll confirmed what we thought, which is the whole reason we set up the Coalition Information Center. We've got a big job ahead in communicating our values to the world.
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I know the Muslim world disagreed with America's decision to go into Iraq,
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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'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.
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It's an area of swing and independent voters. We hope Sen. McCain will help us reach out to these voters.
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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?