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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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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I understand that many of the concerns are deep-seated. I'm probably not going to change many minds.
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Now, I can understand if out of conscience you take a principled stand and you would decide that you were so opposed to this that you would actually throw your medals. But to pretend to do so, I think that's very revealing.
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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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If we truly desire to reach a better understanding of each other we have to stop demonizing each other and replace hate with hope.
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I would hope that is not the case. I hope the people of the United Arab Emirates and the government will understand that in a democracy, there is a process of debate.
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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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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.