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 understand that many of the concerns are deep-seated. I'm probably not going to change many minds.
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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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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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.. 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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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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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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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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We are celebrating freedom and their freedom to speak out, even if they disagree, unlike the citizens of North Korea, who do not have that right.
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We in America take our freedoms very seriously. I believe women should be free and equal participants in society. I feel that as an American woman that my ability to drive is an important part of my freedom.
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We're very hopeful that as people get more information on everything that's taking place, we'll see a final bill come out that will satisfy our concerns.
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The sheikh pointed out that all divine religions are built on the spirit of love and it is important that all of us work together to fight extremism and terrorism,
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is something that's widely supported in the region.
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The vice president has consistently and repeatedly made up things, exaggerated, embellished facts,
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The vice president does a pretty good job of doing that himself.