William Daley
William Daley
William Michael "Bill" Daleyis an American lawyer and former banker. He served as White House Chief of Staff to President Barack Obama from January 2011 to January 2012. He also served as U.S. Secretary of Commerce from 1997 to 2000 under President Bill Clinton. His private-sector positions included membership on the Executive Committee of JPMorgan Chase & Co. Until dropping out of the race on September 16, 2013, he was a candidate for Illinois Governor...
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth9 August 1948
CityChicago, IL
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We're hopeful that there will be progress. The fact of the matter is that the banana dispute is about defending the rules-based system of the WTO, ... We've gone through two panels. We've been successful. There must be a conclusion to these types of cases. They cannot go on forever. The losing party can't keep looking for further relief if they lose the panel.
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We've asked the lawyers to work overnight to draft some documents, and we'll be back in the morning.
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But I am optimistic we will pull it out. I am optimistic Congress will do the right thing,
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If the will of the people is to prevail, Al Gore should be awarded a victory in Florida and should be the next president of the United States,
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This year we'll be working with businesses and with states and localities to identify barriers in their laws,
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The governor did make, in our opinion, serious errors. His record in Texas is squarely on the table for the public.
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We consider this a serious problem and we are going to continue to be aggressive in the Department of Commerce and work with Congress on any other actions they may want to proceed on,
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There are three debates and I think the American people are going to make a decision after they see all three formats,
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Today's data showing e-tail sales strengthening in the first quarter, even as total retail sales fell, indicates the continuing growth and viability of the online economy, ... The growing role and importance of online commerce is closely tied to the extraordinary vigor and innovativeness of America's information technology sector. Both are factors in the great length and strength of our current expansion.
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Our trade laws, which are all WTO-consistent, are used very rarely,
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I think that 'strong' and 'decisive' are never words that are used for any vice president. A vice president's role is to play the second position.
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I think it is important that China be in the WTO. But they must come in a commercially-meaningful way. And that means that their market has to be open for U.S. products to be sold into.? They should live by the rules the rest of the world lives by.
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Our legal team has concluded the ballot was unlawful, ... I assume that this is an issue that will end up in dispute.
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If, at the end of that process, George Bush is the victor, we will respect the result.