[Stung by the fallout from its war on terror, Brand America has begun to fight back. Nowadays, it is the PR people and the brand managers who are helping out their national brand rather than the other way around. Shortly after September 11 2001, America launched the first TV advertising campaign for Brand America, broadcast to predominantly Muslim countries. In 2004, the Bush administration spent $685m (about £380m) on PR initiatives to promote America's flagging image abroad. Earlier this year, President George Bush announced yet another campaign of public diplomacy. America, it seems, is to be a listening brand.] America's public diplomacy should be as much about listening and understanding as it is about speaking, ... I'm eager to listen and to learn. |
A country that divides into factions and dwells on old grievances move forward and risks sliding back into tyranny, |
A country that unites all its people behind common ideals will multiply in strength and confidence. |
A free Iraq will show that when America gives its word, America keeps its word. |
A political party, in order to be viable, is one that professes peace, in my judgment, in order that it will keep the peace. |
Ahmadi-Nejad is a result of all this appeasement, |
All options are on the table. |
All options are on the table. We want to solve this issue diplomatically, and we're working hard to do so. |
All up and down the coastline people are now preparing for what is anticipated to be another significant storm. |
America is addicted to oil, which is often imported from unstable parts of the world. The best way to break this addiction is through technology. |
America will not run in defeat and we will not forget our responsibilities, |
America will stand with the Iraqi people as they move forward with the democratic process. At the same time, American troops will stay on the offensive. As Iraqis stand up, Americans will stand down. |
Americans of every race and religion were touched by this storm, yet some of the greatest hardship fell upon citizens already facing lives of struggle: the elderly, the vulnerable, and the poor. |
An immediate withdrawal of our troops from Iraq will only strengthen the terrorists' hand in Iraq and in the broader war on terror, |
And I understood the politics was going to be difficult, and there is still work to be done. We've just got to continue to come up with an agreement that both of us can live with. |