.. 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. |
[Bush confidante Karen Hughes explained the president's petulance this way, while acknowledging the presence of such petulance,] On his face, you could see his irritation at the senator's misrepresentations, ... He was answering the senator with his face. |
[But there was at least one official who apparently didn't get the word on his visiting VIP. In Jeddah, when Hughes paid a courtesy call on the Saudi Minister of Information, he greeted her by saying:] Tell me what you are seeking to hear I'm not sure what it is. ... I'm really here to listen. |
[Insisting that] I'm not questioning motives ... We do not believe that a manual recount that has no uniform standards can result in a fair and accurate count of votes. |
[Ordinarily, such a presidential session would take weeks of discussion and dozens of e-mails to lock into place. Edward G. Abington Jr., a former State Department official who advises the Palestinian Authority, said he had rarely seen something so unscripted.] I chalk it up to her, ... I think it's a reflection of how Hughes had gotten hammered over the Palestinian issue. |
[The counties that are still pursuing a manual recount] are no longer counting -- they are reinventing, ... by subjective, not objective, means. |
100,000 terrorists trained in the training camps of Afghanistan. |
a chance to look back and think of all we've been through. It's been a remarkable three years in our history. |
a dual-headed DAS for public diplomacy. |
A lot of South America, the tropical breezes, the beauty and the Spanish feel like home to me. |
a very important moment in the campaign. |
After 40 years of war against terrorism and drug-trafficking Colombia is clearly winning. |
Air Canada's planes assisted in the evacuation. |
Air Canada's planes assisted in the evacuation. To every nation and every province and every local community across the globe that is standing with the American people and with those who hurt on the Gulf Coast, our entire nation thanks you for your support. |
America feels an obligation to stand up for our founding values, |