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...statement was released following the meeting, but even on Thursday White House spokesman Ari Fleischer appeared to endorse Israel's confining of Arafat to his Ramallah office by surrounding it with tanks. Where Washington had traditionally condemned Israeli incursions into PA-controlled territory as counterproductive, Fleischer said "the president understands the reason that Israel has taken the action that it takes, and it is up to Chairman Arafat to demonstrate leadership to combat terrorism...
...Bush says he first learned last Thursday that Lay had approached his Cabinet secretaries for help. Press secretary Ari Fleischer told Bush he should expect to be asked about any contacts that he had with Lay. Fleischer had researched the matter, and he "refreshed" the President's memory about the last time he met with Lay: in spring 2001, in Houston, at an event hosted by Bush's mother. O'Neill was present at the Thursday discussion and said, "Oh, by the way, you need to know that I had a conversation with Ken Lay. He called me." O'Neill...
White House spokesman Ari Fleischer had begun to swat away questions about the stall in his daily briefings, but behind closed doors, even the President's top advisers were worried. They--no one will say who exactly--started kicking around the idea of putting more troops on the ground. "People started worrying that we were on the same track the Soviets had been on," says Rumsfeld, "[and] some people in the neighboring countries were characterizing it as being bogged down." But at a meeting in late October, the President stopped the debate, aides said. "We did all agree...
...before Sept. 11 and isn't likely to have been let in on much even if he was martyrdom-bound. Oh, there's one other guy - but he's an American. John Walker is a media circus waiting to happen, and for all the hemming and hawing from Ari Fleischer, sooner or later the White House is going have to figure out what to do with...
...time when Americans need to feel confidence in our government, Bush’s action raises unnecessary doubts in the minds of the public as to his motives. White House spokesperson Ari Fleischer cited “national security” as the primary goal of the order, but the Bush administration had been seeking to slow down or restrict the release of government documents even prior to Sept. 11, particularly those pertaining to the Reagan years...