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Scott McClellan

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I expect to see him at the podium in just a few days, in the press room at the White House.
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[While not officially announcing a recess appointment yesterday, White House press secretary Scott M...
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any time there's a contentious exchange in the White House press room, it makes the press look bad.
BRIT HUME
There's no job that will humble you like the White House press secretary job.
DANA PERINO
To the best of my knowledge, I'm the first mom to hold the job of the White House Press Secretar...
SARAH HUCKABEE SANDERS
[? White House press secretary Ari Fleischer said Vice President Dick Cheney had been moved from the...
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To have the time to reminisce is one of the futures gifts. Don't think to much, don't live to fast, ...
CALVIN WILSON
We are the masters of our own destinies we shape and mould our lives into to the circumstances surro...
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Then, all of a sudden, here I am in the Press Room in the White House and walking in with the guards...
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I also went on a tour of the White House, visited the tourist's spots, including all the monuments, ...
ALLISON JANNEY
She is not a writer at all, really; she is merely a gifted eccentric.
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But there are still the hours, aren't there? One and then another, and you get through that one and ...
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SHINZO ABE
Life can be tough & make you wanna give up. But baby keep your head up because you got all the time ...
LILLIAN S. VILORIA
Because instant and credible information has to be given, it becomes necessary to resort to guesswor...
ALEKSANDR SOLZHENITSYN
I don't care what your politics are, I would wager that if you asked any American woman which ad...
LETITIA BALDRIGE
They put it like that?' said Glenda, wide-eyed.

'Oh, you know the sort of thing if you re...
TERRY PRATCHETT
The press briefing today I believe has lost much of its usefulness.
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I like to open for a band as it brings on sort of a challenge and it makes things more interesting. ...
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Without help we can't stand on our feet long.
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Testing is not a food safety measure. Rather, it's a way to find out the prevalence of the disease.
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Here, he jokes with his teammates on the field. He yells encouragement, willingly accepts the spotli...
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
The president's authority to take military action — including the use of communications intelligen...
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Our medal predictions rested with our beat writers. Best in the World.
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Agencies submit proposed rules for publication in the Federal Register. After a period for public co...
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Those people who have seen us play, there's no way you could be surprised it was a close game. All o...
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The president's authority to take military action — including the use of communications intelligenc...
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I might repeat to myself, slowly and soothingly, a list of quotations beautiful from minds profound;...
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This is a new doctrine, coming straight from the secretary of transportation and the White House. I ...
CLARENCE DITLOW
They didn't win, and I got that from the white press. At four o'clock [on Election Day 2004], that e...
DICK GREGORY
I think historians in the future may wonder why in our defense budget we spent so much defending our...
BRAD SHERMAN
Luck has nothing to do with it, because I have spent many, many hours, countless hours, on the court...
SERENA WILLIAMS
I've spent the last several hours in an appearance before the grand jury largely detailing the opera...
LEON PANETTA
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un needs to be appreciated for remembering the white flag before a war....
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She herself is a haunted house. She does not possess herself; her ancestors sometimes come and peer ...
ANGELA CARTER
Is this administration, the Clinton administration, an administration that needed defending?
JUDY WOODRUFF
We expect to reveal some significant information at the press briefing.
LIEVE PELLENS
She was intimidating and all I could do was sit back on the couch as she paced back and forth, slowl...
IN THE MAKING
She has demonstrated that in her capacity as White House counsel and a senior administration officia...
LEONARD LEO
There'a a phrase, "the elephant in the living room", which purports to describe what it's like to li...
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We all have an old house because of the things we have done in the past.We also have ghosts haunting...
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In the beginning it was all black and white.
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These young ones. They do not understand. There are so few of us left who remember how destructive r...
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No, I have not been detained. I came to the (police precinct house) to help my press secretary, who ...
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The press is not only free, it is powerful. That power is ours. It is the proudest that man can enjo...
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Our liberty depends on the freedom of the press, and that cannot be limited without being lost.
THOMAS JEFFERSON
There are more references in the Koran than the Bible to Mary, the mother of Jesus. -Julia W-.
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Let it be impressed upon your minds, let it be instilled into your children, that the liberty of the...
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The liberty of the press is a blessing when we are inclined to write against others, and a calamity ...
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The free press is the mother of all our liberties and of our progress under liberty.
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The first ever book to be published on a printing press was the Bible and we're doing the same thing...
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When you live in the present, the past is forgotten & the future takes care of itself.
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Every White House administration has its point of collapse,
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Hank Paulson, the happy capitalist warrior who spent his life pursuing and defending free markets, i...
CHARLES DUHIGG
It's all to do with the training: you can do a lot if you're properly trained.
QUEEN ELIZABETH II
Like all best families, we have our share of eccentricities, of impetuous and wayward youngsters and...
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My husband has quite simply been my strength and stay all these years, and I owe him a debt greater ...
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It is easy enough to define what the Commonwealth is not. Indeed this is quite a popular pastime.
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I have to be seen to be believed.
QUEEN ELIZABETH II
I have in sincerity pledged myself to your service, as so many of you are pledged to mine. Throughou...
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I hope that tomorrow we can all, wherever we are, join in expressing our grief at Diana's loss, ...
QUEEN ELIZABETH II
I myself prefer my New Zealand eggs for breakfast.
QUEEN ELIZABETH II
The British constitution has always been puzzling and always will be.
QUEEN ELIZABETH II
I have behind me not only the splendid traditions and the annals of more than a thousand years but t...
QUEEN ELIZABETH II
To what greater inspiration and counsel can we turn than to the imperishable truth to be found in th...
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What were once only hopes for the future have now come to pass; it is almost exactly 13 years since ...
QUEEN ELIZABETH II
First, I want to pay tribute to Diana myself. She was an exceptional and gifted human being. In good...
QUEEN ELIZABETH II
I cannot lead you into battle. I do not give you laws or administer justice but I can do something e...
QUEEN ELIZABETH II
To all those who have suffered as a consequence of our troubled past I extend my sincere thoughts an...
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Grief is the price we pay for love.
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The upward course of a nation's history is due in the long run to the soundness of heart of its ...
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At its heart, engineering is about using science to find creative, practical solutions. It is a nobl...
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At Christmas, I am always struck by how the spirit of togetherness lies also at the heart of the Chr...
QUEEN ELIZABETH II
For many, Christmas is also a time for coming together. But for others, service will come first.
QUEEN ELIZABETH II
The lessons from the peace process are clear; whatever life throws at us, our individual responses w...
QUEEN ELIZABETH II
I declare before you all that my whole life, whether it be long or short, shall be devoted to your s...
QUEEN ELIZABETH II
Therefore I am sure that this, my Coronation, is not the symbol of a power and a splendor that are g...
QUEEN ELIZABETH II
We lost the American colonies because we lacked the statesmanship to know the right time and the man...
QUEEN ELIZABETH II
Madam President, speaking here in Dublin Castle it is impossible to ignore the weight of history, as...
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These wretched babies don't come until they are ready.
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I know of no single formula for success. But over the years I have observed that some attributes of ...
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The events that I have attended to mark my Diamond Jubilee have been a humbling experience. It has t...
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In remembering the appalling suffering of war on both sides, we recognise how precious is the peace ...
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Like all the best families, we have our share of eccentricities, of impetuous and wayward youngsters...
QUEEN ELIZABETH II
No one who knew Diana will ever forget her. Millions of others who never met her, but felt they knew...
QUEEN ELIZABETH II
I have been aware all the time that my peoples, spread far and wide throughout every continent and o...
QUEEN ELIZABETH II
Now is the only time we have, and the only time that we have any control over.
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Globalization has altered the dynamics in the White House, as well as between the White House and th...
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In the beginning, there was nothing and from nothing came our species then behold the dawn of music....
GARY F EVANS...
I've told you I don't live and die by the polls. Thus, I will refrain from pointing out that we're n...
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We'll sort of get over the marriage first and then maybe look at the kids. But obviously we want...
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Family is the most important thing in the world.
PRINCESS DIANA
You philosophers are lucky men. You write on paper and paper is patient. Unfortunate Empress that I ...
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With the right help, children have a good chance of overcoming their issues while they are still you...
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As iron sharpens iron, so a friend sharpens a friend.
KING SOLOMON
I don't mind a big fascinator. I think there is more scope for artwork in a fascinator rather th...
ZARA PHILLIPS
I was always told from the hat-makers that you should have your hair up because it shows the hat mor...
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I don't think I'll still be riding at 40. There are a couple of people who are still riding ...
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I'm someone who believes in centrist governing philosophy.
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I'm a centrist.
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The president's made his position clear. There is a principle involved here from the president's sta...
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The president is going to herald one of the world's newest democracies.
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The president's position is unchanged.
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It appears that she has won the election, and we certainly offer our congratulations.
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I haven't discussed that with him in the midst of all the response and recovery efforts that are ong...
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Alan Greenspan has done a superb job as chairman of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve sy...
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We are not interested in dignifying something so outlandish and inconceivable with a response.
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We are not interested in dignifying something so outlandish and inconceivable with a response,
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It's totally wiped out.
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North Korea has not said that they are ready to come back without precondition.
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Washington tends to focus on finger-pointing. The president is focused on problem-solving.
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I'm not going to discuss an ongoing legal proceeding. And I'm not going to speculate about any matte...
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Our policy is we're not going to discuss this while there's an ongoing legal proceeding.
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We're not commenting on an ongoing legal proceeding.
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There is an ongoing legal proceeding and our policy is then that we are not going to comment on it w...
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That's premature to get into that kind of discussion. The discussions are ongoing.
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This is a question relating to an ongoing investigation and we're not having any further comment on ...
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The president made it very clear, we're not going to comment on an ongoing investigation.
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In survey after survey, the Iraqi people say, 'We want to choose our leaders.'
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The Iraq war was not necessary.
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When I was knowingly misled but only learned that much later, that's really when I started to be...
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I don't think we would dignify any such inflammatory comments with a reaction.
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We've always talked about her record and her qualifications.
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Bite my tongue, he is a highly qualified nominee, ... a proven record of working in a bipartisan way...
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The president condemns in the strongest possible terms the vicious terrorist attacks against innocen...
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We condemn it in the strongest possible terms.
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Well, there's an organizational chart and I'll be happy to get that to you or DHS could as well.
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We hope the chief justice is feeling better soon.
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The president said, 'You've got to vote your conscience.
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You lost me at [the beginning], Les. The president and I have not had that discussion.
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Yes, ... but this question is coming up in the context of this ongoing investigation.
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it's not my position to get into telling people what they can and cannot report.
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preliminary assessment of the economic impact of the hurricane.
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The president is not going to be satisfied until they are.
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this is really a time for people to come together.
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The hurricane does have some national impact.
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We are open to all offers of assistance from other nations, and I would expect we would take people ...
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Flood control has been a priority of this administration from Day One.
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We're not ruling things out. We're looking at what needs to be done to address problems.
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He talks to a variety of groups from across the political spectrum and reaches out to people from al...
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there's no discussion of staff changes beyond the usual vacancies that occur.
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The president selected her because she is the best person to fill this vacancy.
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How about shortening the motorcade? I'll keep you posted.
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such allegations are baseless and absurd.
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They're doing a great job. And I don't speculate about personnel matters.
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someone the president believes has done a great job over at NASA.
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It's devastating. It's got to be doubly devastating on the ground,
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The president doesn't know him, he does not recall meeting him.
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The president does not know him, nor does the President recall ever meeting him.
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As the president has said ... and as an avid fan of our national pastime, the president would be fur...
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The president is greatly concerned about the humanitarian situation in North Korea.
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runs counter to what he is now asserting.
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I think that's one of the most preposterous things I've heard from Saddam Hussein recently.
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Blah blah blah blah blah. Blah, blah blah. Blah blah blah blah blah.
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Our policy is unchanged. We are not commenting on an on-going legal proceeding.
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Senate Democrats continue to engage in misleading and outlandish charges about this vital tool that ...
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better prepared and in better position to respond to Hurricane Rita.
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We don't do anything to jeopardize an ongoing legal proceeding.
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I really don't think there's any basis for a special counsel.
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We'll continue to push to get that provision passed.
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Sorry, ... I'm a little distracted up here. Excuse me.
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It's a landmark day in the history of Iraq. We congratulate the Iraqi people.
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We are working together to learn the lessons of September 11.
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I think your question presumes many things.
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an unnecessary and damaging step.
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We welcome today's development as another step forward in Iraq 's constitutional process,
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I think when a group like this makes some of these assertions, it diminishes the effectiveness of th...
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It's reckless reporting. Everybody should be agitated about it.
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This has been vital to our efforts to disrupt plots and prevent attacks from happening. These are vi...
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We believe the political process should be inclusive.
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First of all, any speculation at this point about the 2006 budget really has no basis in fact, becau...
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The focus should be more on those who are violating human rights and denying people their human righ...
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We are going to continue to take steps to stop North Korea's engagement in illicit activities.
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We congratulate the Conservative Party and Stephen Harper on their victory. The United States and Ca...
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...the President is looking forward to going to India. He has a good relationship with Prime Ministe...
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I believe in working together to solve the problems we've got. And we need to get rid of the ven...
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Waging an unnecessary war is a grave mistake.
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The Senate minority needs to stop obstructing its reauthorization. It's time for the Senate to compl...
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When words I uttered, believing them to be true, were exposed as false, I was constrained by my duti...
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It is a historic milestone that the Iraqi people will be voting on a constitution this Saturday. It'...
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The president's focused on moving forward on our agenda. He doesn't get caught up in the weekly poll...
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And for you all to go on the air this morning and make such a charge is irresponsible.
SCOTT MCCLELLAN
Greater use of nuclear reactors to produce energy for the Indian people will not undermine regional ...
SCOTT MCCLELLAN
He will touch on how there has been a long history of injustice that has led to poverty and inequali...
SCOTT MCCLELLAN
The president calls on the leaders of both parties to start putting the safety of the American peopl...
SCOTT MCCLELLAN
The president supported the campaign finance legislation and signed it into law because he believes ...
SCOTT MCCLELLAN
The president has wanted to visit the area as soon as possible. We didn't go sooner because we didn'...
SCOTT MCCLELLAN
We urge residents in the areas that could be impacted to follow the recommendations of local authori...
SCOTT MCCLELLAN
They're going to go door to door. They're going to go business to business. They're hanging out on s...
BRAD MCCLELLAN
He should either be running for office or be an impartial elections officer and not try to fool the ...
BRAD MCCLELLAN
At least 90 percent of registered voters will not vote. There's probably only going to be a 10 perce...
BRAD MCCLELLAN
It's not fair; we don't want people to give up their right to vote for local officials. We're tellin...
BRAD MCCLELLAN
We're going to have every 'i' dotted and every 't' crossed. They're going to look for any excuse to ...
BRAD MCCLELLAN
They make it very difficult for an Independent candidate, which may explain why its been so long sin...
BRAD MCCLELLAN
We're putting the petition on our Web site by the end of the week. We're having a fight with the Sec...
BRAD MCCLELLAN
The secretary of state and Rick Perry must be very afraid to throw up all the roadblocks they're att...
BRAD MCCLELLAN
This guy has gone overboard in throwing up partisan roadblocks.
BRAD MCCLELLAN
It's hard enough running as an independent in this state.
BRAD MCCLELLAN
The people are hungry,” Mihali said. He lifted his hands, spreading them to encompass the city. �...
BRIAN MCCLELLAN
Albertans are reaping the rewards of the decisions that they stood behind a dozen years ago.
SHIRLEY MCCLELLAN
All the agencies knew it would be bad enough that they should have planned better and responded quic...
FELTON MCCLELLAN
Don’t trust any man who surrounds himself with beautiful women. Least of all a priest.
BRIAN MCCLELLAN
What we're requiring is that the formularies all must be broad, all must meet our stricter-than-usua...
MARK MCCLELLAN
He took my family,” Adamat said. “Blackmailed me, and he still has my wife and oldest son. I wan...
BRIAN MCCLELLAN
The drug plans are negotiating aggressive discounts and rebates that are being passed along to benef...
MARK MCCLELLAN
He was the kind of worker who went the extra mile.
BILL MCCLELLAN
She's a former Longhorn, and I'm one of her sons. Sign for my mom.
BRAD MCCLELLAN
He was a kid other kids could look up to.
BILL MCCLELLAN
He was always picking my brain about something.
BILL MCCLELLAN
They'll be able to leave the pharmacy with their prescription in hand, even if there is not immediat...
MARK MCCLELLAN
We have committed to the endowments, which is saving, we've committed to capital, which is investmen...
SHIRLEY MCCLELLAN
I think all of us were a bit surprised when gas went to $14 (per thousand cubic feet) yesterday, ......
SHIRLEY MCCLELLAN