Ari Fleischer Quotes on Place (7 Quotes)

Later Friday, he was taping a message of sympathy and solidarity ... be joining our friends in Australia in a day of mourning for the terrible tragedy that took place. We lost lives, they lost a lot of lives.

That's correct. The planning continues. The everyday assumption is the meetings will take place. We're going to continue to work on the various issues. But today, on September 19, that's your best guidance.

After successfully knocking out as many military votes as they could find, the Democrats don't like the criticism they are receiving, so they've issued a political press release that has no legal impact. They accomplished their mission and now they're running for cover. They never should have targeted our nation's servicemen and women in the first place.

The cataloguing that I mentioned, frankly, that's one person in our administrative offices who is really just keeping track in his head about things that may have taken place.

We're just noting what took place. We're not looking to place blame. We're not looking back to ascribe whatever the -- again, transitions can be difficult times.

In a traditional war when a capital city falls, it is a real sign of military success and progress. In this case, it's a sign of progress, ... But when the enemy doesn't rely on a capital city as much as a cave, a shadow or a hiding place, it's less important that a capital city falls than to shut down the hiding places. Caves are now more important than capital cities.

All along, the United States has been concerned with the fact that the timetable to develop a test to protect the country on missile defense was bumping into the ABM Treaty. The bump was about to take place.