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Cocoa

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Wed Nov-16-05 02:53 PM
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Karen Hughes live chat NOW

join in the fun!

http://www.whitehouse.gov/ask/live.html

Cindy, from Hartford, CT writes:

How often do you travel? Is it tough to balance work and family?
Karen Hughes

I have been at this new job for three months and I have made three major trips: to the Middle East, Southeast Asia and most recently, Pakistan. It's always hard to balance work and family, but my life is a little easier to juggle these days since my son is now in college. My husband spends most of his time in Austin, where our daughter and granddaughter live, but he vists me in Washington and I try to get home to Texas on weekends whenever possible. We don't like being apart but I feel this job is very important for our country and for the future of all of our children. It's a great honor to be able to share the wonderful things I know about our country with the people of world.

Deborah, from Colorado Springs writes:

In what ways is the Bush Administration taking the American Story to the world?Thank you.

Karen Hughes

As a communicator, I like to boil things down to basics, so our public diplomacy strategy consists of what I call the four “E’s”: Engage, Exchange, Education and Empower. We have to engage more vigorously, advocating our values, policies and the many ways we are helping the citizens of our world. We also have to be faster and more aggressive in our response to rumors and misinformation about our country that travel the world in seconds on the Internet. Every person I met with as I prepared to take this job told me that our exchange programs have been the single most successful public diplomacy tool of the last fifty years. People who come here see for themselves that Americans are decent, hard working people who value family and faith; it’s also important for Americans to study and travel overseas. Education is also critical, especially English language training, which gives young people across the world a skill that improves their opportunities in life while also opening a window to our values. We are also working on an initiative to encourage more Americans to learn important languages such as Arabic and Chinese. Finally, we must empower our most important natural resource – our citizens – to help represent our country to the world. Americans work and travel around the world each day, and we are working on a robust citizen ambassador program to help our citizens share their skills and stories. In the war against terrorism, we must also empower the voices of Muslim Americans and Muslim leaders who speak out against violence because those voices often have the most credibility within the Muslim world.

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Skidmore

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Wed Nov-16-05 02:55 PM
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1. I just want to know

if she shaves once or twice a day.

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acmejack

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Wed Nov-16-05 02:59 PM
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2. This is interesting.

"we are working on a robust citizen ambassador program to help our citizens share their skills and stories."

I hadn't heard about this. Are they seeking "Robust citizens" or is it a "Robust...program"?

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Cocoa

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Wed Nov-16-05 03:02 PM
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5. I think the ambiguity is deliberate

she's fucking with the terrorists' heads. Boy is she good.

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emulatorloo

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Wed Nov-16-05 07:06 PM
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12. She meant Robot Citizen Ambassador, or perhaps Rove-bot Citizen

Ambassador.

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Bluebear

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Wed Nov-16-05 03:00 PM
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3. Karen, be a lamb & tell us how much you get paid for this shit n/t

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EstimatedProphet

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Wed Nov-16-05 03:01 PM
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4. How on earth do they screen live chat?

I refuse to believe that these kinds of questions are all she is getting.

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Bluebear

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Wed Nov-16-05 03:03 PM
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6. RW interns are busily typing all the "questions" is my guess n/t

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seabeyond

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Wed Nov-16-05 03:04 PM
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7. i thought he was 10 last year and she quit to be a mom

damn i am confused. hm.......

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Oreo

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Wed Nov-16-05 03:05 PM
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8. They made up some good names

I'm sure they just had some interns make up questions

Deborah, from Colorado Springs writes:
In what ways is the Bush Administration taking the American Story to the world?Thank you.

Karen Hughes: I'd have to say blowing stuff up and torturing people... next question

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RobertSeattle

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Wed Nov-16-05 03:07 PM
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9. Boxers or Briefs?

:evilgrin:

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Canuckistanian

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Wed Nov-16-05 03:12 PM
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10. How do you remove bloodstains from your hands?

Is there a special product you use?

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cosmicdot

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Wed Nov-16-05 04:21 PM
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11. Ms. Huge, is your target audience buying your corporate PR

Edited on Wed Nov-16-05 04:27 PM by cosmicdot

approach or does it see through the BS?

Also, I was wondering if Hill & Knowlton got the contract to PR this PR, or was there competitive bidding amongst other divisions within the WPP corporate family?

btw, are you giving away t-shirts, buttons, posters, coffee mugs, mouse pads and such with the 4 "E" buzzwords on them? That would be so neat. I'd love to see the graphics, too.

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