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" The chief of staff has to reflect and sometimes complement the strengths of the president he serves. "
William M. Daley
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" President Obama came into office in '08 with the belief that - and the public's belief in him - that he was moderate, that he wasn't a big spender. "
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" Lots of people throw around phrases of 'no-fly zone,' and they talk about it as though it's just a game - a video game or something. Some people who throw that line out have no idea what they're talking about. "
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" When the manufacturing decline began in earnest in 2001, the main culprits were the offshoring of jobs to China, with which we have no trade deal, and automation. "
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" As commerce secretary, I led the Clinton administration's effort to ensure China's entry into the World Trade Organization and the permanent normalization of trade between the U.S. and China - steps that produced a 76 percent increase in U.S. exports to China in just three years. "
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" I know something about trade agreements. I was proud to help President Clinton pass the North American Free Trade Agreement in 1993 and create what is still the world's largest free-trade area, linking 426 million people and more than $12 trillion of goods and services. "
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" It's logical and fair to allow only registered or self-identified Democrats to choose their party's nominee (although numerous states do have open primaries). Letting more non-Democrats choose the nominee doesn't guarantee success in a November general election. And it does nothing to encourage people to join and work for the party. "
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" Most Republicans and the business community extol the virtues of trade, depicting it as an engine of economic progress, while most Democrats and unions attack the exportation of American jobs, claiming that trade agreements are destroying our economy. "
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" Bob Gates understands the difficulty of going to war. This is a man who spent almost his entire life working for the government. "
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" There is no path to middle-class prosperity without tearing down barriers to American exports. "
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" There are some who want to move us back to the days when we were protectionists and keep all goods off our shores. "
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" The mistake we made in the 1990s was overestimating the potential of NAFTA's positive impact. "
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" It sounds good to say, 'We're going to do this,' on C-SPAN, but try to do that in real life, and it's not going to work. "
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" A chief of staff has to reflect the president's governing style. "
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" Some people would like the world to go back to the 1950s. "
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" I got through at Ignatius. I did OK, not great in any of my academic endeavors. "
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" As president, you can't just say, 'I want this,' or, 'Do that.' A president has to lead the American people to where he wants to go, and the chief of staff needs to help him get it done. "
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