“All special assistants to the president are typically political appointees of the first year of the new president.” Quote by Roger Cressey
“The new people come in to do two things to, to do a review of existing policy to see where they might want to change it, and then to put in place the actual new policy, a presidential review directive, to a presidential decision directive.” PeopleDecisionPolicyPresidential Author:Roger Cressey
“The wheel of government will continue to work, even as these people come in and we wait for them, but the issue is, there's always one thing, that a new administration confronts.For the Bush administration, it was terrorism. For this administration, it's going to be cyber-security, not Russian hacking. That's a symptom of the bigger problem, but the bigger issue of cyber, how they deal with that. So, we may see something else we're not anticipating. That's going to be their challenge.” PeopleProblemWaitingChallengesTerrorism Author:Roger Cressey
“It's not easy, you know, hitting balls every day, and, you know, staying really motivated throughout the whole period. It's normal you're going to have ups and downs.” EasyMotivatedUps & Downs Author:Jelena Jankovic
“I love the sport. I love competing. I love battling. I love being out there and, you know, playing in front of crowds. This is what I have been doing since I was a child, so, you know, there's nothing else that I want to do at this point.” ChildrenSportsLove IsCompeting Author:Jelena Jankovic
“Now I have to do a lot more work. I have to train more and do a lot more, you know, work on my body and take care of the little things in order to feel great for my body to be in good shape.” CareTrainTake CareLittle Things Author:Jelena Jankovic
“In Aleppo, Mr. Putin has directed his military to conduct a devastating campaign. He's targeted schools, markets. It's resulted in the death of thousands of civilians. This is not the first time Mr. Putin is involved in campaigns of this kind.” KindSchoolMilitaryFirst Time Author:Marco Rubio
“It is, for me, clear that the world needs a United States that is engaged in security issues, in development issues, in human rights issues. The contribution of the United States for global affairs is absolutely crucial. And the cooperation with the U.N. is very important from our perspective.” WorldImportantSecurityPerspectiveAffairHuman RightsCooperation Author:Antonio Guterres
“We need to be able to demonstrate that what we do in today's world, in humanitarian aid, the enormous effort to minimize the tragic situations that we see all over the world, I think, without the U.N., people would suffer much more, and the situation would be much more terrible.” PeopleThinkingWorldSufferingEffortSituationTerribleHumanitarianAidsTragic Author:Antonio Guterres
“I think that it's very important to have the United States' engagement in many situations we have around the world, be it in Syria, be it in the African context. The United States represents an important set of values, human rights, values related to freedom, to democracy. And so the foreign policy engagement of the United States is a very important guarantee that those values can be properly pursued.” ThinkingWorldImportantValuesSituationDemocracyPolicyHuman RightsForeign PolicySyria Author:Antonio Guterres