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President Bush's Public Relations Campaign In High Gear
Aired October 11, 2003 - 12:09 ET
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RENAY SAN MIGUEL, CNN ANCHOR: The Bush administration public relations campaign is in high gear. Topic one: Iraq. The president is playing up news of Iraq's new currency and the burning of old Iraqi money. The plan is simple; to counter the rising criticism in this country and abroad that post-war Iraq is a disaster zone, because of policy failures. We get the latest now, from CNN White House correspondent, Suzanne Malveaux -- Suzanne.
SUZANNE MALVEAUX, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Well Renay, this White House is fully engaged in this public relations strategy to try to convince American's that it was worth it to go to war. President Bush today, in his weekly radio address making his case, this after a series of almost identical speeches over the week give been in the president, the vice president, his national security adviser, Condoleezza Rice. The president laying out the case, saying that the administration is going after terrorists, that today, they are rebuilding the Iraqi economy and throwing out the old money of Saddam Hussein, in the new, also working on utilities. So, when the president makes his case, he is saying it is in U.S. interests, in America's interests that Iraqi reconstruction works.
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GEORGE W. BUSH, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: Free nations are peaceful nations. By promoting freedom and hope in other lands we remove direct threats to the American people. Our actions in Iraq will increase our safety for years to come.
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MALVEAUX: Now, it's all part of a -- an aggressive strategy to counter some of the criticism, what we have heard over the days, the last week or so, is that more than 100 U.S. soldiers killed since President Bush declared major combat over. Also the fact that nearly half Americans now do not believe it was worth it to go to war in Iraq. Others as well, when you look at those polls showing that now the U.N. Security Council no longer approves of a resolution offering support for Iraqi reconstruction and finally no weapons of mass destruction. This is something the White House will continue to pitch. They will say, yes, it was worth it to go to war. We will hear from the president and many aides in the week to come -- Renay.
SAN MIGUEL: Suzanne Malveaux, live at the White House. Thank you for that Suzanne.
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Aired October 11, 2003 - 12:09 ET
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
RENAY SAN MIGUEL, CNN ANCHOR: The Bush administration public relations campaign is in high gear. Topic one: Iraq. The president is playing up news of Iraq's new currency and the burning of old Iraqi money. The plan is simple; to counter the rising criticism in this country and abroad that post-war Iraq is a disaster zone, because of policy failures. We get the latest now, from CNN White House correspondent, Suzanne Malveaux -- Suzanne.
SUZANNE MALVEAUX, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Well Renay, this White House is fully engaged in this public relations strategy to try to convince American's that it was worth it to go to war. President Bush today, in his weekly radio address making his case, this after a series of almost identical speeches over the week give been in the president, the vice president, his national security adviser, Condoleezza Rice. The president laying out the case, saying that the administration is going after terrorists, that today, they are rebuilding the Iraqi economy and throwing out the old money of Saddam Hussein, in the new, also working on utilities. So, when the president makes his case, he is saying it is in U.S. interests, in America's interests that Iraqi reconstruction works.
(BEGIN AUDIO CLIP)
GEORGE W. BUSH, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: Free nations are peaceful nations. By promoting freedom and hope in other lands we remove direct threats to the American people. Our actions in Iraq will increase our safety for years to come.
(END AUDIO CLIP)
MALVEAUX: Now, it's all part of a -- an aggressive strategy to counter some of the criticism, what we have heard over the days, the last week or so, is that more than 100 U.S. soldiers killed since President Bush declared major combat over. Also the fact that nearly half Americans now do not believe it was worth it to go to war in Iraq. Others as well, when you look at those polls showing that now the U.N. Security Council no longer approves of a resolution offering support for Iraqi reconstruction and finally no weapons of mass destruction. This is something the White House will continue to pitch. They will say, yes, it was worth it to go to war. We will hear from the president and many aides in the week to come -- Renay.
SAN MIGUEL: Suzanne Malveaux, live at the White House. Thank you for that Suzanne.
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