The top officials

By The Center for Public Integrity

Roles and short biographies of the eight individuals responsible for the 935 false statements

Excerpts from this story referencing "Ari Fleischer":

"… o 1977. From 1979 to 1989, he served as a U.S. Representative from Wyoming.Ari Fleischer was the White House press secretary from January 20, 2001, to July 14 …"

"… ;was the White House press secretary from July 15, 2003, when he succeeded Ari Fleischer, to May 10, 2006; before that he was the principal deputy White House pres …"

Racicot will continue lobbying while serving as RNC chair

By Gil Shochat

President Bush's choice of former Montana governor Marc Racicot to head the Republican National Committee continues a long established pract

Excerpts from this story referencing "Ari Fleischer":

"… bbying or having outside sources of income,” White House press secretary Ari Fleischer told the Associated Press.Fleischer has done his homework.As the Center re …"

Fourteen top Bush officials invested in Enron stock

By Derrick Wetherell

WASHINGTON, January 11, 2002 — Fourteen of the top 100 officials in the Bush administration owned stock in embattled energy services firm En

Excerpts from this story referencing "Charlotte Beers":

"… are senior adviser to the President Karl Rove and Undersecretary of State Charlotte Beers, who each held between $100,001 and $250,000 of stock when their forms wer …"

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Obama distances himself from Bush on signing statements

By Andrew Green

If President Obama is keeping a to-do list of issues from the Bush era he needs to resolve, he checked off another one yesterday. The prez c

Excerpts from this story referencing "Ari Fleischer":

"… when President Bush did it, his critics pounced,” former Bush spokesman Ari Fleischer told the Post.For critics, though, Obama’s memo is unlikely to “wipe a …"

Overnight guests at governor's mansion added $2.2 million to Bush campaign

By Nathaniel Heller

WASHINGTON, March 15, 2000 — Sixty of George W. Bush's overnight guests at the Texas Governor's Mansion have collectively given and raised m

Excerpts from this story referencing "Ari Fleischer":

"… n Brown’s] trade mission, as a quid pro quo . . .” said Bush spokesman Ari Fleischer on March 12. A Center for Public Integrity report entitled “Fat Cat Hote …"

"… gn Responds FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 5, 2000McClellanCONTACT: Ari Fleischer, Mindy Tucker or Scott512/637-7777GOVERNOR BUSH’S BROTHERS, PARENTS, COU …"

The politics of energy: Coal

By Bill Dawson

WASHINGTON, December 3, 2003 — At the first meeting of President George W. Bush's cabinet in 2001, then-Treasury Secretary Paul O'Neill dist

Excerpts from this story referencing "Ari Fleischer":

"… yoto treaty.”At a later press briefing, then-White House Press Secretary Ari Fleischer amplified upon Bush’s “bureaucracy” reference: “This is a report t …"

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A brief history of Bush, Harken and the SEC

By John Dunbar

WASHINGTON, October 16, 2002 — In 1976, George W. Bush was a freshly minted graduate of the Harvard Business School looking for a job. ...

Excerpts from this story referencing "Ari Fleischer":

"… the delay on the SEC, saying they lost it. Recently, White House spokesman Ari Fleischer said it was a mix-up by Harken’s lawyers. When asked again at a press co …"

False pretenses

By Charles Lewis and Mark Reading-Smith

Following 9/11, President Bush and seven top officials of his administration waged a campaign of misinformation on the threat from Iraq

Excerpts from this story referencing "Ari Fleischer":

"… Deputy Defense Secretary Paul Wolfowitz, and White House press secretaries Ari Fleischer and Scott McClellan, stated unequivocally that Iraq had weapons of mass de …"

Methodology

By The Center for Public Integrity

A look inside the Center's reporting process for Iraq: The War Card

Excerpts from this story referencing "Ari Fleischer":

"… Deputy Defense Secretary Paul Wolfowitz, and White House Press Secretaries Ari Fleischer and Scott McClellan. These statements were painstakingly collected from th …"

Bush Administration thwarts access

By The Center for Public Integrity

Excerpt from The Buying of the President 2004 shows the White House's propensity for secrecy

Excerpts from this story referencing "Ari Fleischer":

"… rade. But four days after Ashcroft's remarks, presidential Press Secretary Ari Fleischer left open the possibility that Bush might one day press Ashcroft's case. F …"