Posted on 09/18/2002 9:10:26 PM PDT by Utah Girl
How a young group of White House up-and-comers are selling the war in Iraq
"We're getting the band together," White House Communications Director Dan Bartlett told the group on their first conference call last week. The "Band" is made up of the people who brought you the war in Afghanistan-or at least the accompanying public-relations campaign. Their greatest hit: exposing the Taliban's treatment of women. Now, they're back for a reunion tour on Iraq.
THE BAND'S INSTRUMENT, of course, is information. They aim to use it against Saddam Hussein, respond to his disinformation and control the message within the administration so no one-not even Vice President Dick Cheney-freelances on Iraq. That's no easy task. The members talk every day by phone at 9:30 a.m. The key players are a handful of rising stars in their early 40s and under:..
Today, Rumsfeld was on message at congressional hearings about Iraq. The president has very little scheduled this week to compete with these public hearings. He told congressional leaders this morning that he'd be getting language for a new U.N. resolution on Iraq to them this week. The White House is sending administration bigwigs to hearings this week and next to help make Bush's case against Saddam Hussein-not just to Congress, but to the American people. It's the Band's job to make sure that case gets heard. They'll be playing soon at a TV, newspaper and radio near you.
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With Robbie Robertson??
Oops - wrong decade
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