Howard Baker
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"Howard Henry Baker, Jr." was an American politician and diplomat who served as a Republican Party (United States)/Republican United States Senate/U.S. Senator from Tennessee and Party leaders of the United States Senate/Senate Majority Leader. Baker later served as White House Chief of Staff for President Ronald Reagan, and a United States Ambassador to Japan. He worked as a lobbyist and adviser at Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz.

Known in Washington, D.C. as the "Great Conciliator", Baker was often regarded as one of the most successful senators in terms of brokering compromises, enacting legislation and maintaining civility. Baker was a moderate conservative who was also respected enormously by most of his Democratic Party (United States)/Democratic colleagues.

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I intend to travel to Okinawa and to visit with Okinawa officials and the citizens of Okinawa at an early date. I will send my best analysis of that situation, including the local attitudes, back to Washington, to the government there.

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What did the president know, and when did he know it?

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We pause to remember the tragic loss of over 3,000 innocent men, women, and children from some 90 countries around the world.

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I'm convinced that they'll come out with a unified position -- perhaps not an identical position, but a unified position.

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I think the friendship and mutual admiration between the prime minister and the president will facilitate that.

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The welfare of the planet and its environment is paramount. But what we do, and do equally and evenhandedly, is more difficult to identify. I have no doubt in mind that President Bush is serious in his determination to reexamine the overall issue and that would include reexamining the language of the Kyoto treaty.

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This man is in terrible shape, ... His health circumstances are really barely short of extreme, and I have no doubt that he's in need of skillful medical attention.

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I think it is a great tribute to the Government of Japan and to those who were handling it, including the Foreign Minister and the Prime Minister, that we were able to negotiate at the highest levels - I mean the President, the Secretary of State, and then my opportunity - without high emotionalism.

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I don't believe it for a second.

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