Karen Hughes
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"Karen Parfitt Hughes" is the global vice chair of the public relations firm Burson-Marsteller. She served as the Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs in the U.S. United States Department of State/Department of State and as a counsellor to United States President George W. Bush.

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We have a common interest in confronting terror and violence and hate and crime that is committed in the name of any religion, and we want to isolate and marginalize those who would seek to kill innocents, ... And frankly, who better to do that than many of our American Muslims themselves, who have friends and family and groups in countries across our world?

I can't imagine that I would seek to approach this job and seek to reach out to a wider Muslim audience without first seeking the advice, opinions and input of our American Muslim community.

A dual-headed DAS for public diplomacy.

The fatwa says that there is no justification in Islam for terrorism. Those are words the entire world needs to hear. And in delivering that message, I know that the most credible voices are of Muslims themselves. My job is to help amplify and magnify these voices.

Words of Muslims are important. It's important for people to know that Muslims think that terrorism is the epitome of injustice because it targets innocent people. People need to hear those words, and they're more credible from Muslims themselves.

It's offensive to me to suggest that somehow, as I've seen some headlines and some reports do, that people, that Americans weren't helped because they are poor or because of their race. That is anti-American. That is not what our country is about.

These are Americans who are just as American as I am.

But what I will challenge in any stories I see is any idea that we didn't want to help people. We certainly wanted to help everyone.