Press Secretary Ari Fleischer gives a Briefing in the Press Briefing Room at the White House on September 12, 2001 (National Archives)43. G.W. BUSHHOME
OVERVIEW:
BORN: October 13, 1960 (Pound Ridge, New York)
EDUCATION:
Middlebury College (BA, 1982)
POLITICAL PARTY:
Republican
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS:
1985-1988:
Field Director, National Republican Congressional Committee 1988:
Press Secretary, Rep. Joe DioGuardi (R-NY) 1989-1994:
Press Secretary, Senator Pete Domenici (R-NM) 1994-1999:
Communications Director, House Ways and Means Committee 1999-2000
Communications Director, Elizabeth Dole Presidential Campaign;
Press Secretary, 2000 Bush-Cheney Campaign 2001-2003:
White House Press Secretary
In the final hours of his last day on the job, White House Press Secretary Ari Fleischer answers a few more questions from his West Wing office on “Ask The White House,” Monday, July 14, 2003. White House photo by Paul Morse
RESOURCES:
Surrounded by his staff, President George W. Bush calls New York Governor George Pataki, FBI Director Robert Mueller and Vice President Dick Cheney Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2001, from Emma E. Booker Elementary School in Sarasota, Fla. Pictured from left are: Andy Card, White House Chief of Staff; Ari Fleischer, Press Secretary, and Dan Bartlett, Deputy Assistant to the President. (Photo by Eric Draper, Courtesy of the George W. Bush Presidential Library)
Working with his senior staff, President George W. Bush reviews the speech that he will deliver to the nation the evening of Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2001, from the Oval Office. Pictured from left are: Alberto Gonzales, White House Counsel; Condoleezza Rice, National Security Adviser; Karen Hughes, Counselor; Ari Fleischer, Press Secretary, and Andy Card, Chief of Staff. Photo by Paul Morse, Courtesy of the George W. Bush Presidential Library
