I believe in working together to solve the problems we've got. And we need to get rid of the venom in the political atmosphere in D.C. It's a poisonous atmosphere.
- Scott McClellan
Political, Need, Atmosphere, Venom
I do expect that the President will say something at the beginning of his remarks today, at the conversation.
- Scott McClellan
Beginning, Expect, His, Conversation
When I was knowingly misled but only learned that much later, that's really when I started to become disillusioned at the White House.
- Scott McClellan
Started, Learned, Misled, Disillusioned
A free and prosperous Iraq will be a major blow to the terrorists and their desire to establish a safe haven in Iraq where they can plan and plot attacks.
- Scott McClellan
Desire, Will, Haven, Safe Haven
Waging an unnecessary war is a grave mistake.
- Scott McClellan
Mistake, Grave, Unnecessary, Waging
In survey after survey, the Iraqi people say, 'We want to choose our leaders.'
- Scott McClellan
Want, Say, Iraqi People, Survey
When words I uttered, believing them to be true, were exposed as false, I was constrained by my duties and loyalty to the President and unable to comment. But I promised reporters and the public that I would someday tell the whole story of what I knew.
- Scott McClellan
Tell, Reporters, Whole, Comment
Well, uh, all people - all, I think all human begins, uh, have good attributes, and they also have their flaws.
- Scott McClellan
Think, I Think, Also, All People
My wife and I look for ways to always support the troops, including sending care packages regularly to them.
- Scott McClellan
Wife, Always, Including, Packages
As press secretary, I spent countless hours defending the administration from the podium in the White House briefing room.
- Scott McClellan
Hours, Administration, Spent, White House
I was raised on the values of speaking up and making a positive difference in a very political family that believed in the importance of public service.
- Scott McClellan
Making, Very, Importance, Believed
If it takes talking about unpleasant truths to change Washington, then so be it.
- Scott McClellan
Change, Unpleasant, Truths, Unpleasant Truths
I remember my mom saying to me that what your friends do is one thing, but what you do could be on the front page of the paper.
- Scott McClellan
I Remember, Could, One Thing, Front Page
I'm a centrist.
- Scott McClellan
Centrist
I'm someone who believes in centrist governing philosophy.
- Scott McClellan
Someone, Governing, Believes, Centrist
I'm glad to share my views.
- Scott McClellan
Glad, Share, Views
The permanent campaign is inherently deceptive.
- Scott McClellan
Permanent, Deceptive, Campaign
Well I think that you have to be open and honest in order to learn from your mistakes and be able to correct them in the future to understand what would happen to take things off course. And if we don't address these issues openly and honestly then we don't learn.
- Scott McClellan
Mistakes, I Think, Correct, Openly
The Iraq war was not necessary.
- Scott McClellan
War, Necessary, Iraq, Iraq War
I'm done with my job. It was my job to be the advocate and spokesman for the President of the United States.
- Scott McClellan
United States, Spokesman, Advocate
I fell far short of living up to the kind of public servant I wanted to be.
- Scott McClellan
Living, Public, Servant, Fell
I have had a career in public service.
- Scott McClellan
Service, Career, Public, Public Service
The president said, 'You've got to vote your conscience.
- Scott McClellan
Said, Got, Your, Conscience
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