Dan Bartlett

Daniel Joseph Bartlett (born June 1, 1971) is an American political advisor who served as counselor to the president in the administration of George W. Bush. On June 1, 2007, Bartlett announced that he would be leaving the White House and was replaced by Ed Gillespie.

Early life and education

Bartlett grew up in Rockwall, Texas and is a 1989 graduate of Rockwall High School. He earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in political science from the University of Texas at Austin.

Career

Bartlett worked on George W. Bush's first campaign for governor in 1994, when Bush unseated Ann W. Richards. He was appointed as deputy to the Policy Director in the Governor's office and was issues director for Bush's 1998 gubernatorial re-election campaign.

During the 2000 presidential campaign, Bartlett was the director of rapid response for the George W. Bush 2000 presidential campaign. After Bush assumed office as president, he worked as a deputy to advisor Karen Hughes before being named White House communications director. On January 5, 2005, the White House announced that Bartlett would assume the role of counselor to the president, which allows him to focus more broadly on strategic communication and the formulation of policy. He has also worked for Karl Rove's political consulting firm. On June 1, 2007, Bartlett announced his resignation as Counsel to the President.

On October 28, 2007, Public Strategies, Inc., a business advisory firm, announced they had hired Bartlett as a senior strategist.

In January 2009, Bartlett was named an adjunct faculty member at the Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs at the University of Texas at Austin, at which he taught a seminar on media and politics.

In March 2009, Bartlett was named president and CEO of Public Strategies.

In May 2013, Walmart announced that Bartlett would become the company's new executive vice president of corporate affairs in late June.

Controversies

Following the July 6, 2003, editorial by former ambassador Joseph Wilson, Bartlett (with Ari Fleischer) pushed reporters to pursue who in the CIA sent him to Niger'', Bartlett implied some conservative bloggers, such as Hugh Hewitt, were unfiltered mouthpieces for the GOP and the Bush White House.

I mean, talk about a direct IV into the vein of your support. It's a very efficient way to communicate. They regurgitate exactly and put up on their blogs what you said to them. It is something that we've cultivated and have really tried to put quite a bit of focus on.

In May 2008, Bartlett appeared on various media outlets casting aspersions on the contentions raised by Scott McClellan in his book '' What Happened'' that the administration had repeatedly "shaded the truth" in connection with justifying the Iraq War, and describing the role that various administration officials played in the Valerie Plame leak case. In a May 2008 telephone interview with CNN, Bartlett "asserted that McClellan did not play a major role in key events, noting that the former aide was serving as deputy press secretary for domestic issues during the run-up to the war in Iraq, raising questions about how McClellan could claim the President used ' propaganda' to sell the war."

Personal life

In 2000, Bartlett married Allyson Elizabeth Sikes (born 1975). The couple has four sons Jake, Sutton, Whit, and Wynn Bartlett. They reside in Rogers, Arkansas.

References

External links

White House biographyPublic Strategies Inc
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University of Texas at Austin College of Liberal Arts alumni
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People from Rogers, Arkansas