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| Ari Fleischer |
Ari Fleischer, who was George W. Bush’s press secretary, has signed on as a consultant at BCW.
He handled daily press briefings from 2001 to 2003 and was the key spokesperson during the 9/11 terror attacks and the US invasion of Iraq and Afghanistan.
Fleischer, who runs his own consultancy, is the author of Suppression, Deception, Snobbery and Bias, a book about “how the press keeps getting so much wrong” according to BCW’s announcement.
Corey duBrowa, BCW CEO, said Fleischer has extraordinary experience in delivering world-class strategic counsel, issues management and campaign development across the domains of politics, business and sports/entertainment.
WPP is merging BCW and Hill + Knowlton on July 1 to create Burson.
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