As the White House press secretary, Ari Fleischer was the primary spokesperson for President Bush and delivered the White House briefings from 2001 to 2003. His years of working with the Bush administration have given him unique insight into the historic events of the time, including the Bush/ Gore presidential recount, September 11, two wars and an anthrax attack. His book, Taking Heat: The President, the Press, and My Years in the White House, details his experience in the White House and was a New York Times bestseller. Fleischer will speak about what it was like to be the public voice of the White House.