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To: TigerPaw who wrote (23800)	7/29/2003 10:53:54 AM
From: Karen Lawrence	Respond to of 89467

From that article, Bush hasn't had any solo news conferences since March. He still manages to state fiction as fact as he did two weeks ago: Saddam would NOT allow weapons inspectors into Iraq and that's why we invaded. THE PRESIDENT is about to head to his ranch for the month of August, but before his bags are packed, we have what might seem like a far-fetched notion: What about a news conference? Mr. Bush answers reporters' questions on the run or perhaps two at a time in sessions with foreign leaders, but he has not held a solo news conference for nearly five months. His last such event was March 6 -- before the war with Iraq, before the passage of his tax cut, before the latest outbreak of violence in Liberia, before the release of the 9/11 report, before -- well, you get the idea. Nor is this lag time unusual for the Bush presidency: During his more than two years in office, Mr. Bush has held just eight solo news conferences. The last one before his March appearance took place four months earlier. By contrast, President Clinton had held 33 such events at this point in his term, and the first President Bush had held 61.