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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: jlallen who wrote (692549)	7/18/2005 5:20:02 PM
From: DuckTapeSunroof	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

But, of course, totally correct insofar as this signals a modification of the administration's previously announced policy. (If WH Press Secretaries don't announce and ennunciate official WH policies anymore... then we might as well save everyone's time, end the farce, and cancel all WH press conferences --- OR ELSE --- have the President conduct them directly! :) (If only his directly-spoken and recorded words have any official weight... as you seem to be trying to argue, JL.)

To: jlallen who wrote (692549)	7/18/2005 5:23:11 PM
From: steve dietrich	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

Here's his words:Q Given -- given recent developments in the CIA leak case, particularly Vice President Cheney's discussions with the investigators, do you still stand by what you said several months ago, a suggestion that it might be difficult to identify anybody who leaked the agent's name? THE PRESIDENT: That's up to -- Q And, and, do you stand by your pledge to fire anyone found to have done so? THE PRESIDENT: Yes. And that's up to the U.S. Attorney to find the facts. Q My final point would be -- or question would be, has Vice President Cheney assured you -- THE PRESIDENT: It's up to the -- Q -- subsequent to his conversations with them, that nobody -- THE PRESIDENT: I haven't talked to the Vice President about this matter, and I suggest -- recently -- and I suggest you talk to the U.S. Attorney about that.