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FLASHBACK:
Added degree of separation ... “twice removed”.
Jan 31, 2011
EXCERPT
Carney is a champ at returning phone calls.
But he’s not an Obama insider—hardly an advantage when toiling for an insular politician who is naturally wary of newcomers and relies on a tight circle of advisers and intimates. Some White House veterans, including at least one former presidential press secretary, worry that Carney won’t receive the necessary access to Obama, and other policymakers at key meetings, to speak from the podium with the authority that Gibbs unquestionably enjoyed.
Ron Nessen, who left his position as NBC News’ White House correspondent to serve as Gerald Ford’s press secretary from 1974 to 1977, warned that a recent Washington Post story indicates that Carney will be twice removed from the president in the West Wing chain of command—reporting to White House communications director Dan Pfeiffer, who in turn reports to senior presidential adviser David Plouffe.