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It is disgraceful enough for CNN and other networks to allow such bad behavior on their airwaves, but the President and his Press Secretary have a right to prevent it from occurring during their news conferences In the aftermath of U.S. District Court Judge Timothy Kelly’s ruling that reinstated the White House press pass of CNN’s Jim Acosta, the President outlined some overdue changes that will be implemented. Hereafter, the White House will be “writing up rules and regulations,” according to the President. He also predicted that “if they don’t listen to the rules and regulations, we’ll end up back...

The White House press corps is "strenuously" objecting to any attempt to eject it from its West Wing digs, a move reportedly being considering by President-elect Trump's communications team. . . . "The WHCA will fight to keep the briefing room and West Wing access to senior administration officials open. We object strenuously to any move that would shield the president and his advisers from the scrutiny of an on-site White House press corps."

The French government has fingerprinted U.S. journalists who will travel with President Obama to France for the G-8 summit next week. Journalists were required to submit to “biometric” fingerprinting at the French Embassy in Washington, an embassy spokesman confirmed. The requirement raised some eyebrows among the White House press corps, whose members did not undergo the same security measures for Mr. Obama’s trip to Latin America in March.

Audio from todays interview on WJR in Detroit, Attorney for Chrylser lenders who object to the sale, in his own words, had one of his Clients threatened by the Obama Whitehouse, and that his reputation would be destroyed, e-mail this to anyone who can get the story out...

WITH Scott McClellan's announcement that he will hang up his flak jacket after nearly three years as White House press secretary, maybe it is time to ask one last question, even if he won't be around to answer it: Why continue with the daily press briefings at all? Oh, there are reasons. Someone has to explain that tomorrow the president is meeting the German chancellor, and that next week he will be in Cincinnati talking with concerned citizens about — choose one — a) the prescription drug benefit b) the future of Social Security or c) new ways of turning...

MR. PRESIDENT! is the unique WorldNetDaily forum that allows you access to the next White House press conference. WorldNetDaily monitors the submissions in this forum and passes along the best questions to reporters credentialed for the weekly press briefings, including our own Les Kinsolving. This may be your best chance to grill George W. Bush -- or, at least, Scott McClellan. Use the Mr. President! forum to pose questions to President Bush. Don't ramble. Get to the point and then end with an actual question. Be sure to begin your post with: MR. PRESIDENT!

"Even as many networks are reducing their coverage of the increasingly predictable political conventions, the political blogs, which have become a fruitful alternative for individual voices, have been ablaze over the prospect of officially covering conventions for the first time. Ms. Merritt is one of about three dozen bloggers who have been given press credentials for the Democratic convention in Boston, which begins Monday. Another, Ana Marie Cox from the Washington gossip site Wonkette.com, will be working as a correspondent for MTV."

President Bush's spokesman said Wednesday that Democrats who continue to demand more proof that the president reported for National Guard duty in Alabama are "trolling for trash" and are using the issue for political gain. Bush said in a television interview over the weekend that he would be willing to open up his entire military file, and would "absolutely" be willing to authorize the release of anything that would settle the controversy over his service in the Texas Air National Guard during the Vietnam War. White House press secretary Scott McClellan appeared to step back from that pledge, telling reporters:...

The reporters are belligerently denying the validity of the President's records that now show his service. One mentioned an evaluation where the comment, "He was not observed at this unit" is made by the 2 deceased superior officers. NOT OBSERVED AT THIS UNIT means that his duty performance was not observed for the purpose of evaluation. It doesn't mean that he wasn't there!

Analysis of US Casualties in Iraq by Week and Month - post Baghdad Liberation Day   April: Post- Baghdad Liberation Day - April 30   Week of Apr. 10 - Apr.16:   Apr.10: One Marine killed 22 wounded securing Baghdad Mosque:  Iraqi regime loyalists, terrorists and paramilitary forces engaged elements of Regimental Combat Team 5 (RCT-5) from the protection of an 8th century Shia Mosque. In over one hour of heavy gunfire exchange, the Marines of RCT-5 cleared the mosque for return to the Iraqi people....Marines quickly assessed the situation. After receiving permission to engage the enemy inside, Marines swiftly defeated the Iraqi...