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Video: Photo Op in the Oval Office

By Brooks Kraft | September 17, 2009 | +

Follow along with Time’s White House photographer Brooks Kraft as he and the rest of the press corps are herded past the President as he meets with Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper

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  • stuartzechman

    Brooks Kraft:
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    Because this truly aids in news users’ understanding of the issues in current policy debates…how, again?

  • rustyreturns

    My reply to you on healthcare costs, stuart.
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    http://swampland.blogs.time.com/2009/09/17/bending-the-cost-curve/
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    Good luck reading all of it, but I think it does answer our questions.

  • stuartzechman

    I’m considering it, Rustydog, thanks so much for the response.
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    I’m trying to separate your constitutional questions and “rationing” labeling from OECD’s (admittedly) sketchy pricing theory.

  • rustyreturns

    I really do not mind hijacking this thread to further the discussion of the healthcare debate.
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    But my conclusion back to you is simply this:
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    “So in my opinion in a nutshell, it is a combination of price controls with healthcare rationing”

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    Perhaps we can get KT to do some additional digging with her sources to see how close we are?

  • kattest123

    It’d be great if Time would cover Harper-U.S. issues like this Bush program that Obama is continuing under a different name, but I guess someone has to fill the gap left by Wonkette leaving.

  • rustyreturns

    Speaking of videos!
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    Enjoy!
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  • dunedweller

    Brooks Kraft, do you always use your full title and speak of yourself in the third person when writing about your experiences?

  • lupercal5

    what the hell was this post about?

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  • yoshiattack

    That’s a hilarious link. “Right-wingers were rude in the past and Giles is tied to Coulter somehow, so the videos must be…”
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    MM actually leaves that last part hanging. Essentially, they couldn’t get enough evidence to get over even their (ridiculously low) spin bar, so they’ve pretty much wrote a head in the sand column while the reality is staring them in the face.
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    If you’ve lost Stewart, then you’ve lost.

  • adamjd

    i love seeing videos of reporters and photographers climbing over themselves to get the shot or the audio. imagine if your job depended on you pushing people out of the way all the time. …not for me.

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