Press Secretary Jay Carney scrambles to answer questions over administration access for photographers
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While Claiming Transparency, White House Skirts Transparency Questions
After arriving in office, President Obama took a major step towards shining new sunlight on the comings and goings of lobbyists entering the White House grounds. As of January 28, 2011, there are now more than 1 million secret service visitor logs posted online by the White House, with an easily searchable and downloadable database. It …
Seeking Sunshine As Press Secretary Jay Carney Takes The Stage
Press briefings are bad theater, and the White House is as close as Washington, D.C. gets to Broadway. So on Wednesday, when Jay Carney took the stage as the new White House press secretary, every seat was taken and the aisles were packed. People had not so much gathered to hear what he would say—the press secretary rarely says …
Jay Carney Faces The Murder Boards
Swampland alum Jay Carney is set to take the briefing podium next week, and as CNN’s Dan Lothian reports, he has been training behind closed doors to prepare.
Carney would stand behind a podium in a room in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building. The team of staffers played the role of reporters, and would ask him questions on
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