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  Scottie & Me - White House Briefing -
Scott, Justice Scalia apparently is in the habit of going on hunting trips with people who have cases before the Supreme Court...
Scott, the AP is reporting today that a French judge is investigating a bribery scandal involving Halliburton when the Vice President, Dick Cheney, was the CEO of that company...So, the question is - if the French want to extradite the Vice President to stand trial in France, will the President allow for that extradition?...
Scott, Are you familiar with Israel's 1967 attack on the USS Liberty?...
www.commondreams.org /scottie.htm   (972 words)

  
 Scott McClellan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Scott McClellan (born February 14, 1968) was the White House Press Secretary (2003-2006) for President George W. Bush.
McClellan is the grandson of the late W.
McClellan announced his resignation as Press Secretary on April 19, 2006; on April 26, it was announced that Fox News clown Tony Snow would succeed him in the position.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Scott_McClellan   (423 words)

  
 Press Briefing by Scott McClellan
McCLELLAN: No, that's exactly one of the points I made at the beginning, I think the Department of Defense made, that we are in the process of transforming our military to meet the threats of the 21st century.
McCLELLAN: Well, I know that the Department of State has been in touch with our embassy there, and so they probably will be talking more about this at their briefing, as well.
McCLELLAN: The President did propose that as an option for military bases that have closed, and he thinks that that could be a good use for some of the bases that have already been closed.
www.whitehouse.gov /news/releases/2005/05/20050513-3.html   (4833 words)

  
 Scott McClellan - SourceWatch
Scott McClellan resigned April 19, 2006, as President George W. Bush's White House Press Secretary "in an escalation of a Bush administration shake-up driven by Republican anxieties," Terence Hunt reported for the Associated Press.
McClellan replaced Ari Fleischer as White House Press Secretary in July 2003.
Scott is a graduate of the University of Texas at Austin," a biographical note states.
www.sourcewatch.org /index.php?title=Scott_McClellan   (604 words)

  
 Rove shifts role, McClellan quits - Politics - MSNBC.com
McClellan was named press secretary in June 2003, not long after the United States invaded Iraq and had first been a deputy to Ari Fleischer in the job — a White House position with daily public visibility rivaling virtually everyone there except the president.
McClellan and Rove rode in the president’s limousine to the military base.
Someone said it was a sad moment, and McClellan replied, “It is sad on some level.” He said he would accompany Bush on a trip to California this weekend and remain on the job for a couple more weeks until a replacement is named.
www.msnbc.msn.com /id/12387465   (828 words)

  
 Press Briefing by Scott McClellan
McCLELLAN: Yes, but this question is coming up in the context of this ongoing investigation, and that's why I said that our policy continues to be that we're not going to get into commenting on an ongoing criminal investigation from this podium.
Q Scott, today also the President spoke about the war on terrorism and also, according to -- report, there was bombings in London and also bombings in India, and at both places, al Qaeda was involved.
Q Scott, I think you're barrage today in part because we -- it is now clear that 21 months ago, you were up at this podium saying something that we now know to be demonstratively false.
www.whitehouse.gov /news/releases/2005/07/20050711-3.html   (5253 words)

  
 Scott McClellan - dKosopedia
Scott McClellan (born 1968) is the current White House Press Secretary for President George W. Bush.
McClellan served as Governor Bush's traveling press secretary during the 2000 Presidential election.
Scott McClellan was born and raised in Austin, Texas.
www.dkosopedia.com /index.php/Scott_McClellan   (264 words)

  
 TPMmuckraker April 12, 2006 12:20 PM
SCOTT McCLELLAN: Well, the President made his -- the President's comments were based on the intelligence assessment of the CIA and the Defense Intelligence Agency that was publicly released on May 28, 2003.
SCOTT McCLELLAN: And I think it's reckless reporting for ABC to go this morning and say that The Washington Post says that the President knew at the time what he was saying was not true.
SCOTT McCLELLAN: The President made his comments based on this white paper that was publicly released by the Central Intelligence Agency and the Defense Intelligence Agency, which is the arm of the -- which is an arm of the Pentagon --
www.tpmmuckraker.com /archives/000353.php   (2451 words)

  
 Washington Speakers Bureau: Scott McClellan
Scott McClellan’s roots go deep into local and state politics, and he brings a grassroots as well as a national focus to discussions about bipartisan priorities such as the war on terrorism, Iraq, Iran, immigration, the economy, health care and other issues affecting your organization.
Scott McClellan’s tenure as White House press secretary was marked by a confluence of challenges unprecedented in recent U.S. history—the war in Iraq, a heated 2004 presidential campaign, bitter partisanship in Washington and a contentious atmosphere between the media and elected officials.
McClellan also weighs in on how changes in the way news is delivered – including blogs and the continuous 24-hour news cycle – has affected the media, and how it can be part of the solution as well as of the problem.
www.washingtonspeakers.com /speakers/speaker.cfm?SpeakerID=5542   (602 words)

  
 Scoop: White House Daily Briefing With Scott McClellan
McCLELLAN: Well, the President believes strongly in the sanctity of marriage, and he believes strongly that marriage is a sacred institution between a man and a woman.
McCLELLAN: There are a lot of steps we are taking to address the work force issues, in terms of community colleges, in terms of technology and the technological issues involved there, in terms of job training.
Q: Scott, on the gay marriage issue, after the Texas Supreme Court decision came down, the President said that he didn't know that it was necessary to have to change law in response to it.
www.scoop.co.nz /stories/WO0308/S00012.htm   (5680 words)

  
 BBC NEWS | Americas | Profile: Scott McClellan
Scott McClellan's career path reflects the administration's tendency to promote from within.
Some commentators suggest that Mr McClellan's credibility was undermined by his defence of presidential adviser Karl Rove over the Valerie Plame affair, which involved the leaking of a CIA agent's identity.
Mr McClellan told the media that he had spoken to Mr Rove who had assured him he had nothing to do with the White House leak.
news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/americas/4923722.stm   (508 words)

  
 Scott McClellan Biography   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Scott McClellan is the White House press secretary; having promoted to replace Ari Fleischer as press secretary after he left the post on July 14, 2003.
McClellan, 35, began working for President Bush, in 1999 as the deputy communications director, when Bush was the governor of Texas.
His brother, Mark McClellan, the oldest of Scott's three brothers and now commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration and a former adviser to Bush.
www.usemb.se /cabbio/mcclellan.html   (126 words)

  
 MichaelMoore.com : Press Batters McClellan on Rove/Plame Link [video]
Q: Scott, if I could point out: Contradictory to that statement, on September 29th of 2003, while the investigation was ongoing, you clearly commented on it.
MCCLELLAN: Again, David, this is a question relating to a ongoing investigation, and you have my response related to the investigation.
MCCLELLAN: There will be a time to talk about this, but now is not the time to talk about it.
www.michaelmoore.com /words/index.php?id=3285   (2016 words)

  
 Scott McClellan Responds to the DeFrank Story | TPMCafe
In this morning's gaggle, Scott McClellan was asked about today's New York Daily News story by Tom DeFrank, which alleges that President Bush has known for two years that Karl Rove was involved in the Plame leak.
SCOTT McCLELLAN: Well, there's an ongoing investigation, and as you know, our policy is not to comment on it.
SCOTT McCLELLAN: No, I mean, I read the story and I didn't view it as an accurate story.
www.tpmcafe.com /story/2005/10/19/123412/02   (1193 words)

  
 TIME.com: Behind the White House Reshuffling -- Page 1   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
McClellan, who began working for Bush in the Texas Governor’s office in 1999, was one of the few people left in the West Wing known as "family" — put in his job because he was beloved by the President and because longtime confidant Karen Hughes wanted him there.
McClellan said he will stay on "as we transition to a new Press Secretary over the next two to three weeks." A person who has been consulted about McClellan’s successor said Bush’s inner circle realizes that they need someone who is more than a mouthpiece and has credibility with the press.
McClellan agonized visibly when it turned out that he had repeated from the podium incomplete information he had been given about the role of White House aides in leaking the name of former CIA officer Valerie Plame.
www.time.com /time/nation/article/0,8599,1185015,00.html   (1353 words)

  
 We LOVE Scott McClellan [.com]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Born in 1968, McClellan is a marvelous embodiment of reaction: polite, loyal, undereducated, amiable, unironic, and free of any philosophy save a general confidence in wealth, authority, and the USA.
McClellan is a perfect foil to the weisenheimers of the press, and a beacon to high school yearbook editors everywhere...
Scott has also confided to senior White House aides that he feels "used", and thinks that the Press Corps was just out to get "some of this hot Texas ass".
www.welovescottmcclellan.com   (1008 words)

  
 CNN.com - White House shake-up touches McClellan, Rove - Apr 19, 2006
Scott McClellan announced his departure at a surprise appearance Wednesday with President Bush.
News of McClellan's exit comes shortly after the departure of longtime White House chief of staff Andrew Card and amid calls by retired U.S. generals for the resignation of Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld.
McClellan said he would accompany Bush on a trip to California this weekend and remain on the job for a couple more weeks.
edition.cnn.com /2006/POLITICS/04/19/mcclellan.intl   (841 words)

  
 Whiskey Bar: Vouching for Karl   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
McCLELLAN: I've made it very clear, from the beginning, that it is totally ridiculous.
I've known Karl for a long time, and I didn't even need to go ask Karl, because I know the kind of person that he is, and he is someone that is committed to the highest standards of conduct.
McCLELLAN: They're good individuals, they're important members of our White House team, and that's why I spoke with them, so that I could come back to you and say that they were not involved.
billmon.org /archives/001989.html   (1104 words)

  
 cbs11tv.com - Rove, McClellan Latest In White House Changes
McClellan's resignation does not come as a surprise, reports CBS News senior White House correspondent Bill Plante.
McClellan was named press secretary in June 2003, not long after the United States invaded Iraq and had first been a deputy to Ari Fleischer in the job — a White House position with daily visibility rivaling virtually everyone there except the president.
McClellan's family in Texas includes mother Carole Keeton Strayhorn, the current state comptroller who is petitioning to get on the November ballot as an independent candidate for governor.
cbs11tv.com /national/topstories_story_109093320.html   (1034 words)

  
 Scott McClellan | The Huffington Post   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Reporter To McClellan: "Is There A White House Policy That All Government TVs Have To Be Tuned To Fox?"...
Fox News Anchor Tony Snow is being considered as a replacement for White House Press Secretary Scott McClellan.
Scott McClellan got the photo op and the shoulder squeeze from the President on the South Lawn, but everyone knew he was going soon.
www.huffingtonpost.com /news/scott-mcclellan   (749 words)

  
 Scott on the Rack | TPMCafe
SCOTT McCLELLAN Well, the people in this room know that I'm someone that can be trusted.
McClellan has always stood up as an advocate for the administration and we all know that their interpretation of the truth is, shall we say..subjective.
McClellan on the spot, are her opinions representative of those held by the gaggle at large?
www.tpmcafe.com /story/2005/11/1/121654/655   (1377 words)

  
 White House Spokesman Resigns
McClellan took over from spokesman Ari Fleischer in June of 2003, shortly after the invasion of Iraq when a majority of Americans supported that war and the president.
McClellan was the public face of the Bush Administration through some difficult episodes, including the failure to find weapons of mass destruction in Iraq, a botched Supreme Court nomination, the revelation of secret domestic eavesdropping, and the dispute over the Dubai ports deal.
McClellan spoke of that need in his resignation, saying it is a good time to move on as it is a period of transition at the White House and change can be helpful.
voanews.com /english/2006-04-19-voa32.cfm   (540 words)

  
 McClellan Bagpipes - Scott McClellan   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Scott was previously employed as a manager of the Urbandale, Pennfield and Columbia Avenue branches of Radio Shack and he managed the Discovery Theater four years.
Scott was married to Deborah, June 10, 1989, in Battle Creek.
Scott was a member of Spiraldanse, a local Celtic group, was a charter member and past-president of the Scottish Society of S.W. Michigan and was a guest performer with the Battlefield Band, a world-class Celtic band from Scotland.
www.mcclellanbagpipes.com /mcclellanbagpipes   (395 words)

  
 FOXNews.com - McClellan Steps Down From Podium, Rove Back in Elections Game - Politics | Republican Party | Democratic ...
McClellan, who has served as Bush's spokesman and defender during an especially trying time in the presidency, indicated that his decision was part of an ongoing personnel shake-up in the administration.
In the past year, McClellan has fended off aggressive questioning about the federal investigation of the leak of a CIA officer's name, the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina and Vice President Dick Cheney's accidental shooting of a hunting companion.
McClellan, who has served in the job since replacing Ari Fleischer in June 2003, plans to leave in two or three weeks.
www.foxnews.com /story/0,2933,192260,00.html   (1528 words)

  
 PERRspectives Blog: Scott McClellan's Greatest Hits
White House press secretary Scott McClellan made it official today, tearfully announcing his resignation.
McClellan's was a long overdue and merciful act of political euthanasia, ending what one analyst last year deemed "a persistent vegetative state."
McClellan's sublime ignorance, awkward dissembling and limitless ability to take a punch made him the perfect mouthpiece for the scandal-ridden Bush White House.
www.perrspectives.com /blog/archives/000370.htm   (597 words)

  
 I invaded the White House press corps - Salon
Scott McClellan is difficult to hate when you are in the room with him.
Scott walked into the room, preceded by his usual gaggle of young "Gattaca"-style GOP-bots who sit in seats off to the left and handsomely say nothing.
McClellan kicked off the day with a batch of statements that were such an absurdly Orwellian valentine to the administration, I thought he was delivering a blatant "up yours" to his bloodthirsty audience.
dir.salon.com /story/news/feature/2005/08/27/briefing/index.html   (1371 words)

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