Word: briefingate
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
In a press briefing on Monday, Deputy State Department Spokesman Philip T. Reeker reiterated that the Department was “concerned over this case, over the lengthy pre-trial detention and some other procedural irregularities in the case.”
What worries Republicans in the short run is how the criticism has thrown the White House off its game. The normally consistent and disciplined p.r. machine has stepped in and out of explanations, depending on the day and the person making them. So bollixed up did Bush get last week...
The day of the flight began at 7 a.m. with a physical followed by a mission briefing. I met my crewmates, each of whom had a call sign, or nickname: Lt. Col. Dick "Blood" Banks, Capt. Kevin "Sidler" Kohl and Capt. Mike "Chanel" Chavannes. I too had a call sign...
SEPT. 24, 2002: A British intelligence report on Iraq features a claim that "Iraq has sought significant quantities of uranium from Africa." White House spokesman Ari Fleischer touts it, saying, "We agree with their findings." Two days later, in a closed briefing, Colin Powell tells the Senate Foreign Relations Committee...
Seven deaths in seven days, each one different, each in its own way a warning. This is a twilight war, the kind America is loath to fight, is reluctant even to train for, as though we can make our enemies agree to our terms of combat, meet us at noon...