Word: thinks
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...them, Pete Leahy, 23, a University of Notre Dame graduate, had planned to become a pediatric oncologist. But after taking a year off to work at a health clinic for the poor in Puerto Rico, he's leaning toward primary care. "After that experience," says Leahy, "I think I'd rather be the doctor who impacts a patient's health behavior before it ends up impacting the health-care system." It might not be as glamorous or lucrative as doing breast implants on Ocean Drive, but in cities like Miami, it could end up saving a lot more lives...
...idea for the book come about? There's no such thing as an instant President. And there are some things they should know that their predecessors don't tell them. I think we were very audacious, but on the other hand, this President understands audacity. So we thought we'd tell him. Or her, someday. (See pictures of how Presidents age in office...
What did you think about the transition from George W. Bush to Barack Obama? They're totally different people, with different attitudes toward the press. Well, not totally different. No President likes the press. They all hate...
What do you think of the Obama Administration's approach to the media? Everybody in the White House tries to manage us. There's always the spin. When Kennedy came in, which was the first year I started covering the White House, there was something called "managed news." And through the years it has been perfected...
...White House press corps managed to keep up? It's very hard. There's very little you can do when they control the information. But I think every once in a while the press knows enough to protest. It's not their information; it's ours. It belongs to the American people...