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White House Press Briefing by Dana Perino 3/28/07 (Iraqi Bloggers)
— Wednesday, March 28, 2007 —
Elaine.
Q Dana, back on the issue of the bloggers, the unnamed Iraqi bloggers that the President cited and tried to use to help make his argument for progress in Iraq -- this is an administration that doesn't respond to anonymous quotes in established media outlets here in the United States. The President is citing these anonymous -- two anonymous Iraqi bloggers to help make the argument --
MS. PERINO: It's one input from many different inputs that are coming in regarding progress on the ground.
Q Isn't that a little ironic, though?
MS. PERINO: No, I don't think it is. You guys call me with anonymous quotes that you want me to respond to all of the time, and sometimes I do. Sometimes I do. I have before.
Q But as a tactic, for him to be -- is there something that prompted that specific --
MS. PERINO: I'll look into the -- I think that maybe somebody found it compelling, the President wanted to include it in his speech. And I'll see if I can get more for you on it, but I don't think it's unusual. Blogs are new for all of us, and I know that you all look at them, because then you call me and ask me what we think about the blogs.
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