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White House Press Briefing by Tony Snow 3/21/07 (US Attorneys)
— Wednesday, March 21, 2007 — Q On that very point, you have a transcript right here, there's a stenographer every day at this briefing, because you don't want us to run out and say, Tony said this, and someone else says, no, Tony said that. Why do you have a transcript of this briefing every day, and you won't have a transcript of what Karl Rove is going to tell Congress? MR. SNOW: Have you seen a transcript of the conversation you and I had over in the corner the other day? Q We don't have a transcript of that -- MR. SNOW: Do you have a transcript of the conversation we have when you call me up and try to get an answer? Q No, but we report about it, of course, but -- MR. SNOW: The point here is what you're asking for is something that is more -- you're talking about hearings -- these are interviews, and these are fact-finding -- Q Again, you're saying they're interviews, Tony. That's your word. But members of Congress -- like Senator Leahy has said he's been hearing half-truths. He wants testimony. That's why he's talking about subpoenas -- not interviews. You're saying interviews, you keep saying that -- MR. SNOW: Ed, do you understand that an interview still carries with it a legal requirement for telling the truth and that the President -- Q You made that point. MR. SNOW: But that's an important point, because what you've said is a suggestion that somehow in an interview, nobody would be compelled to tell the truth. They will. And furthermore, the President -- Q But they want it under oath. That's what they're saying. And also, if you want -- again, why not a transcript? I don't understand. If you let the American people see exactly what people say -- MR. SNOW: I think the question to ask again -- and I'm going to turn it back around -- you have all this data with you, and you're haggling over a transcript? White House Press Corps | Press Briefing | Tony Snow | News Media | Bush Administration | US Attorneys
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