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White House Press Briefing by Dana Perino 9/19/07 (Jena, Louisiana)
— Wednesday, September 19, 2007 — MS. PERINO: Go ahead, April. Q Dana, without getting into the legalities of it, there's going to be a major protest or demonstration in Jena, Louisiana, tomorrow, and the impetus of this was at a public school in Louisiana, white and black students, a tree and then nooses. Just getting off the phone with Secretary Spellings; she said, we still have a long way to go -- it shows we still have a long way to go. What are the thoughts of the White House about this? And has anyone directed the Justice Department to look at this matter, as well, to look further into it? MS. PERINO: Well, as you said and as I told you earlier, that this is a matter that's under litigation. It would be highly inappropriate for me to comment about it from the podium. I can understand why people's feelings are hurt, why tensions are running high, but it would just be inappropriate for me to comment on the case from here. Q Can understand why people's -- white people's feelings are hurt -- is that what you just -- MS. PERINO: I can understand that -- no, I said "people." I said all people -- it's a tension-filled situation, and I can understand why there are tensions on both sides. Labels: Dana Perino, Jena, Louisiana, Press Briefing, White House Press Corps
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