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 Pertinent Transparency - White House Press Briefing by Robert Gibbs 2/5/09 — Friday, February 06, 2009 —  MR. GIBBS: Jake.Q Robert, two questions. One is a housekeeping one. In the name of the transparency that you and the President herald so much, is there any way we could get the copies of the waivers that the OMB issues to allow certain Cabinet posts or deputy posts -- MR. GIBBS: I'll check on it. Q -- free of the ethics constraints you put up? And also the disclosure forms that your nominees put out that go to the Office of Government Ethics that somehow they're not able to email or put on the web -- is there any way we can get copies of those? MR. GIBBS: I will check. I don't -- I don't know how those forms are distributed. Q Just based on listening to the President's rhetoric, I'm sure it's something he'd want to do. (Laughter.) The question is -- MR. GIBBS: Knowing of your crystal clarity on his opinion, I'll certainly check. Q He doesn't believe in transparency? MR. GIBBS: Did you have another more pertinent question? Q I think that's pretty -- I think it's fairly pertinent here, Cabinet nominees and whether or not they pay their taxes and whether or not they have speaking fees. With all sorts of industries they're supposed to regulate, I think it's fairly pertinent. You don't? MR. GIBBS: Obviously I do, and obviously the President does. Q Okay, well, then we'll move on. A majority of the American people apparently support blocking or making major changes to the stimulus bill, according to a Gallup poll. Are you worried at all that you've lost control of the process on how this bill is perceived? MR. GIBBS: No. Nominees | Obama Administration | Open Government | Press Briefing | Robert Gibbs | White House Press Corps Labels: Nominees, Obama Administration, Open Government, Press Briefing, Robert Gibbs, White House Press Corps >> Full Story
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