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Our morning begins in the Press Room, where after reporting a preview of our day for the Today Show (Video link), we huddle with our camera crews and await our summons to the Oval Office. That will be the first conversation of the day and the first of several venues. It will likely be a strange but familiar feeling to walk up those hallways. Having been a White House intern in the late 1970s, and then having returned to cover President Clinton for NBC News, these are familiar confines, and yet even the hallways completely reflect the mood of the Administration in power. Without the people who make the West Wing go, it is just a string of lovely offices (one of them in particular is designed in breathtaking fashion and has an unusual shape).
I should quickly add: it never ceases to be a thrill and a great honor to visit the working spaces of the West Wing.
From the White House we'll drive out to Andrews Air Force Base, where we will pre-position for the President's arrival and conduct an interview while en route to Philadelphia for his speech to the World Affairs Council on the topic of Iraq. Yet another interview will follow, then back on the plane for the flight home. We'll detail it all and air the President's comments on a broadcast that it's safe to promise will be far from an average Monday. More later once we're underway.
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I worked in the Carter White House as an intern and have been back in the West Wing three times since, in the Reagan, Clinton and Bush II Administrations. I agree. Every time I returned to the place it was take-my-breath-away thrilling. I'm glad you had the same reaction.
Alan Fein, Miami, Florida (Sent Dec 13, 2005 4:03:28 PM)
I would like for Brian William to ask Bush to explain EXACTLY how he will measure victory in Iraq. The American people deserve to know which benchmarks will be used. In football a first down is defined as 10 yards from the line of scrimmage, a consistent metric. In the Iraq war, the metrics are illusive and need to be defined and adhered to. So, Mr. Williams, don't be intimated, act like the press of old, don't throw softballs, ask the tough questions and demand answers.
Alfred Sacoman (Sent Dec 12, 2005 8:37:43 AM)
There are some real tough questions that need to be explored, lets hope Brian is allowed to do his job.
Here's to a productive rewarding day.
Hound dog (Sent Dec 12, 2005 8:04:17 AM)
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