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Chuck Todd On IRS Story: 'Where's The Outrage?'

Chuck Todd On IRS Story: 'Where's The Outrage?'

NBC News White House correspondent appeared on “Morning Joe” Monday morning to discuss Friday’s revelations that the IRS had flagged non-profit groups affiliated with the tea party and conservative causes for greater scrutiny.   In a telling back-and-forth with colleague

Dems: GOP Leading Benghazi 'Witch Hunt' Against Hillary

Dems: GOP Leading Benghazi 'Witch Hunt' Against Hillary

On Sunday, two days after White House press secretary Jay Carney took to the podium to dissemble on the September 11, 2012 Benghazi terrorist attacks that resulted in the deaths of four Americans including Ambassador to Libya Chris Stevens, even

Obama Calls For Strategy To Combat Gender Pay Gap

Obama Calls For Strategy To Combat Gender Pay Gap

On Friday, President Barack Obama issued a memorandum to federal agency and department heads tasking them with devising a strategy to combat “unfair pay disparities” which “are a detriment to women, families, and our economy.” Obama added: “The Federal Government

Pickering: Clinton Didn't Make Benghazi Call

Pickering: Clinton Didn't Make Benghazi Call

(AP) Review chairman: Clinton didn’t make Benghazi callBy PHILIP ELLIOTTAssociated PressWASHINGTONThe seasoned diplomat who penned a highly critical report on security at a U.S. outpost in Benghazi, Libya, defended his scathing assessment but absolved then-Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton.

Dianne Feinstein Sticks to Her Benghazi Talking Points

Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), who chairs the Senate Intelligence Committee, had to admit on NBC’s Meet the Press Sunday that Sen. John McCain had been partially correct in his outrage over the Benghazi cover-up when he jousted with host David Gregory in

NBC News' Gregory Comes This Close To Calling Carney Liar

NBC News' Gregory Comes This Close To Calling Carney Liar

On Sunday’s “Meet the Press,” host David Gregory played White House Spokesman Jay Carney’s now-infamous November declaration that “the White House and State Department have made clear that the single adjustment that was made to those talking points by either

Obama Loses The New Yorker Over Benghazi Spin

Obama Loses The New Yorker Over Benghazi Spin

Alex Koppelman at The New Yorker is usually a reliable apologist, if not cheerleader, for the Obama Administration. But even Koppelman seems to have had enough with spokesman Jay Carney’s transparently deceitful assertion that the White House was truthful when they maintained

Smoke Forces Evacuation of White House West Wing

Smoke Forces Evacuation of White House West Wing

(AP) – Reporters and photographers were evacuated briefly from the West Wing of the White House early Saturday because of smoke from an overheated transformer in a mechanical room. President Barack Obama and his family were not affected by the

Even Now, Washington Post's Libya Coverup Continues

Even Now, Washington Post's Libya Coverup Continues

As soon as ABC News dropped its Libya bombshell against the Obama Administration Friday, The Washington Post went into immediate spin mode to protect the President. Saturday the Post’s shameful Palace Guarding continues. In a major front page piece examining

NBC Cancels Brian Williams Pet Project 'Rock Center'

NBC Cancels Brian Williams Pet Project 'Rock Center'

Head of the NBC News Group Pat Fili-Krushel announced late Friday afternoon that the news magazine “Rock Center with Brian Williams” would be cancelled after its final airing on June 21.   “I would like to thank Brian, Alex, David

Carney Defends Closed Benghazi Press Briefing

Carney Defends Closed Benghazi Press Briefing

Secretary Jay Carney held a private briefing over the latest revelations in the Benghazi scandal before the official on the record White House press briefing on Friday. Several reporters expressed concerns for being cut out of the briefing where only

Carney: 'Initial Consensus' Protest Sparked Benghazi Attack

Carney: 'Initial Consensus' Protest Sparked Benghazi Attack

White House Press Secretary Jay Carney contradicted testimony given earlier this week by State Department whistleblowers by claiming that the “initial consensus” in the intelligence community was that the attack on the U.S. Special Mission sparked out of a protest.

Carney: CIA Responsible For Talking Points

Carney: CIA Responsible For Talking Points

White House Press Secretary Jay Carney made it very clear to the press pool today that the White House had very limited involvement in the talking points given to Ambassador Susen Rice concerning the attacks on the U.S. Special Mission