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The White House is offering up Karl Rove, Harriet Miers and others for questioning by members of Congress, but not under oath and not in public. Congress can question them, but only in private, without transcripts, follow-ups or subpoenas. Bush said he feels this is uncommonly generous.
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Former White House press secretary Scott McClellan has a new book coming out and judging by the few paragraphs released by the publisher it looks like it may have some interesting revelations regarding the Valerie Plame CIA leak case. In the book McClellan writes:
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Following staff briefings with the White House and the RNC, the Committee has reason to believe that many e-mails related to official government business may have been deleted from the RNC’s servers. As a secondary measure to obtain these e-mails, the Committee asked federal agencies to preserve any e-mails they received from or sent to these political accounts.
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All White House tours are free. Changes in tour schedules are occasionally made because of official events. Notice may not be given until that morning. The Visitors Office 24-hour Information Line recording at 202-456-7041 provides the most up-to-date information. The TDD (telephone device for the deaf) is 202-456-2121. Visitors should confirm tour schedules by calling the information line the night before and the morning that they plan to visit.
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In light of new information that between 8 and 12 White House officials had e-mail accounts provided to them by the Bush Cheney ’04 campaign, Chairman Waxman writes to the campaign’s attorneys requesting basic information about the use of these accounts. He ... requests copies of e-mails related to the use of federal agencies and federal resources for partisan political purposes.
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By the time of the American Civil War, the White House had become overcrowded. The location of the White House was questioned, just north of a canal and swampy lands, which provided conditions ripe for malaria and other unhealthy conditions.[22] Brigadier General Nathaniel Michler was tasked to propose solutions to address these concerns; he proposed to abandon the White House as a residence, and use it only for business. A new estate for the first family was planned at Meridian Hill in Washington, D.C., but the plan was rejected by Congress.[22]
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