Bush Prefers Press Chats to Be Informal
President Bush would prefer to talk to reporters in informal settings, rather than in the formal East Room news conferences staged by many of his predecessors, the White House said.
White House spokesman Ari Fleischer said Bush considers his almost daily interactions with reporters as news conferences. Outside of his daily appearances and sessions with world leaders, Bush has held only one solo news conference, a 30-minute session in the White House briefing room on Feb. 22 announced only an hour earlier.
“He always reserves the right to come down here on short notice,” Fleischer said, referring to the briefing room.
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