Not Letting Up

Aboard Air Force One today en route to Indiana, Scott McClellan faced another round of questions re: the leak investigation. Sample excerpt:

Q: Will Karl come back and talk to us at the event?

MR. McCLELLAN: No, I don’t expect that today.

Q: Why not?

MR. McCLELLAN: I just don’t — there’s no plans for him to do that.

Q: How long is he going to stay on the staff?

MR. McCLELLAN: Well, I think I expressed the President’s views yesterday, when it comes to Karl.

Q: Remind me, how long is he going to stay on the staff?

MR. McCLELLAN: That’s a nice try to keep bringing up questions relating to media reports about an ongoing investigation. As the President indicated yesterday, we are not going to prejudge an ongoing investigation based on media reports. The President directed the White House to cooperate fully, and that’s what we’ve been working to do. And we will be more than happy to talk about the investigation after it is completed.

But the President — I again made clear yesterday that when it comes to the President’s confidence in Karl and his support for him, I made clear our views.

They’re not going to let this one go, it appears.

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