In the press briefing yesterday, White House Secretary Scott McClellan refused to answer a question about whether President Bush still had confidence in Karl Rove, citing an ongoing investigation:
Q Does the President continue to have confidence in Mr. Rove?
MR. McCLELLAN: Again, these are all questions coming up in the context of an ongoing criminal investigation. And you’ve heard my response on this.
Q So you’re not going to respond as to whether or not the President has confidence in his Deputy Chief of Staff?
MR. McCLELLAN: Carl, you’re asking this question in the context of an ongoing investigation. And I would not read anything into it other than I’m simply not going to comment on an ongoing..
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Today, however, he had no problem answering the question:
QUESTION: Well, he has spoken about these questions that have come up as part of a leak investigation.
So does he retain confidence in Karl Rove specifically?
MCCLELLAN: Yes.
Stay tuned — who knows which questions will be allowed tomorrow.
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