May 16, 2013, Conn Carroll
President Obama fought back against all three major scandals dominating Washington Wednesday, providing his defenders with fresh talking points on each issue.
On the IRS scandal, Obama announced, from the East Room of the White House, that Treasury Secretary Jack Lew had asked for acting IRS Commissioner Stephen Miller’s resignation, and that Miller had given it. Miller was not acting commissioner at the time the alleged targeting of conservative groups took place, but Obama insisted that “given the controversy surrounding this audit, it’s important to institute new leadership that can help restore confidence going forward.”
On Benghazi, the White House released more than 100 pages of emails between the CIA, State Department and the White House on the development of the talking points that Ambassador Susan Rice and other administration officials used when communicating on the terrorist attack. “These e-mails make clear that the interagency process, including the White House’s interactions, were focused on providing the facts as we knew them based on the best information available at the time and protecting an ongoing investigation,” White House spokesman Eric Schultz told CNN. On the AP phone record seizure, President Obama’s Senate liaison Ed Pagano called Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., and asked him to reintroduce a journalist shield law that the administration claims could have helped protect the AP.
Republicans are not likely to be satisfied with any of these moves….To Read More…..
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