February 24, 2005
PRESIDENT BUSH: I live in a transparent country. I live in a country where decisions made by government are wide open and people are able to call people to -- me to account, which many out here do on a regular basis.[...]
I think it's important any viable democracy has got a free and active press.
LA Times article
March 1, 2005
President Bush welcomed the fractious members of the National Governors Association to the White House yesterday morning and spoke for 15 minutes about his plans for the second term.
The press was allowed to watch that. And the White House released a transcript.But when the time came for the governors to ask Bush some questions, the press was shooed out. And no transcript was made available.
WaPo article
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