And why the fuck not? Do we have another Bush press secretary? What happened to that transparency business? That’s not a very good way to start with the White House press.White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs' second White House press briefing started with a series of questions on economics and the stimulus package, but it wasn't long before a reporter asked about alleged US missile strikes in Pakistan which reportedly killed 15 early Friday morning.But Gibbs refused to answer the question by NBC News' Chuck Todd, saying, "I'm not going to get into this matter."
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"There are many things that you should be justifiably curious about," Gibbs responded, perhaps taking a knock at Fox News in general, "but I'm not gonna get into talking about this."
"If other members of the US government are confirming this, why is it that you can't?" Todd wanted to know.
"I'm not going to get into these matters," Gibbs said with a smile.
At least seven people were killed, most of them foreigners, in a suspected US missile strike in northwest Pakistan, bringing to 15 the number killed in such attacks on Friday, officials said."Two missiles fired by a suspected US drone hit a house in Wana," a senior security official told AFP, referring to the main town in South Waziristan district and a known hub of Taliban and Al-Qaeda extremists.
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