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juliekan
07-02-2009, 04:44 PM
http://news.yahoo.com/s/politico/20090702/pl_politico/24441

Washington Post publisher Katharine Weymouth said today she was cancelling plans for an exclusive "salon" at her home where for as much as $250,000, the Post offered lobbyists and association executives off-the-record access to "those powerful few" — Obama administration officials, members of Congress, and even the paper’s own reporters and editors.

juliekan
07-02-2009, 04:47 PM
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0709/24441.html

video of Gibbs addressing the issue