OF TIME. >> PHILIP RUCKER, YOU'RE THE
WHITE HOUSE BUREAU CHIEF FOR "THE WASHINGTON POST," AND WHEN
YOU HEAR FROM THE PODIUM THE NOTION THAT A RETIRED FOUR-STAR
MARINE GENERAL OUGHT NOT TO BE QUESTIONED ON SOMETHING LIKE
THIS, WHAT DOES THAT DO TO YOU? >> IT'S PRETTY CHILLING.
I WAS WATCHING THAT PRESS CONFERENCE TODAY AND COULDN'T
BELIEVE WHAT SARAH SANDERS SAID. AND IT'S WORTH NOTING, BY THE
WAY, THAT SHE DID COME OUT WITH THAT STATEMENT TO TRY TO CLARIFY
IT A LITTLE BIT, BUT THERE ARE TWO PROBLEMS WITH THAT
STATEMENT. ONE IS THAT EVEN IF HE WERE A
MILITARY OFFICIAL, IT IS OUR JOB AS JOURNALISTS TO ASK QUESTIONS
OF EVERY PUBLIC OFFICIAL, WHETHER THEY'RE IN THE MILITARY
OR THEY'RE IN THE GOVERNMENT AS A CIVILIAN.
BUT SECONDLY, HE WAS NOT SPEAKING YESTERDAY IN THE
CAPACITY AS A GENERAL. HE WAS SPEAKING AS THE WHITE
HOUSE CHIEF OF STAFF, AS EFFECTIVELY, A POLITICAL STAFFER
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