The Washington Post states that: “The list of 481 records, covering the first six months of the Obama presidency, is far from a comprehensive record of who met with the president and his top staff members. Aides said they released records for only those visitors about whom a specific request was made on the Whitehouse.gov Web site since last month.“
And you gotta love that little snippet from Norm Eisen, who said that “Americans have a right to know whose voices are being heard in the policymaking process.” Yea, because we know for a fact that it’s not the voices of the PEOPLE.
The White House on Friday began releasing the names of visitors as part of a Barack Obama campaign promise to run a more transparent administration.
Last month, Norm Eisen, special counsel to the president for ethics and government reform, said records of White House visitors would be made available to the public on an ongoing basis beginning in December.
“We will achieve our goal of making this administration the most open and transparent administration in history not only by opening the doors of the White House to more Americans, but by shining a light on the business conducted inside it,” he said. “Americans have a right to know whose voices are being heard in the policymaking process.”
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The names can be seen at www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/disclosures/visitor-records
Source/Full Story: CNN.com
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White House begins publishing partial list of visitors
The Washington Post states that: “The list of 481 records, covering the first six months of the Obama presidency, is far from a comprehensive record of who met with the president and his top staff members. Aides said they released records for only those visitors about whom a specific request was made on the Whitehouse.gov Web site since last month.“
And you gotta love that little snippet from Norm Eisen, who said that “Americans have a right to know whose voices are being heard in the policymaking process.” Yea, because we know for a fact that it’s not the voices of the PEOPLE.
Source/Full Story: CNN.com
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