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Ärende: Press Release (0503223) for Tue, 2005 Mar 22
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Press Gaggle by Scott McClellan
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For Immediate Release
Office of the Press Secretary
March 22, 2005

Press Gaggle by Scott McClellan
Bear Canyon Senior Center Albuquerque, New Mexico



8:20 A.M. MST

MR. McCLELLAN: A couple of things, first of all, and then I'll take some
questions. One, you got the schedule for the day. We're going to do a
conference call at 4:45 p.m. Eastern, to preview tomorrow's trilateral
meeting with Prime Minister Martin and President Fox. So I think that works
with your all's schedules; you'll be able to listen in to it, as well, and
participate in that conference call. It will be a background call with
senior administration officials.

Q NSC --

MR. McCLELLAN: Yes, some NSC folks.

And then, secondly, one personnel announcement that we'll be putting out
later today. Cathie Martin will be a Deputy Assistant to the President and
Deputy Communications Director for Policy and Planning. It's one that you
all, obviously, are interested in. And Cathie has been a valuable member of
the President's communication team for some time now. And we were all
pleased that she's accepted this position. And I know she looks forward to
working with you all, as well.

With that, I'm glad to take your questions.

Q Judge? Judge reaction?

MR. McCLELLAN: Yes, the judge, the federal court ruling this morning -- we
would have preferred a different ruling. My understanding is that the
lawyers for the parents are now appealing the decision to the 11th Circuit
Court of Appeals in Atlanta. And we hope that they will be able to have
relief, through the appeals process. We continue to stand on the side of
defending life. This ruling was one step in the process, and we will see
what comes of further proceedings.

Q What about a replacement for John Taylor?

MR. McCLELLAN: Nothing to announce at this point. Obviously, we will keep
you posted.

Q Will it be today?

MR. McCLELLAN: It will be soon.

Q What about the school shooting in Minnesota? Is the President aware of
that, and what does he think?

MR. McCLELLAN: Yes, he was briefed on it last night. Our thoughts and
prayers are with the families of those who were killed. This is a terrible
tragedy. I think it's difficult for anyone to fully understand how
something like this could happen. And our thoughts and prayers go out to
the loved ones.

Anything else?

Q Scott, can you say anything about the summit tomorrow, just in advance of
the backgrounder this afternoon, some sort of --

MR. McCLELLAN: You'll have more this afternoon. We don't have much more
time here, but you'll have more this afternoon. It's a trilateral meeting;
there's no bilateral meetings scheduled. This will really be focusing on
our partnership on security and prosperity. I touched a little bit on this
last week. Security and prosperity go hand-in-hand; you can't have one
without the other in this day and age.

Thank you.

END 8:23 A.M. MST

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