Don’t get too excited, but the White House has decided to allow still photographs of tomorrow’s weekly lunch between President Obama and Vice President Biden.
Worth noting: WH allowing a rare stills only photo op tomorrow of Pres Obama's weekly lunch with VP Biden.
— Mark Knoller (@markknoller) January 8, 2014
This is a rare move by the White House, which has certainly been less than transparent. Could it have something to do with former Defense Secretary Robert Gates’ new book, which is particularly critical of Biden?
In his memoir, Gates reportedly describes Biden as “wrong on nearly every major foreign policy and national security issue over the past four decades.” Some shots of Obama and Biden together might shore up their image as united and actively engaged.
The Obama/Biden lunch photo op tomorrow comes a day after the WH defended Biden from criticism by former DefSec Robt Gates.
— Mark Knoller (@markknoller) January 8, 2014
@markknoller Now I'll feel better about Biden, who I can't stand, in the wake of Gates's remarks … because I see him eat lunch with Obama.
— Marc Hoover (@MarcHoover1) January 8, 2014
Exactly.
Same day the Gates book is out with scathing hits on Biden, WH decides to allow some press cvg of tmro's weekly Obama-Biden lunch. Very rare
— Chuck Todd (@chucktodd) January 8, 2014
Former Sec'y of Defense Bob Gate's new book is forcing Team Obama to spend time responding to it, re, tomorrow's Obama/Biden lunch photo op.
— Marshall Power Locke (@MarshallLocke) January 8, 2014
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In case you didn't know Obama supports Biden in Gates book food fight (http://t.co/XRp2iRZZlr), photogs will get access to O-B lunch Wed
— Jennifer Epstein (@jeneps) January 8, 2014
Oh, look: White House allowing news photographers to snap photos of Obama/Biden lunch tomorrow. Rarely happens. #Timing
— Olivier Knox (@OKnox) January 8, 2014
Pretty sure that last time news photogs snapped Obama/Biden lunch was when they went off-campus for sandwiches during the shutdown
— Olivier Knox (@OKnox) January 8, 2014
I joke, but I am very glad to see the White House open up the Obama/Biden lunch to news photographers. I know my colleagues are too.
— Olivier Knox (@OKnox) January 8, 2014
The news media will (probably) never be satisfied by any amount of White House access/transparency. Stipulated. But this is A Good Thing
— Olivier Knox (@OKnox) January 8, 2014
White House/press relationship will always be testy. It should be. But they're keeping their promise for more openness. My thanks.
— Olivier Knox (@OKnox) January 8, 2014
What’s on the menu?
https://twitter.com/AdamBlickstein/status/420718792264916992
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