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In Media: WH Press Secretary Slams New Yorker's Hersh, Won't Respond To Claims

In Media: WH Press Secretary Slams New Yorker's Hersh, Won't Respond To Claims
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White House Press Secretary Dana Perino yesterday cast aspersions on investigative reporter Seymour M. Hersh and his anonymous sources -- but refused to respond to any of the specific claims Hersh made in this week's New Yorker about White House support for a new path to war with Iran.

All Perino would say was that President Bush is seeking a diplomatic solution -- precisely what the White House claimed as it set the Iraq war in motion in late 2002 and early 2003.

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