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Ärende: Press Release (050614) for Tue, 2005 Jun 14
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Press Gaggle by Trent Duffy
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For Immediate Release
Office of the Press Secretary
June 14, 2005

Press Gaggle by Trent Duffy
Private Residence
Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania




11:04 A.M. EDT

MR. DUFFY: Are you all ready? I'll just go through the schedule. The
President had his normal intelligence briefing. Obviously, we're in Bryn
Mawr for a fundraiser for Senator Santorum. Senator Specter, obviously, as
you saw, was on Air Force One. I believe that Senator Santorum, Senator
Specter and Congressman Peterson will be returning with us to D.C. And I
think Senator Santorum is going to fly from here to Penn State.

God bless you. Jennifer Loven. (Laughter.)

Today is the 36th event, by our count, and 28 different states if you count
D.C. And then later tonight, the President is going to be making remarks at
the 2005 President's Dinner. And one programming note for planning
purposes, we anticipate the Senate to vote on Judge Griffith today, and if
they do that we would anticipate issuing a statement later this afternoon
-- so just so you know that.

That's all I have.

Q How much cash are we raising today?

MR. DUFFY: This is not a presidential event, so you'd have to ask the
Santorum folks or -- that's an NRCC event tonight, you'd have to ask them.

Q Do you know how many fundraisers it's been so far this year for him?

MR. DUFFY: I don't, off the top of my head. Obviously, there's the Senator
Talent event he did and then this one. We can find out; you might check
with the RNC, but I'll see if I can find out, Caren.

Q With the Senate taking up energy policy today, what does the President
think about the need for MTBE provision in the bill? Does he think that
that should be in the bill?

MR. DUFFY: Caren, the President is glad that the Senate is taking up the
energy bill today. He believes it's long overdue; we've got to do something
about a long-term comprehensive energy policy that brings down gas prices.
As you mentioned, the Senate is just taking it up -- we'll see what
happens. And, you know, the President just wants to work with the Congress
to get an energy bill that does what he's outlined needs to be done:
long-term incentives for better efficiency, more technology, as well as
increased domestic exploration and lowering our dependence on foreign
sources of energy.

Q Trent, when you said earlier that this is not a presidential event, were
you responding to my question about whose home we're in?

MR. DUFFY: Oh, I didn't hear you.

Q Okay, can you tell us?

MR. DUFFY: Let me see what I can find out on that. I'll add it at the end.

Q But because it's not a presidential event, does that mean that the RNC
pays for all of the costs related to this, or -- in terms of his
transportation and --

MR. DUFFY: Typically, on fundraisers what happens is, is that the host, if
you will, picks up the political travel and political activity associated
with the event, and then official funds are used for other official costs
and that sort of thing. It's a similar breakdown that we obviously follow
whenever the President travels.

Q Okay.

Q Trent, can you talk about the story today saying that the Defense
Department was opposed to an independent inquiry into the Uzbekistan --

MR. DUFFY: Sure. The administration has made its view known that it wants
the government of Uzbekistan to allow a credible, independent international
investigation into the events at Andijon. The administration is speaking
with one voice on that, and both the Defense Department as well as the
State Department have made those views known to the government of
Uzbekistan. So that's what the administration's policy is.

Q So was there some confusion in the Defense Department about what that
policy was?

MR. DUFFY: No, the Defense Department, as I said, has issued the same
request to the government of Uzbekistan, as has the State Department and
other administration officials, that we want a credible, independent
investigation into the Andijon events.

Anything else? Enjoy your brunch.

The host of today's event is Mitchell Morgan.

Q Normal spelling?

MR. DUFFY: Yes.

END 11:09 A.M. EDT

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