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Josten Defends Chamber’s Refusal to Disclose Donors

By | 10.13.10 | 6:39 pm

After some initial reluctance, U.S. Chamber of Commerce executive vice president for government affairs Bruce Josten agreed to sit down with ABC’s Jake Tapper yesterday and talk about the accusations that Democrats have leveled against the group regarding its receipt of foreign funds and its unwillingness to disclose its More…

Obama Administration to Announce Gitmo Detainees’ Move to Illinois Tuesday

By | 12.15.09 | 8:06 am

Jake Tapper at ABC News reports that the Obama administration will announce on Tuesday that at least some Guantanamo Bay detainees are headed to the federal prison in Thomson, Ill. Just how many of the inmates at Thomson will come from the Guantanamo Bay prison is unclear, though.

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ABC: Obama Hearts Eikenberry

By | 11.12.09 | 5:15 pm

Lots of blind quotes are coming out from the Obama administration expressing strong support for Amb. Karl Eikenberry. I reported earlier today that there was anger with him at the White House after the press leak of his cabled recommendations to hold off troop escalation until Hamid Karzai’s government More…

Why Would Election Fraud in Afghanistan Make People Think the Government Is Illegitimate?

By | 11.02.09 | 2:12 pm

More from today’s funtime White House presser. Jake Tapper of ABC asked Robert Gibbs about the Afghanistan election:

TAPPER:  President Obama last month in Pittsburgh said, of the Afghan elections and the aftermath, “What’s most important is that there’s a sense of legitimacy in Afghanistan among the Afghan

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Libertarians + Twitter + Jake Tapper = Scoop!

By | 09.21.09 | 2:53 pm

Jake Tapper, the Twitter-addicted senior White House correspondent for ABC News, wrangles a frightening number of scoops and under-reported stories. He’s also, arguably, the mainstream media reporter most beloved by conservatives. One reason for that is that Tapper chases down stories that bubble up from the conservative media or establishment More…

President McCain Speaks Out

By | 06.16.09 | 8:57 am

Jake Tapper of ABC News uses Twitter to goad Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) into saying what he’d be doing about Iran if roughly nine million Americans had done something different with their ballots. Quick transcription:

jaketapper: WH says it needs to focus on Iran’s nuke program/support for terror, must

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