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“These things happen from time to time,” said White House spokesman Scott McClellan when asked what Bush’s reaction to Cheney’s remark had been.
“You’re talking about one incident involving a private exchange,” McClellan told reporters traveling with Bush on a trip to Ireland and Turkey. “It’s not an issue with the president. The president is looking ahead.”