I used to brief twice a day because I saw it as an opportunity. I saw it as an opportunity to tell the country, here's what the President is trying to get done and at times to say, here's what his opponents are trying to do to stop him.
Joe Lockhart discusses the importance of press briefings in communicating the President's agenda and the opposition's actions.
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