Scott McClellan: “The federal government should have taken more responsibility, because, to the American people, I think, the federal…”

You have a lot of good people that come there for the right reasons, to make a difference, but they get caught up in this permanent campaign culture, where it's all about manipulating the narrative to their advantage.

This is a White House that doesn't like to look back. The president doesn't like to spend time reflecting.

The delivery of those government services and benefits to the people who have been affected, that's a high priority for us right now.

I said what I believed to be true at the time. It was also what the president believed to be true at the time based on assurances that we were both given. And knowing what I know today, I would have never said that back then.