Barack Obama actually said...

What made Helen the Dean of the White House Press Corps was not just the length of her tenure, but her fierce belief that our democracy works best when we ask tough questions and hold our leaders to account.

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Statement on the Death of Helen A. Thomas

07/19/2013

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