I asked them point-blank, 'Were you involved in this in any way?' Both assured me in unequivocal terms, no.
Scott McClellan: “I asked them point-blank, 'Were you involved in this in any way?' Both assured me in unequivocal terms, no.”
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McClellan discusses his inquiries into the involvement of Karl Rove and Lewis Libby in the Valerie Plame leak.
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