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Scott McClellan

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February 14, 1968 in Austin, Texas, The United States

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Scott McClellan is a former White House Press Secretary (2003-2006) for President George W. Bush.

On April 19, 2006, McClellan announced that he would be leaving the Administration; he remained in the position until replacement Tony Snow was announced on April 26, 2006.

McClellan unexpectedly and harshly criticizes the Bush administration in his 2008 memoir What Happened. He accuses Bush of "self-deception" and of maintaining a "permanent campaign approach" to governing rather than making the best choices. McClellan stops short of saying that Bush purposely lied about his reasons for invading Iraq, writing that the administration was not "employing out-and-out deception" to make the case for war in 2002, though he does write that the administ...more

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Average rating: 3.08 · 854 ratings · 269 reviews · 2 distinct works

	What Happened: Inside the Bush White House and Washington's Culture of Deception 3.08 avg rating — 854 ratings — published 2008 — 19 editions	My rating:
	What Happened: Inside the Bush White House and Washington's Culture of Deception [With Earbuds] 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	My rating:

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“Despite what some people have said, President Bush did not want black people to die in New Orleans. However, he did hope they would not relocate to any areas of Texas that he likes to frequent.”
― Scott McClellan, What Happened: Inside the Bush White House and Washington's Culture of Deception

tags: bush , katrina , new-orleans , racism

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