department spokesman, what do you make of that? it s very unusual. i can t remember a single time working for secretary kaerry or two prior to that where we didn t have a hand in it, it wasn t staffed, well coordinated, both within the building and across the river at the white house. i ve talked to some colleagues at state. the white house specifically wanted to put out all three statements at the same time to look like a very cohees rv communications approach and in the speed to do that, they didn t do all the staffing you would normally do with the rest of the building and at least the communications staff. i think this continues to speak to the dysfunction at the state house as well. why would they reach out if the president didn t do what the report says? hard to say. i m kind of where jim is on this. their denials are not full