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McClellan Scott Scott McClellan
Scott McClellan, the White House spokesman, said in what by this White House's standards was a forthright admission that it had been a rough couple of days, that one can always look back at these issues and look at how to do a better job. In one of two raucous news briefings, Mr. McClellan told reporters that he first learned in a 6 a.m. phone call on Sunday, some 12 hours after the accident, that Mr. Cheney had sprayed Mr. Whittington with his shotgun. Mr. McClellan said he had urged the vice president's office to get the information out ''as quickly as possible.'' But Mr. Cheney's office does not appear to have taken that advice.