 July 19, 2008
Posted: 05:31 PM ET
From CNN Correspondent Kathleen Koch 
al-Maliki praised Obama’s 16-month withdrawal plan in a newspaper report Saturday.
 CRAWFORD, TX (CNN) – An embarrassing slip up for the White House press office Saturday, when an aide hit the wrong button and mistakenly sent to the news media a Reuters article saying Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki backs presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama's troop withdrawal plan. White House spokesman Scott Stanzel says, "It was a mistake. Clips list for staff was supposed to be the addressee." The Obama campaign quickly took advantage of the mistake, forwarding an ABC report detailing the incident to its press list. This is not the first time the White House has emailed in error. But its timing is particularly embarrassing as the Bush administration's recent agreement with al-Maliki on a "general time horizon" for withdrawing U.S. troops from Iraq is being cited by some as resembling Obama's proposal that U.S. forces should leave within 16 months. Filed under: Barack Obama April 22, 2008
Posted: 09:00 AM ET
From CNN Correspondent Kathleen Koch WASHINGTON (CNN) — The Bush administration will announce new regulations for its No Child Left Behind education program and propose a uniform graduation rate Tuesday, officials said. The changes, to be announced by Education Secretary Margaret Spellings in Detroit, will "strengthen and improve" the No Child Left Behind law, deputy White House press secretary Scott Stanzel said. He said the updates are a "follow on" to President Bush's comments in January, when he said that if Congress did not act this spring to update the law, the president would ask Spellings to strengthen it through administrative actions. "She's done a lot of traveling around, talking to educators and policymakers about how to improve No Child Left Behind," explained Stanzel. "She's … found consensus on several issues." (Updated 12:03p to include new regulations) Filed under: President Bush |
 
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