James S. Brady Press Briefing Room See below for a follow up to a question (marked with an asterisk) posed in the briefing.   *On Sunday, the President will place his hand on the Robinson family Bible when he takes…

James S. Brady Press Briefing Room     2:30 P.M. EST   MR. CARNEY:  Welcome.  Good afternoon.  Thanks for being here.  Sorry we had to postpone the briefing.  Very busy day.  I have a very important personnel announcement to make.…

James S. Brady Press Briefing Room 12:56 P.M. EST MR. CARNEY:  Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen.  Thank you for being here.  Before I start, it is amazing, in today’s era of lightning communications, how this already seems to be a…

James S. Brady Press Briefing Room 2:17 P.M. EST MR. CARNEY:  Thank you all for being here.  It is wonderful to see you for the first time in the New Year.  I hope everyone here had some time off and…

James S. Brady Press Briefing Room 12:53 P.M. EST MR. CARNEY:  Let me just, if I may, begin by making a few observations that reviews where we are.  On Monday, the President, as you know, put forward to Speaker of…

James S. Brady Press Briefing Room 12:48 P.M. EST MR. CARNEY:  Okay.  Welcome to the White House.  I have no announcements.  I am here to answer your questions. Mr. Feller. Q    Thanks, Jay.  A lot to cover on the fiscal…

James S. Brady Press Briefing Room 1:17 P.M. EST MR. CARNEY:  Good afternoon, everyone.  Thanks for being here.  I think as you know, the President and Speaker of the House had a meeting here at the White House a little…

James S. Brady Press Briefing Room 12:41 P.M. EST MR. CARNEY:  Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen.  Thank you for being here.  Before I start, I wanted to let you know that at approximately 10:30 this morning, in the Oval Office,…

James S. Brady Press Briefing Room 1:08 P.M. EST MR. CARNEY:  Good afternoon.  Thanks for being here at the White House.  I have no announcements, so let’s go straight to questions.  Jim. Q    Thank you, Jay.  Fiscal cliff:  At the…

James S. Brady Press Briefing Room 1:10 P.M. EST MR. CARNEY:  Good afternoon.  Welcome to the White House.  I have no announcements to make.  I’ll go straight to the Associated Press. Q    Thank you.  Speaker Boehner said today that he’s…