James S. Brady Press Briefing Room 12:46 P.M. EDT MR. EARNEST:  Good afternoon, everybody.  It’s nice to see you all.  Jim, I don’t have anything to say at the top, so if you want to get us going with some…

James S. Brady Press Briefing Room 1:17 P.M. EDT MR. EARNEST:  Good afternoon, everybody.  I hope you all had a pleasant weekend, maybe even found a little air-conditioning. Let me do a little thing at the top, Julie, and then…

James S. Brady Press Briefing Room 1:04 P.M. EDT MR. EARNEST:  Good afternoon, everybody.  Glad to see you all on this Friday.  I’ll do a couple of quick announcements at the top before we get to questions. I want to…

Austin, Texas 10:26 A.M. CDT MR. EARNEST:  Let me just do a little thing at the top and then we’ll get to your questions.  In a couple hours, the President will deliver remarks at the Paramount Theater here in Austin…

Aboard Air Force One En Route Dallas, Texas  2:10 P.M. MDT MR. EARNEST:  Good afternoon, everybody.  I just wanted to note a couple of things before I get to your questions.  In advance of the President’s meeting with state and…

James S. Brady Press Briefing Room 1:04 P.M. EDT MR. EARNEST:  Good afternoon, everybody.  It’s good to see you all.  I don’t have any announcements at the top, Josh, so why don’t you go ahead and get started with questions.…

James S. Brady Press Briefing Room **Please see below for a correction marked with an asterisk. 11:20 A.M. EDT MR. EARNEST:  Good afternoon, everybody.  It’s nice to see all of your smiling faces on this Monday morning.  I’m joined this…

James S. Brady Press Briefing Room 12:50 P.M. EDT MR. EARNEST:  Good afternoon, everybody.  It’s nice to see everybody is being so chipper.  I’m sure it’s because it’s a Thursday that feels like a Friday, right?  That’s good. Before we…

James S. Brady Press Briefing Room **Please see below for corrections marked with asterisks. 12:48 P.M. EDT MR. EARNEST:  Good afternoon, everybody.  I have a couple of announcements before we get started. The first is:  The United States condemns in…

James S. Brady Press Briefing Room 1:26 P.M. EDT   MR. EARNEST:  Good afternoon, everybody.  I apologize for the delay.  The Cabinet meeting ran a little long.  But hopefully we’ll be able to have a briefing here before the President…