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En Route Bagram Air Base 9:27 A.M. EST MR. GIBBS:  So let me just give you — I’m going to walk through the schedule.  Ben is going to walk through a couple of different aspects of the visit.  General Lute…

12:35 A.M. AFT       MR. RHODES:  Hey, guys, thanks for doing this — we want to do this quick at the beginning.  So I’ll just say a few things and then Doug Lute will take over and he can read…

2:30 P.M. EST         MR. GIBBS:  Let me do one quick statement before I start taking questions.  I just want to call your attention to a significant step forward for the agenda that the President outlined during the nuclear security…

1:45 P.M. EST       MR. GIBBS:  Mr. Feller.       Q    Thanks, Robert.  A few follow-up questions on the meeting with lawmakers.  On taxes, the President outlined this accelerated negotiation process to come up with some sensible common ground, as he…

10:38 A.M. EST MR. BAER:  Good morning, everybody.  Thanks for getting on.  We’re going to have Dan Pfeiffer, White House Communications Director, say a few words, and then Jeffrey Zients, who is the Deputy Director of Management and the U.S.…

1:44 P.M. EST       MR. GIBBS:  Yes, ma’am.       Q    Thanks.  We have the statement that you put out yesterday condemning the WikiLeaks release, but what was the reaction from the President when someone informed him yesterday that these documents…

      11:17 A.M. EST       MR. BURTON:  Okay, ready to go.       Q    Does the President consider North Korea’s actions an act of war?       MR. BURTON:  As you know, the President is outraged by these actions.  And as we…

1:10 P.M. EST MR. GIBBS:  Mr. Feller. Q    Thanks, Robert.  Two topics, please.  On North Korea, could you give us some detail about the President’s thoughts on the revelation of this new enrichment facility?  Well, let’s start with that. MR.…

7:49 P.M. WET        MR. HAMMER:  Good evening, everyone.  Thanks for joining us.  And we’re a little bit tight on time, but we have an on-the-record briefing with our Ambassador to NATO, Ivo Daalder, as well as Ben Rhodes,…

See below for an answer to a question (marked with an asterisk) posed in the gaggle that required follow up.   * We are confident that Congress will act so that taxes for middle-class families will not go up at…