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1:47 P.M. EDT MR. GIBBS:  Good afternoon.  I think as the weather gets nicer we might want to move this — like class, we should move this outside and — Q    Absolutely. MR. GIBBS:  Oh, wow, everybody is — Q   …

2:10 P.M. EST PRESS CORPS:  Yay! PRESS CORPS:  Ohhhh! MR. GIBBS:  Nice to see you.  Let me get a few pictures over here.  What was that groan for?  Come on. Q    Show us again, come one. Q    You can’t go…

1:47 P.M. EST Q    Where’s the jersey? Q    Is that a jersey, or another pinstriped suit? Q    It’s a hockey sweater. Q    When — MR. GIBBS:  Soon. Q    Isn’t there free trade or something? Q    Another broken promise. MR. GIBBS: …

Aboard Air Force One En Route Willow Grove, Pennsylvania 10:25 A.M. EST MR. BURTON:  Thank you all for coming.  I know you were up late watching the Oscars.  A couple of facts about the event when we hit the ground…

James S. Brady Press Briefing Room 1:31 P.M. EST Q Oooh! Q Booo! MR. GIBBS: It’s usually after like the third or fourth answer when I get a reaction like that. (Laughter.) It’s sort of a tough crowd. The jersey…

2:00 P.M. EST MR. GIBBS:  Sorry, guys, no — Q    Where’s the jersey? MR. GIBBS:  We’re in the process of getting the hockey sweater — thank you, Major, for correcting a southerner’s — it’s on its way.  Trust me, the…

3:26 P.M. EST MR. GIBBS:  Before we get going with questions let me make four short announcements. Announcement number one, on April 12th and 13th the President will host the Nuclear Security Summit at the Washington Convention Center — obviously…

1:40 P.M. EST MR. GIBBS:  Two quick announcements before we take your questions here.  The President and First Lady will welcome President Sarkozy of France to the White House on Tuesday, March 30th, for a meeting and a private dinner. …

*Press Secretary Gibbs was referring to United Nations Security Council Resolution 1874. 12:31 P.M. EST MR. GIBBS:  Yes, sir. Q    A few questions on health care, Robert.  The detail about a new rate authority to oversee and shoot down premium…

3:10 P.M. EST MR. GIBBS:  All right, fire away. Q    Any more details you can tell us about the plane crash? MR. GIBBS:  No — as I said earlier, John Brennan briefed the President.  We’ve gotten a number of updates…