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12/14/05- Les asked Scott McClellan if the president supports individual churches in California who broke away from the Episcopal Church and if the president supports use of contraception.

12/13/05- Les asked Scott McClellan about Syria barring WorldNetDaily Jerusalem bureau chief Aaron Klein from entering the nation because, according to two Syrian official, he's Jewish.

12/7/05- Les asked Scott McClellan about yesterday's exchange in which Scott defended the President confusing Jesus with Santa.

12/6/05- Les asked Scott McClellan about why did the president refer to Jesus as Santa. Also what about Ramsey Clark's passport, and court disruptive dictators.

12/5/05- Les asked Scott McClellan about why did the president omit Israel from the list of countries attacked by Muslim terrorists.

12/1/05- Les asked Scott McClellan about Mohammed Ali being a "Man of Peace".

11/9/05- Les asked Scott McClellan about Jimmy Carter's comments about abortion.

11/8/05- Les asked Scott McClellan about a California church that will lose its tax-exemption over anti-war remarks and will the president support an Arab state in France?

10/25/05- Les asked Scott McClellan what the president thinks of the Army being used for border patrol and if the president's view on birth control is the same as Harriet Miers.

10/24/05- Les asked Scott McClellan how Harriet Miers' views on abortion differ from the president's and how can the president assure us that all illegal aliens returned won't come back.

10/18/05- Les asked Scott McClellan if there are any replacements for Harriet Miers if she gets rejected and about terrorist threats against Baltimore's tunnels.

10/14/05- Les asked Scott McClellan about claims that the government blew up the New Orleans levees and the growing Minutemen movement.

10/12/05- Les asked Scott McClellan about potential conflicts of interest surrounding Supreme Court nominee Harriet Miers.

10/6/05- Les asked Scott McClellan about a new abortion drug and intelligent design.

9/29/05- Les asked Scott McClellan about Democratic opposition to Bush's nominees and the Democratic turmoil in Maryland.

9/28/05- Les asked Scott McClellan about who will be the next Supreme Court justice nominee and if race will play a factor.

9/26/05- Les asked Scott McClellan about inflammatory comments made by members of the Congressional Black Caucus.

9/21/05- Les asked Scott McClellan about any spending bills vetoes by the president and if the New York Times can be believed.

9/9/05- Les unintentionally got in the middle of a verbal match today between White House press secretary Scott McClellan and ABC reporter Jessica Yellin, persistently trying to ask a question after being called on by the Bush spokesman. Yellin, not satisfied with a response to her last question, badgered McClellan for more information about federal debit cards for Katrina evacuees as he tried to listen to WND's question, which had to be started repeatedly, each time at a higher volume to be heard.

Les the finally asked Scott McClellan about two governors' campaigns to stop same-sex marriage.

9/8/05- Les asked Scott McClellan about embattled FEMA director Mike Brown and Iran's new leader alleged roles in hostage takings.

9/7/05- Les asked Scott McClellan about a New York Times report stating two Navy helicopter pilots who rescued 110 people, including two who are blind, were reprimanded by a Navy commander because they were supposed to devote themselves entirely to supply.

9/6/05- Les had Scott McClellan responding to a question about Sen. Mary Landrieu's threat to "punch" President Bush if he criticized local response efforts to Hurricane Katrina, White House spokesman Scott McClellan today brushed aside talk of any repercussions. Landrieu announced on ABC's "This Week" Sunday: "I might likely have to punch [Bush], literally."

9/1/05- Les asked Scott McClellan about why looting has not been brought under control and his second question was interrupted.

8/1/05- Les asked Scott McClellan about support for the Boy Scouts. Les also attempted to ask a follow up about the president's stand on contraception.

7/29/05- Les asked Scott McClellan about what he really thinks about reporters and of WMAL's Michael Graham's remarks about Islam.

7/28/05- Les asked Scott McClellan about a litmus test for the U.S. Supreme Court nominees and an anniversary of World War II.

7/27/05- Les asked Scott McClellan about Judge Roberts' links to organizations and the Boy Scout Jamboree

7/26/05- Les asked Scott McClellan about drugs in Afghanistan and the well being of the mother of Rev. Jackson's love child.

7/25/05- Les asked Scott McClellan about the confirmation process for U.S. Supreme Court nominee John Roberts, responding to a question about Sen. Charles Schumer's "hostile" questioning of Roberts during his appeals-court confirmation in 2003. Les also asked whether the president will affirm Sen. Bill Frist's denouncement of the ACLU for its successful lawsuit barring the Pentagon from support of the Boy Scouts. Bush will speak Wednesday at the Scouts' National Jamboree.

7/21/05- Les asked Scott McClellan about the Baltimore Sun being hypocritical of bans.

7/20/05- Les asked Scott McClellan about recent treatment he has received from the major television networks.

7/18/05- Les asked Scott McClellan about the Karl Rove-Valerie Plame flap and a letter 19 members of Congress sent to the president asking if he supports contraception.

7/13/05- Les asked Scott McClellan about the possibility of a nuclear terror attack on the U.S. and if the White House Press Corps were sharks.

7/12/05- Les asked Scott McClellan about the G8's plans to give the Palestinian Authority $9 billion, and the president's reaction to efforts to condemn Supreme Court Justice David Souter's New Hampshire home to make way for a hotel.

7/11/05- Les asked Scott McClellan about a potential nominee for the U.S. Supreme Court and on Les' follow up, Scott went into length about the consultation process with the Senate.

6/29/05- Les asked Scott McClellan about unfulfilled plans to move the U.S. Embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, comparing the safety level there with that of Baghdad.

6/27/05- Les asked Scott McClellan about property rights of Indians and plans for a new casino in Gettysburg.

6/24/05- Les was one of only one of two to ask Scott McClellan about yesterday's U.S. Supreme Court ruling on property rights.

6/23/05- Les asked White House Press Secretary Scott McClellan if Sen. Lott deserved the same accolades from the White House as Sen. Durbin received for apologizing.

6/22/05- Les asked White House Press Secretary Scott McClellan about the embattled PBS chairman and if Sen. Durbin will resign his leadership post.

6/21/05- Les asked White House Press Secretary Scott McClellan about President Bush's policy of starting with the 1949 armistice line as the beginning of future negotiations between the Israelis and Palestinians in light of recent violence by Arab terrorists in the region, and about U.N. reform.

6/16/05- Les asked White House Press Secretary Scott McClellan about the sponsor who proposes to repeal of the military's "Don't Ask, Don't Tell Policy".

6/15/05- Les asked White House Press Secretary Scott McClellan about a proposal for paying reparations to descendants of slaves.

6/13/05- White House spokesman Scott McClellan today refused to answer questions about the attendance of a porn star and her boss at a fund-raising dinner tomorrow where President Bush will be the guest of honor.

6/7/05- Les asked White House Press Secretary Scott McClellan two questions related to the recent disclosure of ex-FBI official Mark Felt as the Watergate source for the Washington Post's Woodward and Bernstein.

6/1/05- Les asked White House Press Secretary Scott McClellan about the elections in the Palestinian Authority and Bush's shared attendance at a GOP fund-raiser with a California porn star.

5/26/05- Les asked White House Press Secretary Scott McClellan about Newsweek's controversial international covers and the president's views on contraception.

5/23/05- Les asked White House Press Secretary Scott McClellan about the Palestinian Authority's online publishing of the fraudulent "Protocols of the Elders of Zion."

5/20/05- Les asked White House Press Secretary Scott McClellan about a same-sex marriage amendment and the controversy surrounding press secretary Scott McClellan.

5/17/05- Les asked White House Press Secretary Scott McClellan about who should be the recipient of Mexico's presidential apology and what the president thinks of those who wish Saddam Hussein a long life.

5/13/05- Les asked White House Press Secretary Scott McClellan about a new terrorist threat and a homosexual protest scheduled for Sunday in Catholic churches.

5/12/05- Les asked White House Press Secretary Scott McClellan about Bush's desire for "cheap labor" in light of his support for the REAL ID Act and women in combat.

5/11/05- Les asked White House Press Secretary Scott McClellan about Gov. Schwarzenegger's comments regarding illegal aliens and an accredited media member being barred from a press conference.
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5/5/05- Les asked White House Press Secretary Scott McClellan about drivers' licenses for illegal aliens and retirees participating in the war on terrorism.

5/2/05- Les asked White House Press Secretary Scott McClellan about NAACP presidential dating and who will run against Mfume?

4/29/05- Les asked White House Press Secretary Scott McClellan about the president's press conference last night.

And Les got into the fray during an exchange between the spokesman and another reporter about the Minuteman Project.

4/27/05- Les asked White House Press Secretary Scott McClellan about same-sex marriage and a move to restore the broadcast Fairness Doctrine.

4/21/05- Les asked White House Press Secretary Scott McClellan about the president's view that those involved in the Minuteman Project on the U.S.-Mexican border are vigilantes and confronted the spokesman with Border Patrol comments about agents' dissatisfaction with Bush.

4/20/05- Les asked White House Press Secretary Scott McClellan about Pope Benedict XVI's belief in denying communion to abortion supporters and the possibility that such Catholics could be excommunicated.

4/14/05- Les asked White House Press Secretary Scott McClellan about the president's views on the Minuteman Project in Arizona and Congressman Tom Delay.

4/13/05- Les asked White House Press Secretary Scott McClellan about the Palestinian Authority's record at disarming terrorist groups and the future role of Hamas.

4/4/05- Les asked White House Press Secretary Scott McClellan about physician assisted suicide.

3/31/05- Les asked White House Press Secretary Scott McClellan about the seeming inaction on the Sandy Berger case, and the president's views on the border-area Minutemen and Rep. Tom Tancredo.

3/29/05- Les asked White House Press Secretary Scott McClellan to respond to Mexican President Vicente Fox's demand to tear down the border fence between San Diego and Tijuana. He also asked why President Bush is condemning the Minutemen, a citizens group patroling the Arizona border and reporting illegal aliens to U.S. officials.

1/3/05- Les asked White House Press Secretary Scott McClellan about the Mexican government's distribution of a comic-book-style guide to illegal border crossers.

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