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Obama Calls On Only Women Reporters At Year-End Presser

President Barack Obama smiles during a news conference in the Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House in Washington, Friday, Dec. 19, 2014. The president claimed an array of successes in 2014, citing lower unemp... President Barack Obama smiles during a news conference in the Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House in Washington, Friday, Dec. 19, 2014. The president claimed an array of successes in 2014, citing lower unemployment, a rising number of Americans covered by health insurance, and an historic diplomatic opening with Cuba. He also touts his own executive action and a Chinese agreement to combat global warming. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais ) MORE LESS
By Sahil Kapur
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December 19, 2014 2:44 p.m.
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President Barack Obama took questions from only women reporters at his year-end press conference on Friday — eight of them.

The first question went to Carrie Budoff Brown of Politico. The next seven went to female reporters from Bloomberg BNA, The Associated Press, McClatchy, Reuters, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post and American Urban Radio Networks.

The news conference lasted for about an hour.

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Sahil Kapur (@sahilkapur)  Sahil Kapur is TPM's senior congressional reporter and Supreme Court correspondent. His articles have been published in the Huffington Post, The Guardian and The New Republic. Email him at sahil@talkingpointsmemo.com and follow him on Twitter at @sahilkapur.
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  1. Oh no. This has inadvertently caused my penis to fall off. THANKS OBAMA!

  2. Whether by design or by the fact that FOX has converted all DC male journalists into ChuckToddClones…

    Fantastic!

  3. Obama steals Romney’s full-women-binder!!!

  4. This can only mean ONE thing: A vote to repeal Obamacare, immediately!

    BENGHAZI!

    And Waterboarding is NOT torture, either!

  5. Considering one of the questions I heard a “serious” male reporter shout out concerned Obama’s New Year’s resolution, I think he was right to only call on women.

    Edit: Another asked if he was going to smoke a cigar…and they wonder why they didn’t get called on?

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