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On Friday, I reported on a tense exchange between <$Ad$>Helen Thomas and Scott McClellan over whether the president had taken time off from the Guard because he had been compelled to perform community service.

Now Harry Jaffe provides some helpful follow-up on the spat in The Washingtonian.

Thomas says “I think they are getting pretty nervous about this.”

McClellan says “Helen was asking about trashy rumors. There’s a difference between trashy rumors and journalism. I will not dignify them from the podium.”

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