00:00Will you consider removing the restrictions on the press that were reported at the Pentagon?
00:03And have you spoken to Secretary Kerry about this?
00:06I have, yeah.
00:07Well, he's finding, I mean, I think I can speak for him.
00:11I'll let him speak for himself.
00:12But I think he finds the press to be very disruptive in terms of world peace and maybe security for our nation.
00:19The press is very dishonest.
00:21Not you, but the press is very dishonest.
00:23Do you have something to say?
00:24Well, I very much appreciate the question because it was interesting to watch.
00:28We had a chance to go along on the historic trip of Middle East peace, which our generation of veterans never dreamed would be possible.
00:36So you would think that the Pentagon press corps of all press corps would be front and center across the board on wanting to give credit to the president for forging this kind of peace.
00:46And instead, what they want to talk about is a policy about them, which simply says maybe the policy should look like the White House or other military installations
00:57where you have to wear a badge that identifies that you're press or you can't just roam anywhere you want.
01:03It used to be, Mr. President, the press could go anywhere, pretty much anywhere in the Pentagon, the most classified area in the world.
01:10Or also that if they sign on to the credentialing, they're not going to try to get soldiers to break the law by giving classified information.
01:17So it's common sense stuff, Mr. President.
01:19We're trying to make sure national security is respected and we're proud of the policy.
01:23You know, we have an option here.
01:25As you know, the press years ago moved into the White House.
01:30It used to be across the street.
01:31We could move them.
01:33You're lucky I'm president because we could move them very easily across the street.
01:36They used to be there.
01:38They would have more room.
01:40We have a beautiful, nice space.
01:41You could sit all by yourselves and have fun.
01:43Instead, you walk around the White House talking to anybody that can breathe.
01:46And, you know, but I find that when it comes to war and now our great Department of War, we have some great people over there.
01:55I think it's sort of, it bothers me to have soldiers and even, you know, high-ranking generals walking around with you guys on their sleeve asking them because they can make a mistake and a mistake can be tragic.
02:09They can do it innocently, too.
02:10They can, you know, and they're not press people.
02:13They don't really deal with the press, so they're not really necessarily good at it, although I think it's mostly instinctual one way or the other.
02:20You're either good at things or you're not.
02:22But I could see you being bothered by that.
02:24So you have them in an area and you treat them fairly, but they're not allowed to go into somebody's office and sit with them for 10 hours.
02:33Yes, sir.
02:34Yeah, I can understand.
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