Reply to thread

Message

<blockquote data-quote="moreluck" data-source="post: 1139066" data-attributes="member: 1246">Via <a href="http://livewire.talkingpointsmemo.com/entry/obama-aides-told-to-spend-no-more-than" target="_blank">TPM</a>:Urging focus, White House chief of staff Denis McDonough has intructed those in President Barack Obama’s circle to not get swept up in the controversies that consumed Washington’s attention this week, the <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/18/us/politics/obama-vows-to-focus-on-governing.html?hp" target="_blank">New York Times</a> reported.

According to the <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/18/us/politics/obama-vows-to-focus-on-governing.html?hp" target="_blank">Times</a>, McDonough told staffers in the West Wing “that he expects them to spend no more than 10 percent of their time on the controversies.” McDonough met with Democratic strategists on Friday, telling them that Obama intends to renew his focus on immigration, the budget and implementation of the new federal health care law.
</blockquote>

[QUOTE="moreluck, post: 1139066, member: 1246"] Via [URL="http://livewire.talkingpointsmemo.com/entry/obama-aides-told-to-spend-no-more-than"]TPM[/URL]: [INDENT]Urging focus, White House chief of staff Denis McDonough has intructed those in President Barack Obama’s circle to not get swept up in the controversies that consumed Washington’s attention this week, the [URL="http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/18/us/politics/obama-vows-to-focus-on-governing.html?hp"]New York Times[/URL] reported. [B]According to the [URL="http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/18/us/politics/obama-vows-to-focus-on-governing.html?hp"]Times[/URL], McDonough told staffers in the West Wing “that he expects them to spend no more than 10 percent of their time on the controversies.”[/B] McDonough met with Democratic strategists on Friday, telling them that Obama intends to renew his focus on immigration, the budget and implementation of the new federal health care law. [/INDENT] [/QUOTE]

Verification