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Q. First of all, congratulations. When the bells are ringing? (Laughter.)

ARI FLEISCHER: Oh, that was a question? (Laughter.)

Q. No, I was just commenting on it.

MR. FLEISCHER: What’s the question?

Q. When is the wedding date?

Q. Monsoon wedding?

MR. FLEISCHER: I can fall back into presidential spokesman speak and say we’re working on modalities, working on the timing.

Q. When we have something to announce –

MR. FLEISCHER: When we have something to announce, we’ll announce it. (Laughter.) All I say is it will be — I’ll let you know when it will be. I think it will be –

Q. Will we be invited?

MR. FLEISCHER: Les? Do you really want that answer? (Laughter.)

Q. Congratulations, Ari.

MR. FLEISCHER: Thank you.

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Q. Ari, backtracking a little bit on Goyal’s question, the word family decisions and family-friendly White House have been bantered about all day today so far. And yesterday President Bush embraced your upcoming nuptials by kissing you. And he — (laughter) –

ARI FLEISCHER: Let’s keep that off the record. (Laughter.)

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ARI FLEISCHER: He thinks it’s a democracy, and Mr. Bauer is entitled to his opinion. It makes for good cable, I guess.

Q. But they don’t talk? Do they ever communicate?

MR. FLEISCHER: Mr. Bauer communicates through cable. (Laughter.)

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ARI FLEISCHER: And what’s the name of that official?

Q. The official is unnamed. But it is –

MR. FLEISCHER: Then how do you know he’s “top”? (Laughter.)

Q. It says, according to the New York Times. So is this official mistaken?

MR. FLEISCHER: You don’t know the person’s name.

Q. No, I don’t know the –

MR. FLEISCHER: The person obviously doesn’t have enough confidence in what he said to say it on the record. And that same story you’re citing also has other officials saying that is not the case. And you have me saying on the record that it’s not the case.

Q. But you know officials talk on background –

MR. FLEISCHER: So I think if you can establish the name of this person who now without a name you’re calling “top,” we can further that. But I think you’re — you need to dig into that.

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ARI FLEISCHER: Good morning. Let me give you a –

Q. Good afternoon.

Q. Good afternoon.

MR. FLEISCHER: Within one minute of my briefing I already stand corrected by Helen. Good afternoon. Let me give you a report on the President’s day and take your questions.

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ARI FLEISCHER: I thought I saw you on TV last night. Did I see you in the audience for a TV show?

Q. I don’t know.

MR. FLEISCHER: I thought I saw you in the front row, watching a show. It was a news show. (Laughter.)

Q. Was it a CNN program?

MR. FLEISCHER: I believe it was. (Laughter.)

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