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It now becomes incumbent on all of us in the media, including those who write op-eds, to carry the story forward. It is one of the few successful resistance strategies, though the courts have also sometimes been utilized successfully. Without ongoing media reports, there will be far less pressure on the administration to change course.
Robert Weiner was a spokesman for the Clinton and Bush White Houses, spokesman for the House Government Operations Committee, and senior staff for Congressmen John Conyers, Charles Rangel, Claude Pepper, Ed Koch, and Senator Ted Kennedy. He now directs the National Press Club President's Award-winning op-ed writing group enlisting young journalists as co-authors, Weiner Public News. Ben Lasky is senior policy analyst at Solutions for Change and Weiner Public News. Thanks also to Jay Wind for contributing to the piece.
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