Word: press
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...confronted the first major hiccup of her campaign. The Sacramento Bee reported in late September that Whitman had barely voted during her adult life and questioned whether she had registered as a Republican at all before 2007. The story quickly swirled into a scandal, and during a heated press conference, Whitman floundered as she tried to sidestep the questions, a beginner's mistake in a statewide race...
Less than six months after South Carolina Governor Mark Sanford copped to conducting an extramarital affair in a tearful press conference, his estranged wife has formally called it quits. Jenny Sanford, a high-powered investment banker before becoming the Palmetto State's First Lady, announced on Dec. 11 that she was filing for divorce after 20 years of marriage. "This came after many unsuccessful efforts at reconciliation, yet I am still dedicated to keeping the process that lies ahead peaceful for our family," she said in a statement. The split doesn't come as a surprise: the former Lazard bigwig...
...wouldn't have. If he had asked me, I would have said no." - On her unwillingness to stand by her husband's side during the June press conference in which he admitted the affair (ABC, Dec. 10, 2009) (See the top 10 apologies...
...hoping he was on the Appalachian Trail. But I was not worried about his safety. I was hoping he was doing some real soul-searching somewhere and was devastated to find out it was Argentina. It's tragic." - In an interview two days after her husband's press conference (AP, June...
...only will I survive, I'll thrive." - Remaining defiant, two days after the press conference (New York Times, June...