If Spicer is just going to make statements w/o taking questions, what is the point of the press assembling in front of him in the room?
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Agriculture & Food editor @POLITICOEurope. Brussels Playbook Week Ender podcast host Frmr: WH @POLITICO; politics @NYTimes. swheaton at politico . eu
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