Briefing Quotes

Briefing Quote of the day

The function of a briefing paper is to prevent the ambassador from saying something dreadfully indiscreet. I sometimes think its true object is to prevent the ambassador from saying anything at all.

The press briefing today I believe has lost much of its usefulness.

The Ambassador and the General were briefing me on the....the vast majority of Iraqis want to live in a peaceful, free world. And we will find these people and we will bring them to justice.

Wait a minute! I'm not interested in agriculture. I want the military stuff. During a briefing military stuff in which officials began telling him about missile silos.

Reading is untidy, discursive and perpetually inviting.

Ever get the feeling that sometime early in your life there must have been a briefing that you missed?

For all of us, self-briefing before going out or starting a project sharpens artistic wit.

I hopes the candidate [Donald Trump] is given fake intelligence briefings ... because you can't trust him.

The White House press corps isn't there at a press briefing. It's not... They're not news gatherers there. There really isn't any media.

As press secretary, I spent countless hours defending the administration from the podium in the White House briefing room.

Press plays "gotcha"; limit press briefings.

Certainly any president - Democrat, Republican, liberal, conservative - should keep an open mind until they get the briefing.

John Kerry told Tom Ridge he was too busy to receive a Homeland Security briefing. I thought that was odd, since you're not supposed to ignore terrorist threats until after you become president.

Jay Carney told the reporters at his morning briefing that he hoped they would watch the new movie about Obama's first term 'many times.' They might. Look how well 'Titanic' did at the box office.

I read a ton of paper every day. I read the newspapers, I read my intelligence materials, I read all the briefing materials. I read the newspaper in hard copy.