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Q And then on the Supreme Court, where is the President in his decision-making process? We know he did some interviews, face-to-face interviews with potential nominees last week. Do you anticipate more face-to-face meetings this week? Is he close to a decision? Where are you?

MR. GIBBS: Close. (Laughter.)

Q Close as in?

MR. GIBBS: I couldn’t agree more with your characterization.

Q Close. So how close? Is he -- will he announce it this week?

MR. GIBBS: You know, I was thinking about this as I was
getting a series of emails, will it be today, will it be tomorrow. I am happy to advise you of when the event is when we do announce it. I think it would be -- might be duplicative to announce each day when the event is not going to be.

Q Well, but last week you did. You ruled out last week.

MR. GIBBS: Yes, I did rule out last week.

Q Can you rule out this week?

MR. GIBBS: No.

Q Okay, there you go.

Q Ooooh!

Q Hmmm -- ...

Q Is he doing -- is he using that time to do some interviews with Supreme Court nominees today?

MR. GIBBS: I'm not going to get into the interview process that the President has. I will -- safe to say, Chip, there is a lot on the President’s plate and a lot that he’s doing out of the watchful eye of the public.

Q And today does that include Supreme Court?

MR. GIBBS: I anticipate that he is working on the process of the Supreme Court, without getting into the specifics of what those actions might be.