White House says unaware of any Citigroup rescue talks | Reuters: "ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE (Reuters) - White House spokeswoman Dana Perino said on Sunday she knew of no talks going on between banking giant Citigroup and the federal government for financial aid."
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And yet we see stories to the effect that the plan is "near approval."

Maybe the headline writer should have said "Dana Perino says SHE is unaware of any Citigroup rescue talks."

Or maybe the headline is right, and President Bush is deemed inessential to multi-billion dollar bailout decisions.