White House Unaware of RNC War on Civil Unions

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At today's White House press briefing, the subjects were the economy, the economy, Iraq, and the economy. In

between all of that, I got to ask my first question as a White House reporter.

I asked Robert Gibbs if the President has any actions planned in support of civil unions, given RNC chairman Michael Steele's attack Tuesday on extending the right to same-sex couples.

Gibbs responded that he hadn't heard the remarks, so was unable to respond. I read the quote to him, and later asked if he could get a reaction from the President.

I'm not sure what to make of this. Either Steele, civil unions, or both seem not to be on the administration's radar. With the November passage of several anti-gay laws, I hope someone is keeping an eye on this.

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Tagged: civil unions, CivilUnions, michael steele, MichaelSteele, robert gibbs, RobertGibbs

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