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Happyhippychick Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-13-09 06:33 PM
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MY President made history again: Spanish spoken at podium during WH briefing for the first time
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/04/13/spanish-spoken-during-whi_n_186371.html

The White House made history on Monday. And it wasn't just by loosening travel and remittance restrictions for individuals looking to reach out to family members in Cuba.

When Dan Restrepo, President Barack Obama's senior adviser on Latin America, addressed the Spanish-language media in their native tongues, he is believed to have been the first person to speak a language other than English during a White House briefing.

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jkshaw Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-13-09 06:38 PM
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1. Very good!
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NYC Liberal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-13-09 06:39 PM
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2. Technically that's incorrect.
When George Bush gave press conferences, he was speaking something, but it definitely wasn't English.
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hobbit709 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-13-09 06:43 PM
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3. But it wasn't any other KNOWN language either.
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GiveMeFreedom Donating Member (445 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-13-09 06:47 PM
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5. I disagree
Bush was speaking hill-billy fundamentalism. "Ya, Know I is right"
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TheDebbieDee Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-13-09 06:59 PM
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6. The language * spoke is known as "Gibberish".
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MADem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-13-09 06:43 PM
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4. I don't think that is true, but I'm not sure why I think that.
It might be the first time there was an extended discussion in a language other than English.
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Cha Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-13-09 10:51 PM
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7. Rec'd~ Bring the World a little
closer together. Si Se Puede~
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