Bush Admin Cuddles Press

with plush new seats and wireless access in the reopened Washington press room. But will the newly opened press room lead to more open answers and transparency in the Bush Administration in it's waning lame duck year plus? We will see. Helen Thomas asks the same question. One interesting factoid from the article:

"She also says there are actually fewer desks for reporters than before with so much more room devoted to equipment and storage."

More coverage:

• PR Newswire has more details about the renovation.
  
• US News & World Report coverage.
  
• Bush dedication, courtesy of the Guardian Unlimited.
  
• Houstin Chronicle.
  
• LA Times.
  

Yes, I took these from the top results from a Google News search, and no, I haven't read them all yet.

White House Press Briefing.

I'd like to include an embedded video of the briefing, but since they don't make it easy, click on the Video link to the right of the transcript.