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You never know

What with the president's highly secretive visit to Iraq on Thanksgiving Day, who can blame reporters standing guard over the vacationing George W. Bush in Crawford, Texas, for not trusting the White House scheduler.

Take this week, when a reporter posted in the otherwise sleepy Texas town asked White House spokesman Trent Duffy: "Could you confirm or knock down reports out of the Middle East that the president may go to Libya next year?"

Mr. Duffy: "I don't have any updates on the president's schedule at this time."

Reporter: "Can you assure us he's not going this week, though?"

Mr. Duffy: "I don't have any updates on the president's schedule."

Reporter: "That was a joke."

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