The President: Shuttles and Politics
Obama to reporter: ‘Let me finish my answers’ next time, The Oval (with video)
“Obama also bristled at claims that is administration skipped Houston in the award of space shuttle orbiters and favored states that could help his re-election. “That’s wrong,” the president stated. “That had nothing to do with it; the White House had nothing to do with it.” When Watson persisted, Obama said, “I just said that was wrong,” and, later, “I just said that wasn’t true.”