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Published 10/31/2008 by Al Kamen at Wash Post Federal Page
State Department spokesman Sean McCormack has long had it up to here with some in the mainstream media -- the regulars who cover the department and travel with Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice -- complaining that they're constantly pushing to be "edgy" rather than just reporting the news.
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