Helen Thomas weekly podcast: Bush has no answers for Iraq

Helen Thomas' Washington: Bush has no answers for Iraq, but Democrats are chicken and press corps caved

President Bush called on Hearst Newspapers columnist Helen Thomas during a White House press conference this week. But in her weekly podcast, she says the president still failed to answer her question: "Why are we in Iraq when Iraq did nothing to us?''

And the dean of the White House press corps doesn't stop there. Helen also slams Democrats for being too "chicken'' to stand up to the president on issues like domestic spying. And Helen even chides the White House press corps, saying they have "caved'' in to Bush.

Thomas has covered the White House for United Press International since the Kennedy administration and has been a reporter for more than 50 years. Her front row seat in the White House briefing room has made her the president's chief interrogator through nine administrations. She was the only print journalist to accompany Richard Nixon when he made his historic trip to China in 1972, and she battled for equal treatment for women in the Washington press corps.

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