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Broadcast journalist Tavis Smiley said in response to a question on C-SPAN’s “Washington Journal” this morning about President Obama: “He has not at this point come on my TV or radio programs one time since he’s been in this White House. This is the first president in my professional career that hasn’t invited me to the White House.”
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Smiley: I’m still waiting for a WH invite from Obama
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