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The name John Roberts has not cured the White House Press corps of its recent fixation on someone else whose name begins with an R.

MR. McCLELLAN: Well, there is an investigation that continues, and I think the President has made it clear that we're not going to prejudge the outcome of that investigation.

Q: You already have the truth.

MR. McCLELLAN: We're not going to prejudge the outcome of that investigation through --

MR. McCLELLAN: -- through media reports. And these questions came up over the last week --

Q: Did he leak the name of a CIA agent?

MR. McCLELLAN: As I was trying to tell you, these questions have been answered.

Q: No, they haven't.

Q: Let me ask --

MR. McCLELLAN: Go ahead, David.

Q: And they most certainly haven't. I think Helen is right, and the people watching us know that. And related to that, there are now --

MR. McCLELLAN: Let me correct the record. We've said for quite some time that this was an ongoing investigation, and that we weren't going to comment on it, so let me just correct the record.

Q: If you want to make the record clear, then you also did make comments when a criminal investigation was underway, you saw fit to provide Karl Rove with a blanket statement of absolution. And that turned out to be no longer accurate --

MR. McCLELLAN: Well, and there were preferences expressed by those overseeing the investigation that we refrain from commenting on it while they're continuing to look at -- investigate it.