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McClellan to Testify on Plamegate Claims

Lawmakers will ask if Bush, Cheney told ex-spokesman to lie

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(Newser) – Scott McClellan agreed today to testify about Dick Cheney's role in leaking the name of a CIA agent, the AP reports. In a hearing next week, House lawmakers are expected to ask him about his claim that Cheney and President Bush told him to "exonerate Scooter Libby" as White House spokesman. McClellan made the recent claim while hyping his new Washington tell-all memoir, What Happened.

Former White House Press Secretary Scott McClellan appears on the NBC
Former White House Press Secretary Scott McClellan appears on the NBC "Today" television program, in New York Thursday May 29, 2008.   (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
Former White House Press Secretary Scott McClellan is interviewed on the NBC
Former White House Press Secretary Scott McClellan is interviewed on the NBC "Today" television program, in New York Thursday May 29, 2008.   (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
In this March 22, 2004 file photo, the White House Press Secretary Scott McClellan gestures as he briefs reporters at the White House.
In this March 22, 2004 file photo, the White House Press Secretary Scott McClellan gestures as he briefs reporters at the White House.   (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)
Former White House Press Secretary Scott McClellan's book
Former White House Press Secretary Scott McClellan's book "What Happened" is seen at the White House in Washington, Thursday, May 29, 2009.   (AP Photo/Ron Edmonds)
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