Obama refuses questions, avoids journalists in China

washingtonpost.com — Members of the White House press corps traveling with Obama were baffled: Even Bush, the great unilateralist, had been more willing to mix it up with journalists, foreign and domestic, while abroad. After reporters complained to White House press secretary Robert Gibbs about a lack of communication, he issued a 61-word written statement. Nov 19, 2009 View in Crawl 4