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QUESTION: Jake, Stephen Colbert, Senior White House Correspondent for the Daily Show.
Will the President be making any more statements today?
SIEWERT: The President I expect will be making a statement this afternoon, and you're invited to attend that.
QUESTION: Will he be available for one-on-ones?
SIEWERT: He will not be available for a one-on-one with the Daily Show.
QUESTION: Could you at least ask?
SIEWERT: We could check.
I don't know -- unfortunately, you know, D.C. Cable -- and I'm a long-time subscriber to D.C. Cable -- doesn't carry the Daily Show, as you may or may not be aware.
So he may not be familiar with the show.
QUESTION: Make sure he knows it's Stephen Colbert, not Stephen Carell, okay?
That's C-o-l-b-e-r-t.
He'll see me.
SIEWERT: Okay.
That's right – that really was Stephen Colbert asking a question at a White House press briefing.
January 16th, 2001 … with Clinton press secretary Jake Siewart.
And it's just one of 22 fun facts about Stephen Colbert and politics you may not know or remember.
In this week's episode of C-SPAN's podcast "Extreme Mortman" - for the first time ever - you can hear them all!
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And what have politicians said about him — even when he wasn't in the room?
22 fun facts about Stephen Colbert and politics. ...
Can you name them all?
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