TOM GESSWEIN, EDINBURG, TEXAS: Hi, I'm Tom Gesswein, from Edinburg, Texas. I want to ask CNN, prior to live interviews with President Bush, are you required to pre-submit questions so that he may rehearse his answers? And do you allow the White House to override proposed questions?</s>JOHN KING, CNN SENIOR WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENT: Tom, your questions are excellent and quite timely. And the answer to both of them is no. We just recently had a live interview with President Bush, carried on CNN here in the United States, and around the world on CNN International. Under no circumstances would we, in advance, tell the White House what we were planning to ask the president, or let them dictate what we could or could not ask the president. That is our policy, of course, with other major newsmakers we interview as well. It's often no surprise, at least the general subject matter. The president, in this case, knew we would ask about recent tensions with China; the recent decision about arm sales to Taiwan; and of course, his assessment on how he thought he was doing at the 100-day mark. But as for specific questions, under no circumstances would we at CNN ever submit questions in advance of a live interview and let the president, or any other newsmaker, dictate to us what we could or could not ask.
Ask CNN: Prior to Interviews With the President, Does CNN Pre- submit Questions?; Does CNN Allow the White House to Override Questions?