LOU WATERS, CNN ANCHOR: I'm being warned we have something going on at the White House. Joe Lockhart's leaving. The president's at the podium, chief of staff's there. Let's listen.</s>JOHN PODESTA, WHITE HOUSE CHIEF OF STAFF: ... that the same ain't true for the Republicans. Just this morning, in Tom DeLay's favorite newspaper, Joe is described as the "fiercely partisan" White House press secretary.</s>WILLIAM J. CLINTON, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: Now, most people think Joe's leaving for purely selfish, monetary reasons. But the truth is he told me that I was no longer in enough trouble to make it interesting for him...</s>WATERS: Joe Lockhart is going away. He's leaving his job as press secretary of the White House. Nobody did it better, said the president. Joe Lockhart, was he heavy enough for the job? The president of the United States says he has "gravitas and gravy toss."
White House Holds Last Lockhart Press Briefing