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Marc Ambinder - Marc Ambinder is the White House correspondent for National Journal and a contributing editor at The Atlantic. More

Marc Ambinder is the White House correspondent for National Journal. He previously served as the politics editor, and is now a contributing editor, for The Atlantic, where he curated the influential Politics channel on TheAtlantic.com and contributed to the magazine. He was also a chief political consultant to CBS News. Earlier, at NJ's Hotline, Ambinder was the founding editor of "Hotline On Call," a pathbreaking political news blog. He also worked as a producer and reporter for the ABC News Political Unit and was one of the founders of ABC's "The Note." Born in New York City, raised in Central Florida, Ambinder is a 2001 graduate of Harvard and lives in Washington, D.C.

Your Question, My Lips, The Presidential Ears

By Marc Ambinder
Apr 29 2009, 1:17 PM ET Comment

I've been allocated a seat at tonight's 100 Days presser.  I've got about eight questions written... I don't anticipate being asked to stand up and speak, but weirder things have happened. What shall I ask the president?  You tell me.  Please -- no "yes or no" questions... those are easy for him to duck.  And a bunch of you have already sent me marijuana questions.... so I think that topic is covered. 

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