CNN’s Zeleny: This Is Not Something John Kelly Wanted To Do But Something He Was Told To Do

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ZELENY: "We do know that the President and indeed many advisers around him felt that they had — were losing control of this story. I was in the cabinet room with the President yesterday when he was asked about the congresswoman’s account. He at that moment could have diffused this and said something about how he valued the service of that young soldier. He decided to say, 'I did not say what she said I said.' So that simply fueled this even more. So there has been a sense in this White House that they need do something to get beyond this. There’s criticism from Capitol Hill, from gold star families. Perhaps one of the only ways, certainly the biggest way to get beyond this is having John Kelly himself, who is at the center of all of this, come out and speak in this briefing room. Brianna, the look on his face, I do not believe it’s something that he wanted to do. It is something that is part of his new duty here that he was told to do or thought he had to do."