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Yahoo! News - Fleischer Spars With Press on Last DayFleischer Spars With Press on Last Day

WASHINGTON - White House press secretary Ari Fleischer (news - web sites) spent his last day at the lectern Monday as if it were any other day - sparring with reporters.

Fleischer on this day, as on so many before, would defend President Bush (news - web sites) against a crowd of aggressive interrogators.
Reporters applauded Bush's top spokesman as he entered the White House briefing room for the last time. Then they grilled him for nearly an hour on Bush's disputed claim that Iraq (news - web sites) had tried to obtain uranium from Africa for use in nuclear weapons.