What a catch

Working for the White House press corp sounds like a major bitch sometimes. VP Cheney wants someone to "cover" his trip to Saudi Arabia, but isn't even willing to pay for it. In addition, access to meetings with the new king is pretty much zilch.

This is from the memo that Garrett received:

...the VP's people warn me [Mark Smith, White House Correspondents Association chief] that the Saudis are not allowing any coverage of those meetings. Not even stills. In fact, most of the brief time on the ground in Saudi Arabia will be spent holding at the U.S. Embassy. In addition, they tell me there'll be no access to Cheney on either the outbound or the return trip. Filing after the meetings, if any, would be from the U.S. air base near Riyadh where Cheney's landing. Plus there's this added attraction -- it's expected that whoever volunteers for this trip will land his/her news organization with the airfare for the trip, and any other expenses.

Sign me up.