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Jay Carney, the White House press secretary, was formerly employed by TIME magazine and CNN, according to a TIME biographical post.

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Jay Carney
stated on April 4, 2014 in a meme on Twitter:

"Who will raising the minimum wage actually help? … More than half work full-time. The average worker is 35 years old."

By Louis Jacobson • April 8, 2014
Jay Carney
stated on May 10, 2013 in a White House press briefing:

When Susan Rice spoke about Benghazi on Sunday news shows, she said "that al-Qaida might be involved, or other al-Qaida affiliates might be involved, or non-al-Qaida Libyan extremists, which I think demonstrates that there was no effort to play that down."

By Louis Jacobson • May 13, 2013
Jay Carney
stated on August 7, 2012 in a press White House press briefing:

"Gov. Romney himself, with 28 other Republican governors, supported policies that would have eliminated the time limits in the welfare reform law and allowed people to stay on welfare forever."

By Molly Moorhead • August 9, 2012
Jay Carney
stated on August 16, 2011 in an interview.:

Says Rick Perry "wanted to secede from the union."

By W. Gardner Selby • August 17, 2011
Jay Carney
stated on June 14, 2011 in a comment to reporters aboard Air Force One:

In the Republican presidential debate in New Hampshire, none of the candidates mentioned the "middle class" or "education."

By Maryalice Gill • June 24, 2011

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