Subject: RE: separate news inquiry on projected budget deficit
From: "Anita Dunn" <[email-masked]>
To: [email-masked]
Date: Tue, 28 Oct 2008 13:01:27 -0500

Thanks - 

From: [email-masked] [mailto:[email-masked]] 
Sent: Tuesday, October 28, 2008 11:47 AM
To: Anita Dunn
Subject: Re: separate news inquiry on projected budget deficit

We aren't working on any assumptions; just in the process of pulling together info. Wash Post reported $1 trillion possible deficit over a week ago.

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From: "Anita Dunn" <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 28 Oct 2008 10:52:57 -0500
To: John Podesta<[email-masked]>
Subject: FW: separate news inquiry on projected budget deficit

Jason is very huffy about this because he claims this was from some meeting he wasn’t allowed into – although it may or may not be true.  

Anyway, can you once again reaffirm with our economic team that loose lips sink ships and obviously if someone can knock this down if it isn’t true that would be even better.  

Thanks

Anita

From: Nick Shapiro 
Sent: Tuesday, October 28, 2008 10:51 AM
To: Anita Dunn; Jason Furman; Brian Deese
Subject: FW: separate news inquiry on projected budget deficit

 

From: edward luce [mailto:[email-masked]] 
Sent: Tuesday, October 28, 2008 10:20 AM
To: Nick Shapiro
Subject: separate news inquiry on projected budget deficit

Nick, sorry to swamp you today but I've learned that the Obama transition team is working on the assumption of a $900 billion deficit next year and am writing a news story about what impact this will have on spending priorities. I'd much appreciate a response and/or Jason on the line, although I know how swamped he is. 

Edward Luce, 
Washington Bureau Chief, Financial Times.
Seventh Floor, 1023 Fifteenth Street, Washington 20005. 
Cell 202 365 0586. Office 434 0973.