From this morning's White House gaggle ...

QUESTION: On Libby.  Do you have any remorse on what you've told us?

SCOTT McCLELLAN  One, I talked about this issue yesterday.  I have faithfully carried out my duties and responsibilities to the best of my ability, both to the President and to the American people.

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     QUESTION:  The best of your ability?  Or how about your credibility?

     SCOTT McCLELLAN  Well, the people in this room know that I'm someone that can be trusted.

     QUESTION:  How do you know that?

     SCOTT McCLELLAN  You can look at comments that people in this room have made.

     QUESTION:  Have you taken a poll on this?  (Laughter.)

     SCOTT McCLELLAN  Do you want to?

     QUESTION:  No.  (Laughter.)

     SCOTT McCLELLAN  I don't want to put anybody on the spot.  Go and look at comments that people in this room have made who know me.  I think we went through this --

     QUESTION:  We know you by the record, and I can read you back the transcripts.

     SCOTT McCLELLAN  You know me by my record and your dealings with me.  I am someone who has served as an advocate for the President's agenda, and that's part of my role; part of my role is also to help make sure the American people are getting an accurate account of what's going on here in Washington --

     QUESTION:  It's the latter part that I'm asking about.

     SCOTT McCLELLAN  Helen, hang on.  You're asking a very fair question and I would like the opportunity to respond.  Part of my responsibility is also to make sure the American people are getting an accurate account of what's going on here in Washington, D.C.  I think you all share that responsibility, and anyone that leaves an impression otherwise is leaving a false impression.  And I think people in the room who know me know that that would be the case.

     QUESTION:  I wouldn't say that so glibly if I were you.

     SCOTT McCLELLAN  I'm not.  I'm saying it with all seriousness.

     QUESTION:  This is the first time I have heard you say you had a responsibility to the American people.  You've always said, I am an advocate, period.

     SCOTT McCLELLAN  No, I've always said both those things.  You can go back and look to some of the very first interviews I gave coming into this position.

     QUESTION:  So we're in Iraq by invitation?  You tell the American people that --

     SCOTT McCLELLAN  And you've asked me questions in the past.  I remember way back in the beginning, you asked me questions about this, and I responded to them, and I still hold -- what I said to you at that time still stands.

     QUESTION:  You think that everything you said is accurate?

     SCOTT McCLELLAN  I'm sorry?

     QUESTION:  Everything you've told us in the past couple years is accurate?

     SCOTT McCLELLAN  I stand by what I just said.