When words I uttered, believing them to be true, were exposed as false, I was constrained by my duties and loyalty to the President and unable to comment. But I promised reporters and the public that I would someday tell the whole story of what I knew.

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Critics of McClellan's book included former White House staffers such as Karl Rove Dan Bartlett Ari Fleischer and Mary Matalin. During the actual testimony McClellan said: "I do not think the president had any knowledge" [of the revelation of Valerie Plame Wilson's identity]; "In terms of the vice president I do not know. McClellan further testified under oath before the House Judiciary Committee that Fleischer's assertion was false.

He is now the Vice President of Communications at Seattle University. He replaced Ari Fleischer as press secretary in July 2003 and served until May 10 2006.