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It's not just a wedding, it's...

It's the wedding of the daughter of

the President of the United States.

-Let that girl have her day.

-We can't have them--

an administration dictating

to us our coverage

just because they don't like

what we print about

them in our newspaper.

I wonder if Abe cares

so passionately about

who covers the wedding

for his paper.

Well, I don't give a rat's ass

what Abe or anybody at the

New York Times cares about.

Not true, I give one rat's ass.

One retromingent rat's ass.

Tell 'em it's from Sheehan.

Don't walk.

It's from Sheehan.

Abe, here it is.

Okay, Roder's got Nixon

working on a second term.

Osles has something on G.I.s

buying heroin in Saigon, but

Ryder's got a rocket on the

FBI list of potential subversives.

Ah, save it for the afternoon,

I need Chal and Judith.

Judith!

Is that real--a subversives list?

Oh, yeah, Hoover at

Justice keep a copy.

Thousands of names.

Geyelin heard the White House

is shutting Judith out.

Yeah, I'm workin' on that.

We think editorial

should run something.

I just heard somebody say

they're workin' on that.

Well, if the White House is

gonna take a stance like that,

don't you think we

should plant a flag?

Did you see Sheehan at the

Kissinger press conference?

No.

What about the Al Haig thing?

No, Times sent the new kid.

New kid.

You think Sheehan's

onto something.

Yeah.

Well, Neil has been

known to disappear,

No, no, no, I'm telling you

he has something.

You want me to do

a little digging?

No, that's below your pay grade.

Intern!

You uh, workin' on anything

important, chief?

Uh, no, Mr. Bradlee.

Well, everything we do is

important...at The Post.

Here's $40, I want you

to take the first train

up to New York

and go to the--

go to The Times building on 43rd-

don't tell 'em who you work for

but find a reporter

by the name of Sheehan.

Uh, Neil Sheehan?

Yeah, yeah, find out what

Neil Sheehan is workin' on.

Is that legal?

Well, what is it you think we

do here for a living, kid?

-Get a receipt for the tickets.

-Yeah.

-Morning, Mrs. Graham.

-Morning.

Hello, morning everybody.

-Morning, nice to see you.

-Mrs. Graham.

-Morning.

-Morning, Arthur.

Hello.

So, everyone's here.

-How are you--my Galahad?

-Morning.

Thank you.

And I used to be the only one

who brought his homework to class.

I think we're all here,

should we get started?

Didn't you crash the

wedding of Nixon's

other daughter to get a story?

Well, I did get a story, but

I didn't crash Julie's wedding.

No, no, just the

reception afterwards.

There is a distinction.

Not to the father of the bride,

he's paying for play.

I think the American people

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