White House Press Briefing by Jay Carney, February 1, 2013

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–February 1, 2013 – 11:51 A.M. EST

MR. CARNEY:  Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen.  Happy Friday.  I have no questions — I mean, I have no announcements, so I’ll go straight to questions.

Oh, wait, I do have — you probably have in your inbox a statement from the President on Secretary Steven Chu’s departure.  As you know, the President, if you’ve read it, thanks Secretary Chu for his dedicated service on behalf of…