in protest the white house correspondents association sent a strongly worded letter to robert gibbs arguing: >> sean: when gibbs was asked later at the briefing he merely made excuses. >> we've had a couple of occasions that have been still photographers only. those were part of the coverage plans that had been in place for a bit now. we'll continue to keep you up-to-date as best we can on what goes on. knowing honestly some things in foreign policy have to be done away from tv cameras. >> sean: where is the president? why is he adamantly avoiding