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title: "Not the Onion.  Via @[10605968:2048:Adam Bates]. "As the frontman of…"
date: 2019-05-17
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# Not the Onion.  Via @[10605968:2048:Adam Bates]. "As the frontman of…

*May 17, 2019 · Facebook*

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[https://www.cnn.com/2019/05/16/media/gene-simmons-pentagon-briefing/index.html](https://www.cnn.com/2019/05/16/media/gene-simmons-pentagon-briefing/index.html){target="_blank"}
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Not the Onion. Via @\[10605968:2048:Adam Bates\].\
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\"As the frontman of KISS, Gene Simmons occupies rarefied air --- a rock star who entertains arenas filled with adoring fans. On Thursday, Simmons joined another exclusive club, conducting only the second on-camera press briefing at the Department of Defense in the last year.\
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The only other person to stand at the Pentagon Briefing Room podium over the past year? The movie star Gerard Butler, who was there last October to promote a new movie.\
It\'s just the latest sign of the Trump administration\'s ongoing marginalization of the press briefing, long a conduit through which the president and the cabinet have communicated policies and priorities to the news media and the public.\
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Simmons was on hand Thursday to address Department of Defense personnel and meet with outreach officials as part of a Pentagon initiative to engage the broader public with regards to military activities. He also paid a visit to the White House later in the day.\"\
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[https://www.cnn.com/2019/05/16/media/gene-simmons-pentagon-briefing/index.html](https://www.cnn.com/2019/05/16/media/gene-simmons-pentagon-briefing/index.html){target="_blank"}
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