WH can’t say if Chen will be granted asylum

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White House Press Secretary Jay Carney said he could not predict whether the United States would grant por-life Chinese dissident Chen Guangcheng political asylum.

“I am not in a position in any case to characterize or decide who would be able to ask for political asylum, that’s again, a question for the State Department,” Carney said today during the press briefing when asked about Chen Guangcheng.

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