{"id":14559,"date":"2011-12-15T21:30:00","date_gmt":"2011-12-15T21:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/12\/barbara-walters-to-president-barack-obama-im-retiring-next-year\/"},"modified":"2011-12-15T21:30:00","modified_gmt":"2011-12-15T21:30:00","slug":"barbara-walters-to-president-barack-obama-im-retiring-next-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/12\/15\/barbara-walters-to-president-barack-obama-im-retiring-next-year\/","title":{"rendered":"Barbara Walters to President Barack Obama: ‘I’m Retiring Next Year!’"},"content":{"rendered":"

Barbara Walters to President<\/span> ‘I’m Retiring Next Year!’<\/span><\/p>\n

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Barbara Walters<\/strong> just told President Barack Obama<\/strong> she’s retiring next year … this according to a source who heard Barbara say it.<\/p>\n

Barbara just finished interviewing the Prez at the White House.\u00a0 According to the source, during a break in the action, Barbara leaned over to Obama and said, “I need one more interview with you because I’m retiring next year.”<\/strong>\u00a0 Here’s the thing .. Barbara’s mic was open when she said it, and lots of people were listening.<\/p>\n

Barbara still does specials for the network, in addition to “The View<\/strong>.”\u00a0 Her “Most Fascinating People” show aired last night — Obama was NOT on her list.<\/p>\n

We called ABC News for comment, but so far … nothing.<\/p>\n

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12:00 PM PT<\/strong>: Jeff Schneider<\/strong>, Sr. VP of ABC News, just got off the phone with Walters and told us,\u00a0 “Barbara has joked that she is retiring every year since the Clinton Administration. Anyone who just did a day trip to Syria, 90-minute prime time special and an interview with the President and First Lady hardly sounds like someone retiring from anything.”\u00a0<\/p>\n

We asked if she fibbed to Obama to get another interview, and Schneider laughed, saying, “She’s one of the greatest bookers who ever lived.”<\/p>\n

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