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LONDON — It was far from the greeting reporters expected when they dialed a toll-free telephone number to connect with Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and a briefing on the NATO summit.
“Do you have any hidden desires?” a female voice said. “Well, do you feel like getting nasty?”
Instead of hearing sober administration talking points, callers got Swank magazine’s adult phone line.
The White House had arranged the conference call with Clinton and retired Gen. James Jones, President Barack Obama’s national security adviser, to discuss today’s summit, and sent reporters the number. No one caught the typo.
The White House subsequently sent reporters the correct call-in number, and they joined the conversation in progress.
