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Somehow, it seemed appropriate that news of the death of David Broder broke halfway into Wednesday’s White House briefing by press secretary Jay Carney.

One by one, you could see veteran reporters stare at their BlackBerrys in disbelief, then turn to share the news with their neighbor. We sat through the rest of the briefing stunned, like members of a team who just lost their leader â€" which, of course, we had.

David was not only the dean of the Washington Press Corps, he was, right up until his death at the age of 81, the best and hardest-working reporter in Washington. In fact, I last saw him at the White House, just outside the Briefing Room, a couple of weeks ago, on his way in to interview President Obama.

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