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‘I certainly meant no disrespect,’ Kellyanne Conway says of her pose in Oval Office couch photo

March 1, 2017 at 7:39 a.m. EST
President Trump met with leaders of historically black colleges and universities at the White House on Monday. (Video: The Washington Post)

Amid a debate over a photo showing White House adviser Kellyanne Conway’s casual posture while sitting on an Oval Office couch, she stressed to The Washington Post that the focus should instead be on the reason she was there in the first place.

Leaders from the nation’s historically black colleges and universities, or HBCUs, met Monday with administration officials to share “expert insights on policy issues impacting their individual campuses.” Before that meeting, President Trump greeted the chancellors and presidents in the Oval Office.