Who Got Helen's Seat? WHCA Decides...

The Associated Press and Fox News will now have better vantage points at the White House.

The White House Correspondents Association Board decided Sunday to move the Associated Press to the front row, center seat of the White House briefing room. The board agreed to move FNC to the front row seat formerly occupied by AP.

NPR, which was vying for the front row seat occupied by former White House correspondent Helen Thomas, was moved to the second row seat previously held by FNC.

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