Drudge on Obama skipping meetings with foreign leaders: President Clinton?
Mitt Romney has called President Obama’s decision to not meet with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the U.N. General Assembly a “mistake.” The Republican National Committee has criticized the president going on “daytime TV instead of meeting with foreign leaders at the U.N.” Conservative news outlets have eagerly picked up the story. This morning ...
Mitt Romney has called President Obama's decision to not meet with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the U.N. General Assembly a "mistake." The Republican National Committee has criticized the president going on "daytime TV instead of meeting with foreign leaders at the U.N." Conservative news outlets have eagerly picked up the story. This morning the Drudge Report offered its take: photos of Secretary of State Hillary Clinton meeting with heads of state in New York alongside a story on Obama campaigning in Virginia -- all below the headline, "President Clinton?"
Mitt Romney has called President Obama’s decision to not meet with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the U.N. General Assembly a “mistake.” The Republican National Committee has criticized the president going on “daytime TV instead of meeting with foreign leaders at the U.N.” Conservative news outlets have eagerly picked up the story. This morning the Drudge Report offered its take: photos of Secretary of State Hillary Clinton meeting with heads of state in New York alongside a story on Obama campaigning in Virginia — all below the headline, “President Clinton?”
The U.S. delegation did boycot Ahmadinejad’s General Assembly speech on Wednesday, but I imagine we won’t see a Let Freedom Ring ad praising the action.
Uri Friedman is deputy managing editor at Foreign Policy. Before joining FP, he reported for the Christian Science Monitor, worked on corporate strategy for Atlantic Media, helped launch the Atlantic Wire, and covered international affairs for the site. A proud native of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, he studied European history at the University of Pennsylvania and has lived in Barcelona, Spain and Geneva, Switzerland. Twitter: @UriLF
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