Sunday, September 23, 2012

Obama skipping face-to-face meetings at the UN

Would Obama prefer the
 company of Whoopie...
NY Post  via Lucianne   "The world's leaders are gathering in New York, but President Barack Obama has no plans to meet privately with any of them.

"He will make time for "The View," a freewheeling TV talk show more likely to reach voters than Obama would with the diplomacy he is skipping at the United Nations.
"Just six weeks until the election, the realities and priorities of campaign politics hang prominently over Obama's final turn on the world stage before facing voters.
...or Bibi?
"Unlike his predecessors, he is skipping the face-to-face meetings with counterparts where much of the U.N. works gets done, leaving Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton to pick up more of those sessions herself.
...."At the U.N., Obama will try to differentiate himself from Romney by projecting a less aggressive tone toward the world, while also defending America and not seeming like an apologist..."

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