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News anchors Monday weighed in on President Barack Obama’s decision to appear on “The View” but not schedule any one-on-one meetings with world leaders during the United Nations General Assembly, with MSNBC’s Chuck Todd dubbing the move “odd” and CNN’s Wolf Blitzer calling it a “missed opportunity.”
On MSNBC, Todd noted the president “won’t have a single one-on-one meeting with a world leader on his schedule. Not anybody.”
“The White House also argues that Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and U.N. Ambassador Susan Rice will hold meetings,” Todd said after airing a clip of Fox News’s Chris Wallace pressing Obama campaign adviser Robert Gibbs about the president's schedule. “But folks it is odd to have a president come to the United Nations and not have any bilaterals. Granted it is a campaign year, but still odd considering what’s going on in the Middle East.”
And Blitzer told CNN’s Ashleigh Banfield that appearing on "The View" offers the president the chance to speak to millions of viewers and his campaign “determined that is an important thing for the president to do only six weeks before an election. Same reason why Mitt Romney the other day went on Kelly Ripa’s show.” But skipping bilateral meetings may be a mistake, Blitzer said.
“I do think that there potentially is a missed opportunity this week for the President of the United States to meet with some world leaders, but he’s made the decision that Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will meet with those world leaders, not him” Blitzer said.
Banfield replied, “And I think he’ll be taking it on the chin for it too, without question, with the critics.”
Obama knocked for skipping bilaterals - POLITICO.com
30 minutes later:
White House press secretary Jay Carney on Monday dodged questions about why President Obama is not meeting bilaterally with any world leaders at this week's United Nations assembly in New York.
Carney, pummeled repeatedly on the subject at the White House briefing, said the president would see leaders at a reception he is hosting Monday night and when he addresses the General Assembly Tuesday morning. He also suggested Obama has enough interaction with leaders in his daily routine.
"The president has just in the last few weeks had extensive consultations with foreign leaders, including the leaders of Egypt, Israel, Yemen, Turkey, Libya and those consultations will continue, not just with leaders in the region but with leaders around the world," Carney said. "It is part of the job of being president."
But, as CBS News' Mark Knoller calculated, Obama participated in 13 bilateral meetings during last year's General Assembly. When pressed on why this year is different, Carney gave a lengthy preview of the president's planned address.
When asked if Obama's schedule was too tight for bilateral meetings, Carney would not say.
"The president obviously has got a busy schedule," Carney said. "He has a busy schedule all the time. It is a fact that he has in recent weeks, been intensively engaged in matters of foreign affairs, and that is part of being president."
W.H. dodges on absence of bilateral meetings - POLITICO.com
the thrust, by the way, of obama's un address tomorrow, carney telegraphs, is gonna be another apology for that dumb video he and his boss talk so much about
that'll do it, that'll put out the fires
what's a presidential apologist to do?
y'know, in a campaign year?
he won't meet bibi
and he can't meet morsi
this morning: Obama cancels election-season meeting with Mohamed Morsi | The Daily Caller
it's a good thing, the president from the brotherhood would only make more demands
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/23/w...terms-for-us-arab-ties.html?pagewanted=1&_r=1
for which obama would have do more apologizing
and he's not even sure if egypt is an ally (or an enemy)
so carney counters, "the president has just in the last few weeks had extensive consultations with foreign leaders---egypt, israel, yemen, turkey"
well, jay, things have kinda changed since then
bilaterals aint all obama skips
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carney---the president obviously has a busy schedule
he sure does!
The View | Week of September 24
he's a hit!
President Barack Obama: I'm 'eye candy' for women of 'The View' - POLITICO.com
on univision last week, obama said the most important lesson he's learned is "you can't change washington from the inside"
Obama pressed on failures at Univision forum - Reid J. Epstein - POLITICO.com
true, if you really wanna change washington you gotta go on the view
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