This is a great piece of reporting out of the UK. Apparently our president, after six weeks on the job, is just too tired to deal with a visiting leader like PM Gordon Brown. And who can blame him, right?
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/barackobama/4953523/Barack-Obama-too-tired-to-give-proper-welcome-to-Gordon-Brown.html
Here are some excerpts:
"Sources close to the White House say Mr Obama and his staff have been "overwhelmed" by the economic meltdown and have voiced concerns that the new president is not getting enough rest....
They concede that Obama aides seemed unfamiliar with the expectations that surround a major visit by a British prime minister....
A well-connected Washington figure, who is close to members of Mr Obama's inner circle, expressed concern that Mr Obama had failed so far to "even fake an interest in foreign policy". ...
a State Department official involved in planning the Brown visit, ... reacted with fury when questioned by The Sunday Telegraph about why the event was so low-key....The official dismissed any notion of the special relationship, saying: "There's nothing special about Britain. You're just the same as the other 190 countries in the world. You shouldn't expect special treatment."
Oh boy!
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