In France and Germany after the NATO Summit, President Obama held a “Town Hall Meeting” with young people. He did the same in Turkey yesterday after his speech to the Parliament. Here’s the full video:
5 p.m. We’re off for some downtime. Back in the morning with overnight updates, including the latest of Obama envoy George Mitchell’s first trip to the Middle East.
3:30 p.m. Barack, We Have a Problem. Our news this morning (2:45 a.m. and 6 a.m.) was on the emerging “third country” solution for Guantanamo ex-detainees. The meeting of the 27 European Union foreign ministers, however, has failed to agree a unified approach. The French-led proposal to take up to 60 detainees has been blocked or undermined by Germany, Austria, and the Netherlands.
The cheekiest excuse of all came from British Foreign Minister David Miliban who said that, as Britain had taken back nine of its citizens and three of its permanent residents, it had already made its “significant contribution”.
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