Facing dueling foreign policy crises abroad, President Barack Obama is fending off criticism at home as he heads to the West Coast for a three-day fundraising swing for Democratic candidates.
At events in Seattle, Silicon Valley and Los Angeles, the president will mingle with Hollywood stars and technology moguls. The political events, scheduled weeks ago, come as Obama works to contain a growing conflict in Gaza and the fallout from a crash of a Malaysian passenger jet in Ukraine.
White House officials defended Obama’s decision to stick with his schedule, saying the president travels with a mobile White House that allows him to do his job from the road.
“If it becomes clear that there’s a need for him to come back to the White House, in order to fulfill those functions, then we’ll make a change in his schedule,” White House spokesman Josh Earnest told reporters today. “Right now, it’s not apparent that that’s the case.”
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What about crisis at home too..? the vacant potus
He is raising funds for his 401k.
People still give him money? Well, at least it distracts him from doing more damage.
Good, Good. Let him stay away from Israel. Too bad Moon and Kerry don’t follow suit.
Out of the way and inaccessible is the best way for him to be of ‘help’ when Israel is in crises, no body in Israel is going to be helped by this arab terrorist sympathiser.
Given his track record on the job
It may be a plus that he’s away fundraising:(
Let him have fun(That’s a Pun)Better than letting him PUNish Israel.(that’s no fun)
what does he care about the world?? he’s just trying to make the Democrats win. but he doesn’t know that MOST AMERICANS WILL VOTE REPUBLICAN in 2014, 2015, 2016 and on. AMERICANS HAD ENOUGH OF DEMOCRATIC/SOCIALIST/DICTATORSHIP for now SIX YEARS
The man is very busy. He cant get bogged down with America’s problems.
“allows him to do his job from abroad”? He doesn’t do it from home, why would he do it from abroad? “If it becomes clear that there’s a need for him to come back to the White House”…- trust me,there’s no need!
Good! Stay out of our business!
Why not golfing in Martha’s Vineyard?
When the going gets tough, Obama gets going.
why blame the actor who just reads the scripts given to him to read, he is just a curtain. Blame the real government behind him, his 32 czars who really run the country and the ones who fund the real rulers of the country. wake up you are really being fooled
This way he won’t condemn Isreal