[JonDavid]

You still don't get it. President Bush has very, very important one on one meetings with world leaders (Russia, China, Japan, etc.) At this point in time he feels that these meetings must go forward even with potential security threats.

[JeffAtlanta]

You still don't get it. President Bush has very, very important one on one meetings with world leaders (Russia, China, Japan, etc.) At this point in time he feels that these meetings must go forward even with potential security threats.

The USSS will not allow him to attend any meetings or events where they feel that he is under threat. What is the point of going to "important one on one meetings" if the president is going to be assassinated?

If the threat of assassination was strong yesterday rather than just a misunderstanding, the USSS would have removed him from the situation and the POTUS would have complied. He would not have made the USSS look like asses like Kerry did.