Posted on 03/18/2011 4:36:48 PM PDT by ColdOne
A planned press conference Saturday featuring President Barack Obama and new Brazilian President Dilma Vana Rousseff has been scratched, even before Obama departed Washington for his five-day Latin America trip.
The two leaders were scheduled to take questions Saturday morning at the Palacio do Planalto in Brasilia after a bilateral meeting there, but the White House issued a schedule Friday evening noting that the two leaders will make statements but do not plan to entertain inquiries from the press
A White House official said the change was at the request of the Brazilians. “The Brazilians said they would prefer this format,” said the U.S. aide, who asked not to be named.
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I thought our magnificent leader was loved everywhere unlike the evil Bush? /s
Very good. Foreign press is not in on the “deal”, and doesn’t expect future favours from the Won and his flunkies. The line of questioning is unpredictable to the diapered, coddled U.S. politicians/actors, not just Bambi.
Why does Obama dodge press questions? We've gone from "one" question in these leader photo ops to Zero!
Scrubbed due to lack of interest.
Yeah, I suppose she-males do relate with each other.
Maybe the she-male and the male-she ought to stay their asses in Brazil amongst their own kind.
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