White House chief of staff shoulders blame for Paris snub

[Omaha Steve]

Source: AP-Excite

WASHINGTON (AP) — White House chief of staff Denis McDonough is taking the blame for not having a top-level official at an anti-terror solidarity rally earlier this month in Paris.

Appearing on a nationally broadcast interview Tuesday, McDonough noted that the White House has said that it regrets the misstep. The decision, he said, "rests on me. That's my job."

The Obama administration came under sharp criticism for not sending a high-level representative to the march, which was attended by more than 40 world leaders and more than a million people. The U.S. ambassador to France, Jane Hartley, was the top American official at the rally.

McDonough said he regretted it in particular because the stir of criticism that it caused "covered up and obfuscated the very good progress that our intelligence agencies, our law enforcement, FBI and DOJ" have made with their French and European counterparts on confronting the threat of terrorism. McDonough spoke on NBC's "Today Show."

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[underpants]

1. Holder WAS there

He just didn't attend the fake march photo-op

[lark]

2. Everone has bad days and will at least occasionally make a bad decision.

It would have been awesome to have Obama or Michelle or Joe in the middle of the photo=op, but that's really it. We just missed an opportunity to visually show solidarity with France. Wish he'd been on point and make arrangements for our President to be there, but he wasn't so move on. Next time there's an opportunity like this, bet he doesn't blow it again.

[Iliyah]

3. No one cares except the RWers and their paid corporate media.

[Maineman]

5. I agree

[TwilightGardener]

4. McDonough should be investigated for his role in authorizing John Brennan

to use the CIA to hack Senate computers. He is an AWFUL chief of staff.