Earnest Says Not Sending Delegate to Paris Rally Was Mistake
The Obama spokesman refused to give any details about White House discussions in which the decision to leave the duty to the French ambassador was made.
US President Barack Obama pauses while speaking at the Federal Trade Commission January 12, 2015 in Washington, DC.
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The Obama administration admitted it erred in not sending a top-level U.S. representative to a march in Paris for the victims of last week’s terrorist attacks.
The White House faced a barrage of criticism from some Republicans and others because the highest-ranking American official at the rally on Sunday, which drew 3.7 million people and numerous world leaders, was the U.S. ambassador in Paris, Jane Hartley.