Earnest Says Not Sending Delegate to Paris Rally Was Mistake
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.