Obama did not attend the meeting, but WH official says he has been briefed by Susan Rice and his national security team.
— Zeke Miller (@ZekeJMiller) March 1, 2014
Obama Skips National Security Team Meeting on Russia, Ukraine -- Weekly Standard
A White House official emailed some reporters to say that President Obama's team met today to discuss the ongoing situation on Ukraine. It appears President Obama did not attend.
"The President's national security team met today to receive an update on the situation in Ukraine and discuss potential policy options. We will provide further updates later this afternoon," reads the full statement.
According to Time magazine's Zeke Miller, Obama skipped the meeting. "Obama did not attend the meeting, but WH official says he has been briefed by Susan Rice and his national security team," says Miller.
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My Comment: I know that President Obama was probably updated on the events in Ukraine all day .... even talking with Russian President Putin for an hour and a half on Ukraine .... but in eastern Europe they are playing up the story that President Obama skipped his own national security team meeting on Russia's incursion into Ukraine. The optics are terrible .... the White House should know better.
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