Wednesday, August 13, 2014

Why Is President Obama 'Secretly' Returning To Washington This Sunday?

President Barack Obama makes a statement on the situation in Iraq from Chilmark, Mass., August 11, 2014. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)

Why Is Obama Returning To Washington? -- The Hill

President Obama won't make any major announcements on immigration reform during his secretive mid-vacation trip back to Washington next week, the White House said Wednesday.

The president is expected to return to the White House on Sunday, but officials won't say why Obama is taking the unusual, and costly, trip back to Washington. He's expected to return to Martha's Vineyard, where he's been vacationing, on Tuesday.

Speculation has circled around whether Obama might make an announcement of executive actions he's taking on immigration reform, or a surprise visit from a foreign leader.

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My Comment: Something is "cooking' .... or .... he wants to silence the critics who have been saying that he is disengaged with all of the crisis that are now breaking out in the world. Either way .... we are going to find out why he decided to travel back to Washington by next week.

3 comments:

Alex said...

I'm betting that he is coming home to DC so he can make political hay over unrest in MO.

Wireless.Phil said...

We just lost a small Marine helicompter there because they all tried to get on and hang on ti it and brought it down, killing one pilot.

ABOUT 3 HOURS AGO
A possible US-led rescue mission to evacuate Yazidis trapped on northern Iraq's Mount Sinjar now seems unlikely to take place after a US Special Forces team found the refugees in better condition than first feared, the Pentagon has said.

James said...

"A possible US-led rescue mission to evacuate Yazidis trapped on northern Iraq's Mount Sinjar now seems unlikely to take place after a US Special Forces team found the refugees in better condition than first feared, the Pentagon has said."
Apparently the Yazidis they had to kick off the skids felt differently about their condition.