Why Did President Obama Skipped The Start Of This Week's NATO Meeting?

U.S. President Barack Obama prepares to speak at a news conference on the second and final day of the NATO summit at the Celtic Manor resort, near Newport, in Wales September 5, 2014. Credit: Reuters/Yves Herman

Obama Absent For Start Of NATO Meeting -- The Hill

President Obama was nowhere to be found during the beginning of a meeting of the NATO-Ukraine commission in Wales on Thursday.

Obama was "noticeably absent" from the start of the meeting, according to a White House pool report, although U.S. Ambassador to NATO Douglas Lute was in attendance.

Obama was late to the Ukraine meeting because of other meetings on Afghanistan and a meeting with King Abdullah of Jordan, according to a White House official.

Back at the Ukraine meeting, leaders were addressed by NATO Secretary General Anders Rasmussen, who urged Russia to stop the "illegal" annexation of Crimea.

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My Comment: My gut tells me that his mind was elsewhere .... probably doing this .... and in the end he wanted to be here. Lucky guy .... I certainly would have loved to play golf at that resort .... and I would have definitely loved to visit Stonehenge with no crowds and screaming kids. On a side note .... these pictures of him being alone at the Great Wall of China, the Egyptian Pyramids, and now Stonehenge .... please .... this has to stop .... I am becoming green with envy.