Why Is President Obama Avoiding The New Head of NATO?

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg. NATO

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President Barack Obama has yet to meet with the new head of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, and won't see Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg this week, even though he is in Washington for three days. Stoltenberg’s office requested a meeting with Obama well in advance of the visit, but never heard anything from the White House, two sources close to the NATO chief told me.

The leaders of almost all the other 28 NATO member countries have made time for Stoltenberg since he took over the world's largest military alliance in October. Stoltenberg, twice the prime minister of Norway, met Monday with Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper in Ottawa to discuss the threat of the Islamic State and the crisis in Ukraine, two issues near the top of Obama's agenda.

WNU Editor: My guess is that the reason why President Obama decided to not make the time to meet the new NATO Secretary General is because it is not his priority. That may suit President Obama fine .... but it definitely sends the wrong signal to Europe and to Putin.