Obama And Amritsar

Amid reports that President Barack Obama has dropped plans to visit the Golden temple in Amritsar to avoid wearing a headscarf that could make him look like a Muslim, the White House has stressed his schedule isn't "finalised.""We have not finalised the schedule for Asia," press secretary Robert Gibbs told reporters Wednesday on Air Force One. "Loo...

It's all about the optics. Last year, a photograph of US President Barack Obama bowing to Japan's emperor on a visit to Japan incensed critics.Some went as far as accusing Obama of weak foreign policy by not standing tall when representing America overseas.In 2006, pictures of Obama dressed as a Somali elder on a visit to Africa were plastered on c...

Amid reports that President Barack Obama has dropped plans to visit the Golden temple in Amritsar to avoid wearing a headscarf that could make him look like a Muslim, the White House has stressed his schedule isn't "finalised.""We have not finalised the schedule for Asia," press secretary Robert Gibbs told reporters Wednesday on Air Force One. "Loo...

It's all about the optics. Last year, a photograph of US President Barack Obama bowing to Japan's emperor on a visit to Japan incensed critics.Some went as far as accusing Obama of weak foreign policy by not standing tall when representing America overseas.In 2006, pictures of Obama dressed as a Somali elder on a visit to Africa were plastered on c...