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Obama schedule for India isn't 'finalised'
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...
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Why Obama won't visit Amritsar
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...
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Obama schedule for India isn't 'finalised'
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...
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Why Obama won't visit Amritsar
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...
