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Saturday, October 04, 2014

WH Brushes Off Plight of U.S. Marine Jailed in Mexico

It's the State Department's problem.

On the same day Republican lawmakers urged President Obama to do something about an American war veteran languishing in a Mexican jail, a White House spokesman indicated it's not going to happen.

"My colleagues at the State Department are very focused on this issue," White House spokesman Josh Earnest said at Wednesday's briefing."And so, I'd refer you to them for their efforts to work with the Mexican government."

Rep. Ed Royce (R-Calif.), chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, says he asked Vice President Biden to ask President Obama to call the Mexican president directly to urge leniency for Marine Sgt. Andrew Tahmooressi -- but apparently it hasn't happened.

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2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Why can't they make a deal with mehico while negotiating all the illegal entries? Kind of like the way they negotiated for bird dogs release.

Anonymous said...

Obama is evil. period