Hijackers. The government to government relationship have been ok, but this is a decided for turn. I am told im going to go to represent the president in saudi arabia. I have never been. I called everybody. The state department, cia, everybody to get me ready. Their consistent and one thing, absolutely you cant go. The saudis will view it as an insult because you are a woman. How would i know . I dutifully screw up my courage and wait for the right moment to praise president bush privately and basically say to him, look, this is what i have been told. Myre not going to hurt feelings. Maybe this is really important. Maybe it is better if you send someone else. Im happy to bow out. The president , quite irritated, says to me, its not your choice, its mine. And two, what you dont understand about the saudis, they wont care if you kind of four a big purple dinosaur. The fact is, if you come because did he say big purple dinosaur . He did not care what you were. Man or woman. What they care
Sonys a corporation. You know it suffered significant damage. There were threats against some employees. Im sympathetic to the concerns that theyve faced. Having said all that, yes, i think they made a mistake. I wish they had spoken to me first. I would have told them do not get into a pattern in which youre intimidated by these kinds of criminal attacks. I have to give the president credit first. Hes never given a more direct answer to any question, but he displayed no perceptible sign of the irony of his response to sonys response. It was mr. Obamas white house that then asked google to remove the mohammed video from Googles Youtube service. The president went on to promise a quote, proportional response to north korea. Just minutes after the press conference reports surfaced that the president is considering retaliation. Hes actually thinking about put putting north korea back on the list of state sponsors of terrorism. A designation that has not stopped the ieotola. When asked abo
Obama sony is a corporation. It suffered significant damage. There were threats against its employees. I am sympathetic to the concerns that they faced. Having said all that, yes, i think they made a mistake. I wished they had spoken to me first. I would have told them do not get into a pattern in which youre intimidated by these kinds of attacks. Lou i have to give the president credit. Hes never given a direct answer to a question. The irony of his criticism of sonys response that was frankly very much the same as his response when irans leaders announced they were offended by a web video that mocked muhammad and ridiculed islam. It was mr. Obamas white house that then asked google to remove the muhammad video from youtubes video service. Insisting he means to stand up to north korea. This time the president said he will give a proportional response aimed at north korea. He didnt elaborate further. Reports suffered that the president is considering retaliation. Hes actually thinking
Obama sony is a corporation. It suffered significant damage. There were threats against its employees. I am sympathetic to the concerns that they faced. Having said all that, yes, i think they made a mistake. I wished they had spoken to me first. I would have told them do not get into a pattern in which youre intimidated by these kinds of attacks. Lou i have to give the president credit. Hes never given a direct answer to a question. The irony of his criticism of sonys response that was frankly very much the same as his response when irans leaders announced they were offended by a web video that mocked muhammad and ridiculed islam. It was mr. Obamas white house that then asked google to remove the muhammad video from youtubes video service. Insisting he means to stand up to north korea. This time the president said he will give a proportional response aimed at north korea. He didnt elaborate further. Reports suffered that the president is considering retaliation. Hes actually thinking
Obama sony is a corporation. It suffered significant damage. There were threats against its employees. I am sympathetic to the concerns that they faced. Having said all that, yes, i think they made a mistake. I wished they had spoken to me first. I would have told them do not get into a pattern in which youre intimidated by these kinds of attacks. Lou i have to give the president credit. Hes never given a direct answer to a question. The irony of his criticism of sonys response that was frankly very much the same as his response when irans leaders announced they were offended by a web video that mocked muhammad and ridiculed islam. It was mr. Obamas white house that then asked google to remove the muhammad video from youtubes video service. Insisting he means to stand up to north korea. This time the president said he will give a proportional response aimed at north korea. He didnt elaborate further. Reports suffered that the president is considering retaliation. Hes actually thinking