affirmatively. you d think you d want to get your bad cop statement out there and have the president follow up. i don t know. in a sense it doesn t matter. ultimately what people are looking for is what the president says and important as the state department is, the auth authoritative voice is the president s. and the fact that they chose not to show the irregularities, that speaks volumes. there are those who believe this president sort of has a pension for strongman for overseas, whether it s cc in egypt or here in turkey. i think clearly that s the case and it s very unfortunate. there s a very interesting moment that s taking place on the turkish refer endm. the president of the united states calls to congratulate