the bored kid in the back of the classroom. a ruptured relationship with russia, as well, and the debate over nsa. >> here was the president making wisecracks about the leader of a major country, calling him a slouch in his posture. >> is there a strategy is the question. is there a big strategy? >> i think the strategy here is the russians signaled, according to people in the white house, that they were going to find some accommodation that would get edward snowden out of moscow. the u.s. was led to believe that, and then suddenly that changed, and that upset people. i think that obama's challenge -- because he has some big foreign policy issues coming at him -- is to keep momentum, and he's trying to do that through secretary kerry's tireless travel. secretary kerry has made six trips to the middle east and he actually has gotten arab/israeli peace negotiations started, contrary to many people's expectations. secretary kerry continues to work with the russian foreign minister lavrov on making arrangements for what would be a peace conference on syria in geneva, maybe in october.