this was to be the week of the g 8 summit in sochi russia, hosted by vladamir put spin. instead the week of the g 7 summit in brussels. the seven member nations of group of seven decided against going to russia and dropped russia as a protest against russia's annexation. so the united states, britain, france, canada, italy, japan went to belgium. for the russians the first time since 1997 that they have been absent from the u.s. when asked about the snub, vladamir putin told reporters, he simply wished them bon appetit. president obama makes no apologies for bringing bowe bergdahl home.