MIDDLE EAST COVERAGE, 2008
Israeli Reporter Throws Fastball Down the Middle of the Plate... [Greg Pollowitz]
...swing and a miss:
An Israeli journalist called out to Obama: “Can you ensure that there will be no second Holocaust?”
Obama walked into the museum’s main building without responding.
And there was a second fastball:
Once again an Israeli journalist asked the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee how he’d help prevent a second Holocaust. "Senator can you assure Israel that there will be no second Holocaust despite Iran's threat to wipe us off the map?" he asked.
Obama demurred, saying that it wasn't appropriate to answer the question there.
"This is Yad Vashem!" the journalist responded.
Obama said he would answer the question at a later press availability.
Strike two...
07/23 01:17 PM
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