US Secretary of State John Kerry arrives in Paris Thursday to pay tribute to victims of last week's jihadist attacks, after a furore over the absence of a senior US official at a mass rally in the wake of the shootings. Kerry's visit comes after the White House was forced to admit it had made a mistake in **t sending a higher-ranking representative to the mammoth march against terrorism attended by dozens of world leaders on Sunday. The United States was conspicuous by its absence as images of the leaders of France, Britain, Germany, Israel, the Palestinian territories, and others linking arms at the head of the procession were beamed around the globe. "Maybe they said to themselves there was ** big march after September, 11 2001 and that their presence in Paris wasn't necessary?" French President Francois Hollande said in an interview with Le Parisien newspaper published Wednesday.
01-16-2015, 01:22 PM
US sends Kerry to France after missing rally for attack victims
US Secretary of State John Kerry arrives in Paris Thursday to pay tribute to victims of last week's jihadist attacks, after a furore over the absence of a senior US official at a mass rally in the wake of the shootings. Kerry's visit comes after the White House was forced to admit it had made a mistake in **t sending a higher-ranking representative to the mammoth march against terrorism attended by dozens of world leaders on Sunday. The United States was conspicuous by its absence as images of the leaders of France, Britain, Germany, Israel, the Palestinian territories, and others linking arms at the head of the procession were beamed around the globe. "Maybe they said to themselves there was ** big march after September, 11 2001 and that their presence in Paris wasn't necessary?" French President Francois Hollande said in an interview with Le Parisien newspaper published Wednesday.
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