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To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (466623)	3/26/2009 6:33:49 PM
From: tejek	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1577883

Republicans: part of the problem, not the solution? I think so. G.O.P. Senate Leaders Skip Obama Briefing on Afghanistan and Pakistan By Peter Baker President Obama briefed Congressional leaders at the White House on Thursday on his new policy on Afghanistan and Pakistan, but Senate Republicans did not show, citing scheduling conflicts. Instead, they met separately with aides to the president. Four Democratic senators joined a half dozen House leaders from both parties at the session with Mr. Obama, but Senators Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, the Republican leader, and Jon Kyl of Arizona, the Republican whip, were absent. Spokesmen for the Senate Republican leaders said they got the invitation so late on Wednesday that it was not possible to shift their calendars. Instead, they said, the two senators were briefed separately by senior administration officials. Mr. McConnell attended a closed-door briefing on Capitol Hill later Thursday afternoon led by Richard Holbrooke, the president’s special representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan, while Mr. Kyl’s office said he had a separate classified briefing by the national security adviser, Gen. James L. Jones, in the White House Situation Room on Wednesday. Spokesmen for both senators said no slight was intended in skipping the president. Don Stewart, a spokesman for Mr. McConnell, said he had asked the White House to schedule the meeting with the president next week, but then heard back late Wednesday afternoon that it would be Thursday. “He had a long-scheduled, multi-member meeting here at the same time,” Mr. Stewart said. “And as the invitation came in late yesterday, it was tough to move things around.” Mr. Stewart noted that Mr. McConnell has met with the president on health care and fiscal responsibility. Ryan Patmintra, a spokesman for Mr. Kyl, likewise noted that he had been to the White House several times since Mr. Obama’s inauguration. “There wasn’t any specific reason or slight intended,” he said. “The briefing was noticed late yesterday afternoon and Sen. Kyl had a long-standing members meeting that conflicted with the time.” thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com