From Holden:
Dana Peroxide opened today’s traveling gaggle with several announcements about Chimpy’s schedule, including…
Tuesday, the Prime Minister of Iraq will be here, and there will also be a joint availability, in addition to the meeting in the Oval.
That should be interesting given Bush and Maliki’s widely divergent views on Israel’s attack on Lebanon.
Hey, the president is a busy man, he does not have time to call the Prime Minister of Israel but he did have time for another world leader.
Q Has the President phoned the Israeli Prime Minister yet, or does he have any plans to?
MS. PERINO: The only update to the President’s outreach in terms of foreign leader calls was to — he called Angela Merkel this morning.
What is it with this guy?
Is he a stalker or what?