- Sat Jul 06, 2013 9:54 am
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When asked by a reporter why he was boating rather than working on the Egyptian crisis, John Kerry denied he was boating and assured the press he has been working full time on the crisis.
"Wednesday, Secretary Kerry worked around the clock all day including participating in the President's meeting with his national security council," said State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki, naming a series of Egyptian and international officials Kerry had met with on Wednesday.
A "CBS This Morning" producer spotted Kerry on his boat Wednesday afternoon on Nantucket, where Kerry has a vacation home. When "CBS This Morning" senior producer Mosheh Oinounou tweeted about the sighting, Psaki and Kerry issued a denial, calling the tweet "completely inaccurate" and said Kerry has been "working all day" and was not on his boat.
Also on Wednesday afternoon, the White House released a photo of the president and his national security team meeting in the situation Room. Kerry was not present in the photo, but his office said he did participate.
On Thursday night, CBS News obtained a photo of Kerry on his boat and sent it to the State Department, asking whether they still stand by their denial that Kerry was on a boat.
The response: "Yes."
On Friday after others came forward with photos who also saw Kerry sailing on his boat the day he claimed to be working all day with the National Security Team in the situation room, the State Department admitted he had been sailing on that day but explained technically he was working since he can be reached by secure phone at all times and he did call in for security briefing. They declined to explain why Kerry and the State Department had denied he was sailing when he actually was.
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