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Even the liberal French felt the Obama Administration was way out of line for not showing support against Islamic terrorists during the rally.
Washington (CNN)—The heads of Great Britain, Germany and Israel were there.Turns out Obama took a 3 day weekend to get in some golfing to recover from his 15 days Hawaii vacation while Michelle and members of her staff spent the weekend in Chicago attending a wedding. No word on where their daughters flew off to for the weekend.
But President Barack Obama didn't attend a unity march in Paris on Sunday, days after the deadly attack on the satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo. Nor did his secretary of state, John Kerry, who has deep ties to France
British Prime Minister David Cameron, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov were among those who attended, along with religious leaders.
Speaking on air with CNN's Jake Tapper, who was at the rally, "Global Public Square" host Fareed Zakaria called the absence of top officials a mistake.
France is the United States' "deepest ideological ally," he said, and it would have been a meaningful image to have a senior administration member, or the President, standing shoulder to shoulder with other leaders.
Even the liberal French felt the Obama Administration was way out of line for not showing support against Islamic terrorists during the rally.
