Good morning.
The President now has another big problem to deal with in the war in Afghanistan: President Karzai, who has been increasingly erratic of late. Earlier in the week, Karzai said, "I swear that I'm going to join the Taliban." Yesterday, at the White House briefing, Robert Gibbs suggested Karzai's May 12th visit to Washington could be cancelled, "We certainly would evaluate whatever continued or further remarks President Karzai makes as to whether that’s constructive to have such a meeting, sure." What a mess. Thanks again, George Bush and Dick Cheney for ignoring Afghanistan for eight years.
Also at yesterday's press briefing, in response to a question from Kerry Eleveld, Gibbs took a swipe at the Department of Justice over the controversial brief it filed defending Don't Ask, Don't Tell last week:
I will say, was it odd that they included previous statements from General Colin Powell on a belief set that he no longer had? I don’t think the President would disagree with that.It was "odd" to say the least. And, that brief had more problems than that. It still looks like there really is no strategy to finally end DADT, despite Obama's promise to do it "this year."
The President is leaving for the Czech Republic tonight.
It's going to be in the 90s today here in DC --- and we are under a full scale pollen onslaught. It's a brutal allergy season already.
What else is going on?
