Has anyone done this job before? It's embarrassing for everyone to hear this news in the paper instead of through official channels. Good grief.
President Obama has decided not to attend a United States-European Union summit scheduled for Madrid in May, and European Union officials found out about the decision through the press late on Monday, senior European officials said Tuesday morning.
The Spanish prime minister, José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero, who is scheduled to arrive in Washington in two days on a visit, was described as angry and embarrassed, and European officials said there was a set of high-level diplomatic exchanges overnight.
