THE LID
February 18, 2015

….Today Jen Psaki made a clumsy attempt to answer why Secretary of State Kerry won’t be going to AIPAC and AP reporter Matt Lee let her “have it” in his own unique way. It started when a reporter asked if Kerry’s absence from AIPAC had anything to do with the controversy over the Netanyahu speech to congress and that Bibi will also be speaking at AIPAC. Psaki replied that Kerry doesn’t ‘speak to the group every year and someone will fill in for him this year. The reporter followed up with “If the Secretary doesn’t take part, is that because of the circumstances surrounding Prime Minister Netanyahu’s visit to the United States”….Lee: Well yeah, but it just seems to be a little unusual that both the Secretary of State and the Vice President have determined right now that they’re going to be out of town… or out of the country….Doing her best Jon Lovitz Psaki answered: I wouldn’t look at it in those terms. I believe the Vice President is attending an inauguration for… uh… that new government of Panama, I believe, I can’t remember the specifics…. I expect we’ll have a presentation there.” Err.. Yeah that’s the ticket! READ MORE