CNN reports that it’s “misleading” to say that Barack Obama pledged to meet with Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad: “While Obama has said he wouldn’t rule out meeting with any foreign leader, he never specifically said he’d meet with the Iranian president.” CNN misses what Obama said during a September 2007 press conference:
Reporter: Senator you’ve said before you’d meet with president Ahmadinejad… Obama (nodding): Uh Huh Reporter: … would you still meet with him today? Obama: Nothing’s changed with respect to my belief that strong countries and strong presidents talk to their enemies and talk to their adversaries.
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