Apparently they still haven’t shown up in Washington:
Pressed Monday on the button incident, [Clinton aide Philippe] Reines denied that he’d ever blamed McFaul, and sent over a joking statement taking responsibility for the gaffe. “Ultimotely [sic], this was my soul [sic] risponsibility [sic], nobody else’s in or out of the building. While the Russians laughed off the error and accepted the gift in the spirit of cooperation that it was meant, I’ve been sic [sic] about the mistake since, especially that I let down the Secretary and the fine professionals at the State Department,” he e-mailed. … Clinton and Lavrov publicly laughed off the gaffe, though Lavrov happily rubbed the American’s nose in it a bit when asked at the press conference after their meeting. It was also a source of great schadenfreude in the Russian press, and of concern to some American analysts. “This is a pretty tough crew, and to come up with a naïve and childish way of talking about the relationship is probably the wrong signal to be sending to Moscow,” said Gary Schmitt, a Russia analyst at the conservative American Enterprise Institute. Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) also raised an eyebrow at the incident. “If I gave him a reset button, I’d find someone in the State Department who understands Russian,” he told the Financial Times.
Hillary’s next stop is Mexico, where she has plans to unveil a brand new botón de reinicio.
