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Hot-mic catches Obama Netanyahu gaffe

By Charlie Spiering
Published November 8, 2011 5:00am ET
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Hot-mic catches Obama Netanyahu gaffe
A French news outlet reports that a live microphone caught a conversation between President Obama and French president Nicolas Sarkozy about Israeli prime minister, Binyamin Netanyahu. “I cannot stand him. He’s a liar,” Sarkozy told Obama. The US president responded by saying: “You’re fed up with him? I have to deal with him every day.” […]

A French news outlet reports that a live microphone caught a conversation between President Obama and French president Nicolas Sarkozy about Israeli prime minister, Binyamin Netanyahu.

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