White House: ‘We Should Have Sent Someone With Higher Profile To Be’ At Paris Rally

Washington DC - The White House is going on the defensive for not sending any high-level administration officials to a unity rally in Paris on Sunday that was attended by several world leaders.

White House officials tell CBS News that the reason President Barack Obama didn’t go is because the president’s security would have significantly interfered with the crowd that was estimated at nearly 3.7 million people.

Attorney General Eric Holder, who was already in France for an anti-terrorism summit, did not attend.

Secretary of State John Kerry was in India ahead of Obama’s upcoming trip. The only U.S. official to attend was the U.S. Ambassador to France Jane Hartley.

White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest told reporters Monday that they made an error not sending a higher profile official to the rally. More

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