Obama's Paris snub wasn't an oversight

◼ The administration no-shows were not a failure of optics, or a diplomatic misstep, but were instead the logical result of the president's years-long effort to downgrade the threat of terrorism and move on to other things. - Byron York/Washington Examiner @ByronYork

◼ WH: No Idea What Obama Was Doing Sunday During Paris March - Daniel Halper/Weekly Standard

◼ Fox’s Ed Henry Gets in Tense Exchange With Josh Earnest Over Obama No-Show in Paris - The Blaze

Earnest acknowledged Monday that the White House should have sent a higher-level official to represent the United States at the rally, but that security considerations for Obama coupled with the last-minute nature of the march prevented either him or Vice President Joe Biden from attending.