Obama steps up pressure on Weiner to resign
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Clifford Armion
le 14/06/2011
Activer le mode zenThomas Ferraro
"WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama ramped up pressure on Monday on Democratic congressman Anthony Weiner to step down, calling his Internet sex scandal a distraction from the work that Washington needs to get done. ""I can tell you that if it was me, I would resign," Obama told NBC News shortly before the House of Representatives, without opposition, granted Weiner a two-week leave of absence while the New York congressman gets professional treatment. "Weiner, 46, has defied mounting calls from other leaders of his own party to step down after his belated admission last week that he sent online messages and lewd photos of himself to at least a half dozen women and lied about it." Read on...Pour citer cette ressource :
"Obama steps up pressure on Weiner to resign", La Clé des Langues [en ligne], Lyon, ENS de LYON/DGESCO (ISSN 2107-7029), juin 2011. Consulté le 19/04/2024. URL: https://cle.ens-lyon.fr/anglais/archives/archives-revue-de-presse/obama-steps-up-pressure-on-weiner-to-resign