US admits mistake in not sending a top official to Paris march

January 13, 2015 11:54

The White House, facing a storm of criticism for President Barack Obama's absence from Sunday's peace march in Paris, said on Monday that his team erred in failing to dispatch a high-ranking US official to join the show of solidarity against terrorism.

But French officials quickly rejected the idea that Obama had snubbed the event. "It's fair to say that we should have sent someone with a higher profile to be there," Josh Earnest, the White House spokesman, said at his daily briefing with reporters, which was dominated by questions about the lack of a prominent American presence at the march.

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