FishPoolDC: Our Insider's Notes from Today's Briefing

Coup-La-La, Day II: Ousted Honduran President Zelaya’s prospective visit to the U.S. was the focus of several briefing questions, but Press Secretary Robert Gibbs said most interactions on a potential visit would take place in Foggy Bottom, with no Obama-Zelaya one-on-one planned. The corps continued to question why the Obama team’s professed involvement in trying to maintain Honduran stability was not the kind of “meddling” it has avoided in Iran. Gibbs said it was “the understatement of the week” to say the countries are
different, and named distinctions, including a recognized “democratic process” in Honduras that has been thwarted, and the absence of U.S.