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McCain is Criticized for Position on Spain

News Boston Globe 19 September 2008

A Serious Foreign Policy Gaffe

Report 18 September 2008
John McCain last night refused to say whether he would invite Spain’s Prime Minister, José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero to the White House. The interview - conducted in English and translated into Spanish – was with the Florida affiliate of Spain’s Union Radio. In the interview McCain appeared to have no idea who Prime Minister Zapatero was, apparently assuming he was a Latin American leader who might or might not be a friend of the United States.
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Spanish Missteps: McCain's Serious Foreign Policy Gaffe

Press Release Washington, D.C. 18 September 2008