House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) declined to criticize President Obama while the president was on an overseas trip, breaking with GOP presidential front-runner Mitt Romney.
Romney has attacked Obama over his comments to Russian President Dmitry Medvedev that were caught on an open microphone, and said that Russia was “America’s No. 1 geopolitical foe.”
On Tuesday, Boehner pointedly refused to endorse Romney’s statement.
“When the president is overseas, I think it’s appropriate that people not be critical of him or our country,” Boehner told reporters after a House Republican conference meeting. “Clearly what’s gone on in Russia over the last couple of years raises some concerns.”
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