There was shouting in the hallway outside the Oval Office when the decision came down — but most people couldn’t tell at first whether it was happy or distraught.
President Barack Obama was in the Oval Office getting his daily briefing. Senior aides were in a meeting about trade, thinking that the big news of the day was going to be the Supreme Court giving them what they wanted in a case on housing discrimination.
Within a minute, White House chief of staff Denis McDonough and counsel Neil Eggleston came in to confirm to Obama what aides in the briefing had already …read more
Source: European Voice
