Looks like the NASA chief is about to be thrown under that
old, familiar, bus:
- Bolden caused a global stir last week when he said President Obama had asked him to reach out to Muslim leaders on science issues. He made the comments during an interview with Al Jazeera while visiting Egypt.
But White House press secretary Robert Gibbs said Monday, "That was not his task, and that's not the task of NASA."
Gibbs said White House officials have spoken to Bolden and NASA about the comments.
It took them over a week to issue a denial? That seems a little odd if, as Gibbs claimed, this was never Obama policy.
