Edward Snowden: Obama

Obama: Answering questions Friday at a White House news conference, Obama said the United States was reassessing its relationship with Moscow but that U.S. athletes should not be penalized by the nations' differences, according to CBC. Russia's support for Syrian President Bashar Assad in the ongoing civil war and Moscow's decision to grant temporary asylum to National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden have roiled the already uneasy relationship and President Barack Obama rejected the idea of the United States boycotting the Winter Olympics in Sochi next year despite several significant disputes with Russia. "I do not think it's appropriate to boycott the Olympics," Obama told reporters. "We've got a bunch of Americans out there who are training hard, who are doing everything they can to succeed." (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.