Obama .3725 miles and six time zones away across the Atlantic in France at a meeting of leaders of the G8, no sign of the bill personally.
Said White House spokesman Nick Shapiro for help from Washington to Deauville, France, it is difficult ("We can not calculate directions between Washington, DC, and. Deauville, France" wants to Google Maps), a recurrent autopen Obama, ABC C in a press statement.
"Failure to sign this legislation represents a serious threat to American national security, and as long as Congress approves the extension, and the president will direct automated pen used to sign it," Shapiro said Thursday afternoon.
