Hillary Clinton, Joe Lieberman Denounce Florida Pastor's Planned Quran Burning Event
"It's regrettable that a pastor in Gainesville, Fla. with a church of no more than fifty people can make this outrageous and distressful, disgraceful plan and get, you know, the world's attention," Clinton said this morning in a speech at the Council on Foreign Relations. "It doesn't in any way represent America or Americans or American government or American religious or political leadership."
Secretary Clinton reiterated the administration's hope "that the pastor decides not to do this."
Meanwhile, Connecticut independent Sen. Joe Lieberman joined the White House in
"I appeal to people who are planning to burn the Quran to reconsider and drop their plans because they are inconsistent with American values and, as General Petraeus has warned, threatening to America's military," Lieberman said in a statement earlier today.
In an appearance on Good Morning America this morning, House Republican leader John Boehner (who went on the program to discuss the economy) also offered a message for Jones - as well as those who are pushing to build the controversial Islamic community center two blocks from Ground Zero.
In a press conference this afternoon, Jones said he has no plans to cancel the event.