While the world has focused on the closing days of the U.S. election campaign, in Athens advance teams from the White House and other U.S. Government agencies have been feverishly completing preparations for President Obamas November 15th Greece visit. For the Americans in Athens its basically part of the final planned overseas trip for President Obama, with a specific target back home, but its much more than that for their Greek hosts. And let us not forget the impact that announcing the Greece visit in late October may have had on undecided Greek-American voters.
Plainly put, desperation on the debt issue is so deep that Greek Prime Minister Tsipras and his econ…
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