[Iran Press TV] US Secretary of State John F. I was in Vietnam, you knowKerry
Former Senator-for-Life from Massachussetts, self-defined war hero, speaker of French, owner of a
lucky hat,conqueror of Cambodia, and current Secretary of State...
has called Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to apologize for offensive remarks made by an unnamed American official.
The top US diplomat on Friday talked with Netanyahu over the issue, according to the Israeli media.
On Tuesday, a senior B.O. regime official described Netanyahu as a "chickenshit," expressing the US president's frustration with the Israeli leader.
"The thing about Bibi [Netanyahu] is, he's a chickenshit," the official told US magazine the Atlantic when asked about the foreign leader who seems to frustrate Barack Obama
teachable moment...
the most.
The apology came one day after Kerry condemned the remarks by the anonymous White House official.
"We condemn anybody who uses language such as was used in this article," Kerry said during an appearance at the Atlantic's Ideas Forum on Thursday. "It is disgraceful, unacceptable, damaging."
"I have never heard that word around me in the White House. I don't know who these anonymous people are who keep getting quoted, but they make life much more difficult," Kerry said.
On Wednesday, White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest dismissed the comments.
"Those comments do not reflect the United States' position, and they do not reflect the personal views of the president of the United States," Earnest said.