U.s. Rep Mistakes American Officials For Foreigners; Awkwardness Reigns

Kyle Wagner on The Concourse, shared by Kyle Wagner to Deadspin, Deadspin
Fri, 07/25/2014 - 1:05pm

The Cable at Foreign Policy has documented the collapse of the American government. In a congressional hearing on Thursday, Rep. Curt Clawson of the 19th District of Florida, mistook two senior American officials, Nisha Biswal and Arun Kumar, for representatives from the Indian government, and repeatedly referred to relations between America and "their" government.

Topics: their cable foreign policy rep curt clawson district florida nisha biswal arun kumar indian american u.s government

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