In this Sunday March 3, 2013, photo provided by ABC television "This Week" host George Stephanopoulos, left, interviews former NBA star Dennis Rodman, just back from a visit with North Korea's young leader Kim Jong Un, in studio in New York. Former NBA star Dennis Rodman may be the only American ever to have met and spent time with North Korea's reclusive leader but U.S Secretary of State John Kerry isn't giving him any diplomatic kudos.
ABC Television, Lorenzo Bevilacqua, Associated Press
DOHA, Qatar (AP) Former NBA star Dennis Rodman may be the only American ever to have met and spent time with North Korea's reclusive leader but U.S Secretary of State John Kerry isn't giving him any diplomatic kudos.
Kerry said Tuesday that the ex-Chicago Bulls player "was a great basketball player, and as a diplomat, he was a great basketball player."
"That's where we'll leave it," he told NBC News in an interview in Qatar, where he is wrapping up a nine-nation tour of Europe and the Middle East.
Rodman made headlines last week with a visit to hermetic North Korea, sat next to youthful autocrat Kim Jong Un at an exhibition basketball game and gave the dictator, who threatens to end the truce with South Korea, several compliments about his leadership.
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Kerry demeaned himself by acknowledging Rodman's visit to N. Korea.
Apparently Kerry is also 'no diplomat'........
What's wrong with thinking outside the usual box?
Could this possibly be an opportunity to show Kim Jong Un that Americans are not really the evil people he thinks we are?
What might happen if he came to America, enjoyed More..
Re: one old man
Yeah, it's pretty far fetched. However, I think it would be really funny to see that little guy running around a basketball court with Obama. One can only hope. Maybe Saturday Night Live.
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