Episode 497 • • 1:06:33 - 1:09:36
497: Raining Scuds
Miss Israel Titi Ayenawa, Presidential Meeting Request
President Obama requested a personal meeting with the 2013 Miss Israel, Titi Ayenawa, a 21-year-old immigrant from Ethiopia. Ayenawa is the first black Miss Israel, and the meeting is viewed by some as a strategic PR move. The President's interest in the beauty pageant winner is contrasted with the cancellation of White House tours for American schoolchildren due to budget cuts.