Guest post by Kristinn Taylor

Daniel Halper at the Weekly Standard points out that contrary to media reports Obama was not contrite in his Meet the Press remarks about going golfing immediately after making a statement while on vacation last month about the videotaped beheading of American journalist James Foley by the Islamist terrorist group ISIS. Obama seemed to blame press coverage—saying he’s looking forward to a vacation from the press–rather than his conduct for the optics of being seen laughing it up on the golf course mere minutes after making a somber statement on what many consider to be an act of war on America.

As if to reinforce the point, Obama went golfing at nearby Ft. Belvoir, Virginia right after he taped the Saturday interview with NBC’s Chuck Todd at the White House, Politico reported.

““You know, I actually feel energized about the opportunities that we’ve got,” Obama told the “Meet the Press” moderator in a sit-down interview taped Saturday. And after finishing, the president quickly headed to Fort Belvoir, Virginia, for an afternoon of golf in 90-degree-plus heat.”

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According to the pool report Obama spent four hours golfing Saturday.

WH pool: “After about 4 hours of golf, the motorcade rolled out of Fort Belvoir at 6 & arrived back at the WH at 6:25. No Obama sightings.” — Toby Harnden (@tobyharnden) September 7, 2014

Transcript via Meet the Press: