State Department’s Harf: ‘Someone More Senior Should Have Gone’ to Paris

"We’ve been clear that someone more senior should have gone and John Kerry would have been there if there was any way he could have been. He was in India for an economic summit and he's going Thursday as you all know. I think there were other symbolic moments last week tough. You saw John Kerry speak in French directly to the French people on the day of the attack. We saw the president and the secretary both go to the French Embassy to sign the condolence book. And I agree with some of your other guests here this hasn't really been a story in France. It doesn't mean that it wasn't important, but what we are focused on is how we work together to fight this threat and one march certainly doesn't define that. I agree it was an important moment and we should have sent someone more high level tough."