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[PegnVA]

Sure. Instead of focusing on what could have been a MAJOR problem for world leaders at Mandela's memorial service with a guy pretending to be something he wasn't, lots of noise today about Pres Obama shaking the hand of Raul Castro out of courtesy...Frankly, if Obama walked past Castro, who was sitting with other world leaders, as if he didn't even exist I would be the first to say the president lacked social grace and I'd be disappointed.
Also, Cuba has held American citizen Allen Gross, a U.S. subcontractor, in a Cuban jail for 4 years and if the U.S. can act civil to Cuban leaders it may help Allen Gross' situation.

[PegnVA]

The more we learn about this guy, the worse the story gets...
The man accused of faking sign interpretation next to world leaders at Nelson Mandela's memorial told a local newspaper he was hallucinating and hearing voices. Thamsanqa Jantjie did not describe his qualifications for being a sign language interpreter, but told The Star he works for an interpreting company and was paid $85.00 for interpreting Tuesday's event. He told radio 702 on Thursday that he's receiving treatments for schizophrenia and had an episode while on state.
-AP, 12/13/13