Obama doubts "a million screaming Germans" In advance of his Thursday address in Berlin, Obama chats with reporters on the plane, Carrie Budoff Brown reports:
Asked if he expected a million screaming Germans, as some of predicted, Obama said:
"I doubt we are going to have a million screaming Germans. Let's tamp down expectations."
He continued:
"I did not realize - my staff just told me the space is bigger" than he'd first realized, he told the press, who asked if that was a bad thing.
"It is a potentially bad thing," he said to laughs. "We are sort of on the high wire. I was like, 'I'm sorry, how many does this accomodate?'"
ALSO, more praise for Crocker and Petraeus.
On Ambassador Crocker: "A real unsung hero in this whole process. Incredibly savvy, but humble and self effacing."
Petraeus: "an extradinarily capable person."