Anonymous wrote:They usually let foreign dignitaries stay in that house next to the WH to avoid all this. I wonder if this is a subtle distancing or snub, not letting him stay there, or if he wanted to stay elsewhere. Sometimes they stay at the ritz which at least only shuts down K at and BLM plaza.
There's likely a very large entourage with him. I also wonder if it's a protocol thing. He was invited by Congress not the White House so maybe that's why Blair House isn't being used.
The other part of the problem is that they've expanded the perimeter to include the Saudi Embassy (hmm... the Watergate is very convenient in that regard) and GW's Chabad.