President Obama, the honorary chairman of the Boy Scouts of America, will not attend the group's 100th anniversary celebration Wednesday – opting instead to appear at fundraisers and on an ABC daytime talk show.
More than 43,000 Boy Scouts will celebrate the organization's centennial Wednesday at Fort A.P. Hill in Virginia. Obama has sent a videotaped message to the scouts because he plans an appearance for "The View" that day.
ABC noted Obama's appearance on the show will be the "first time in history a sitting United States president has visited a daytime talk show."...
