one of three objectives given by obama when he took the job. he said one was to help me reinspire children to get into science and math, he wanted me to expand our international relationships and third and perhaps foremost, hi wanted me to reach out to the muslim world and engage with dominant muslim nations to help them feel good about the historic contribution to science and math and engineering. bolden denied the suggestion was on a diplomatic mission saying not at all, it's not a diplomatic anything. democratic congressman paul canjorsky is reflecting criticism for avoiding town hall meetings because constituents he described as nuts. he told a radio interviewer, "we will do everything we can to meet with people but i'm not going to set myself up for nuts to hit me with a camera. i'm not going to arm my opponent with a baseball bat."