Las Vegas NowGibbons Rejects Offer to Greet Obama at Airport
Nevada Gov. Jim Gibbons says he rejected a White House offer of a handshake meeting with President Barack Obama when he arrives in Las Vegas.
The Republican governor released a statement Monday saying he's not interested in a "momentary" greeting with the Democratic president.
Gibbons says he wants an apology and a promise to undo damage he says Obama caused with a February comment that corporations shouldn't use bailout funds for trips to Las Vegas.
Gibbons calls that comment an insult to Las Vegas and a message to companies to cancel corporate meetings and conventions in the tourism-dependent city.
Obama plans to visit Tuesday for a Las Vegas Strip campaign fundraiser for Democratic Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid.
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