Obama Appears On Radio Program At White House
US President Barack Obama (L) speaks as he appears live on Michael Smerconish’s (R) radio program at the White House in Washignton, DC, August 20, 2009. Obama said Thursday that the release of the dying Lockerbie bomber by the Scottish government was a “mistake” and that he should be placed under house arrest on return to Libya. “We have been in contact with the Scottish government, indicating that we objected to this, and we thought it was a mistake,” Obama told Smerconish, giving his first reaction to the decision. AFP PHOTO/Jim WATSON (Photo credit should read JIM WATSON/AFP/Getty Images)