Quote of the Day: Sarkozy Unloads on Netanyahu

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| Tue Nov. 8, 2011 8:52 AM PST

From French president Nicolas Sarkozy, overheard talking to Barack Obama about Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu during last week's G-20 summit:

Sarkozy: I cannot stand him. He is a liar.

Obama: You're fed up with him but I have to deal with him every day.

Netanyahu, unsurprisingly, has declined to comment.  

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