(...) “What you had today was two gentlemen who agreed to disagree on a particular issue,” a poised and smooth Sergeant Crowley said in a 15-minute news conference after the session. “We didn’t spend too much time dwelling on the past, and we decided to look forward.”
Professor Gates said in an interview, “I don’t think anybody but Barack Obama would have thought about bringing us together.”
The two men and their families first encountered each other in the White House library while each group was on individual tours of the White House on Thursday afternoon. “Nobody knew what to do,” Professor Gates said. “So I walked over, stuck out my hand and said, ‘It’s a pleasure to meet you.’ That broke the awkwardness.” (...) Professor Gates concurred, saying: “We hit it off right from the beginning. When he’s not arresting you, Sergeant Crowley is a really likable guy.”
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Helene Cooper reported from Washington, and Abby Goodnough from Boston.
Andrea Fuller contributed reporting from Washington.
GV cortou, pastou e sublinhou
