Will President Obama have to give up kicking his smoking addiction to preserve relations with other countries? Once again he has drawn criticism for publicly chewing gum, his cigarette substitute. The Times of India panned the "ungainly sight" of removing a wad while sitting with India's prime minister at a Republic Day parade.

Aircraft are prohibited from flying over the White House and when a plane strays into the restricted air space Air  Force jets are scrambled and could shoot it down if necessary. But no such emergency operation was triggered by a an uninvited device landing on the White House lawn. A Secret Service spokesman said the device, about two feet in diameter, was a quadcopter, an unmanned aircraft with four propellors. In other words, a drone paid a visit to the president's home. He and the first lady were safely thousands of miles away in New Delhi, India.

After a series of missteps by President Obama, White House Chief of Staff Denis McDonough made the rounds of the Sunday TV talk shows on a damage control mission, but his own gaffe just made matters worse. In discussing the Japanese hostage being held hostage by the ISIS terror groups, McDonough let slip the first name of an American female aid worker also in captivity -- a national security no-no.