From NPR News in Washington, I'm Windsor Johnston.President Obama took his campaign to Florida today where he focused on immigration.In Coral Gables the president defended his stands on the issue.I have never wavered in my support of comprehensive immigration reform.We did put forward a Dream Act that was passed in the house,got the overwhelming majority of support from Democrats in the Senateand was blocked by the Republican party.Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney is speaking in Sarasota.He is dealing with the fallout over recent remarks that were captured on videoin which he said his job is not to worry about the 47% Americans who don't pay taxes.The Obama Administration has tried to distant itself from the anti-Islam video that sparked outrage around the world.And now the US is paying to get its messages out. NPR's Michele Kelemen reports.TV viewers in Pakistan have been shown clips ofPresident Obama and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton condemning the video.There were comments the two made in news conferences here in Washington.But the U.S. government had to pay to get those advertisements on Pakistani television.A State Department spokesperson Victoria Nuland explains.I think the sense was that this particular aspect of the president and the secretary's messageneeded to be heard by more Pakistanis than had heardand this was an effective way to get that message out.
