By Peter Lance:  February 13th, 2017. At today’s press conference following the White House visit of Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, President Donald J. Trump took softball questions from reporters from the conversative website dailycaller.com and right-wing Sinclair Broadcast Group’s local Washington, DC TV station WJLA.

But the two leading national security stories that dominated coverage over the weekend — the future of National Security Advisor Michael Flynn – under fire for his lapsed memory over conversations with the Russian ambassador during the transition — and the successful test firing by North Korea of a ballistic missile on Sunday were ignored.