article_snippet: Despite the closeness, the White House has insisted that the pair's schedules 'were not in sync', CNN reported.
article_snippet: the White House deputy press secretary Eric Schultz defended the arrangement to a group of reporters on Air Force One.
article_snippet: No room for Michelle:
article_snippet: White House deputy press secretary Eric Schultz said: 'I believe on this occasion the schedules were not in sync to travel together...
highlights_snippet: White House insists that White House 'schedules were not in