Visits to Cuba and Venezuela might well have raised distracting questions when Mr Xi meets Barack Obama in Southern California on June 7th, and neither socialist government was likely to express publicly any offence at being left off the itinerary.
But the ramifications for the family don't end there – because now the second son Jeb is also vying for the White House, and having to contend with the inevitable, distracting questions about his dad, his brother and Iraq.
The data from the distracting questions were not analysed.
When Salahi was distracting from questions about the White House State Dinner she and husband Tareq allegedly crashed, Whoopi came on set to nudge Salahi to get back on topic.
Distracted by questions, perhaps, Mr. Dickey crashed the plane into a wall.
He replied that, although he was sure that he had "done nothing wrong," he was so distracted by questions about phone hacking that he was not able to do his job properly.
Collins had indicated he wants to cut off talks before training camp so he can focus on his play and not be distracted by questions about his future with the team.
While an agreement, like so many others, is expected to come down to the wire, as Europe's leaders convene for what was supposed to be a debate over further integrating the European Union, at least part of the discussion could nonetheless be distracted by questions about whether Greece will be able to sustain its place within the euro zone.
Completing a budget before the deadline — a task that has always been difficult in Albany — might help erase any doubts that Mr. Paterson has been distracted by questions about his extramarital affairs and the situation with Mr. Spitzer, who resigned after he was implicated as a client of a prostitution ring.
