Obama declined to answer regarding to the Somali Hostage during a meeting about U.S. homeowners refinancing their mortgages. A reporter who was concerned about the hostage situation off the coast of Somalia asked Obama what he though about the piracy incidents. Obama responded by saying "Guys were talking about housing right now". This shows Obama has no foreign policy experience at all. It shows how concerned he is on this hostage situation and his concern over the American life that is being threatened. He acts like this is not important to him at all. He cant ignore it any longer because the pirate threat will escalate more and more forcing him to acknowledge the situation he is in. Every thing concerning the rest of the world goes to his advisors when directly asked he brushes it off and moves on to something he's strong on.