Photos: Obama, Biden, Kerry..didn't live up to expectation at France's unity march

The White House said on Monday that it was a mistake not to send President Barack Obama or another high-profile representative to France's massive rally against terrorism the day before where more than 3.7 million people marched throughout France, according to Business Insider.

"I think it's fair to say that we should have sent someone of a higher profile to be there," White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest said at his regular media briefing.

Earnest also argued that logistical and security concerns also presented "challenges" for Obama to attend.

"Had the circumstances been a little bit different, I think the president himself would have liked to have had the opportunity to be there," he said. "The planning for which only began on Friday night, and 36 hours later it had begun. What's also clear is that the security requirements around a presidential-level visit — or even a vice-presidential-level visit — are onerous and significant."

Many other prominent world leaders attended the march, including British Prime Minister David Cameron, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Jordanian King Abdullah II, and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas.

World leaders gathered in Paris in a show of unity. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (second from left), Malian President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita (third from left), French President Francois Hollande (third from right), and German Chancellor Angela Merkel (second from right).

According to the front page of Monday's New York Daily News declared that Obama and other senior officials "let the world down" by skipping the rally. Attorney General Eric Holder was in Paris at the time for meetings, but he did not attend the march.

                   Thousands of people gather at Republique Square in Paris, Sunday, Jan. 11, 2015.

Source: Business Insider