Later he said that he was not commenting on "the wisdom" of the decision.
But the top Democrat in the Senate, Harry Reid, did comment. Senator Reid is fighting for re-election this November in Nevada.
HARRY REID: "It's very obvious that the mosque should be built someplace else."
New York City officials have approved the project. Supporters say it will help bridge divisions between the West and the Muslim world.
By many estimates, the United States has about two thousand mosques. But surveys show American public opinion is mostly against what some critics call the "Ground Zero Mosque." And some construction workers say they would refuse to build it.
The prayer room would be part of a one-hundred-million-dollar Muslim cultural center. A group of American Sufi Muslims has purchased the property to build it.
And that's IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. I'm Steve Ember.
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