Senator John McCain Greets Students At Starbucks

John McCain posted this picture with GW students to his Twitter account.

John McCain apparently likes his coffee from the Gelman Starbucks.

Senator McCain (R-Ariz.) was featured on the Oct. 2 edition of the CBS Sunday morning news program "Face the Nation." The show is broadcast from a studio at 2020 M St. NW, approximately seven blocks north of Gelman Library.

Following his interview with host Bob Schieffer, McCain passed through the George Washington University campus and decided to stop at the Starbucks in the ground floor of Gelman. Students recognized the former presidential candidate, and many requested to take photos with him.

McCain was on "Face the Nation" to speak about the ongoing conflict in Libya and the nature of a continued U.S. involvement. McCain recently returned from a visit to the North African country, in which he met with revolutionary and NATO leaders to assess the situation on the ground.

Asked about his thoughts on the nature of NATO's role now that the conflict is winding down, McCain was quick to point out the "enormous challenges" still facing the Libyan people.

"There's significant areas where they haven't gained control," he told Schieffer. "They have no national army... they've got thousands and thousands of wounded. They say that they've lost 25,000 killed, 3,000 that have been maimed, 60,000 injured."

McCain stressed that while he agreed that NATO's military role in the conflict was coming to an end, he believed they could help the Libyan people in other ways.

"They don't have the medical expertise and talent to take care of these people," he said. "We should be either helping them by sending some of them to Landstuhl, our hospital in Germany, maybe even thinking about sending a hospital ship to Tripoli. If that's too dangerous, maybe to Malta. But we can help them."

Schieffer also asked the senator about his thoughts on the current selection of Republican presidential candidates. Specifically, they discussed the potential for Governor Chris Christie (R-N.J.) to enter the race. Speaking from experience, McCain warned that "the swimming pool looks a lot better until you jump right in. The water may not be quite as warm as you think." Christie has since announced that he will not be running for president.

McCain later shared tweeted about his visit to the GW campus: "After @facethenation I met these awesome GW students at the Starbucks." He included a photo of himself surrounded by students outside Gelman.