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...deny its horrors ever happened. In Normandy, Obama planned to reach out for more backup from European partners particularly France whose esteem for Washington wavered under President George W. Bush. Obama wants more European troops in Afghanistan and greater...
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Detroit Free Press
http://www.freep.com/article/20090606/NEWS07/90606009/1118/RSS
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...: US President Barack Obama landed late Friday in France where he is to attend international ceremonies marking the 65th anniversary of World War II D-day landings. Obama arrived on Air Force One at Orly airport at 9:13 pm (1913 GMT), after visiting a former...
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Channel News Asia
http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/afp_world/view/434202/1/.html
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...particularly since the 2007 election of Sarkozy, who is widely seen as pro-American, and that of Obama, who is wildly popular in France. Asked what about France he himself loved, Obama responded, “Let’s see, we have the food, we have Paris, we got the south...
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New Haven Register
http://www.nhregister.com/articles/2009/06/03/news/f4-vivalafrance.txt
IN THE FIELD: US President Barack Obama called on Israel to halt settlement building in the occupied West Bank on Thursday, following his first official meeting with Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas.
IN THE PAPERS: US President Barack Obama nominated appeals court judge Sonia Sotomayor to be the first Hispanic Supreme Court justice. Sotomayor will replace retiring Justice David Souter. Her nomination now awaits Senate confirmation.
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..."Instead of detaining Boumediene and holding him accountable for his actions, the Obama Administration has released him in France on the U.S. taxpayers' dime." Boumediene was the second detainee transferred to a third-party country under the Obama administration,...
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Boston Globe
http://www.boston.com/news/world/europe/articles/2009/05/15/ap_source_us_releases_detainee_from_guantanamo?rss_id=Boston.com+--+World+news
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...89th Infantry Division. Gibbs said he did not know whether Payne would accompany Obama to Germany. Obama will cap his trip in France on June 6, the date that Allies stormed Normandy's beaches to begin driving Nazi forces back toward Germany. Since launching...
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PR-Inside.com
http://www.pr-inside.com/obama-to-visit-egypt-germany-france-r1241119.htm
President Obama and many other politicians want to expand the burden of government and make America more like France. In this video from the Center for Freedom and Prosperity (co-produced by ReasonTV - reason.tv ), Veronique de Rugy of the Mercatus Center explains that the United States should not emulate the policies of her native country. For more information see www.freedomandprosperity.org.
By all accounts (including his own), President Barack Obama had a great time during his recent trip to France. And elite opinion at places ranging from Newsweek to The Economist to the Brookings Institution is urging Obama to make America more like France and Europe. Should the United States become the next France, a land of high taxes, regulation, and government spending? And, not uncoincidentally, comparatively low economic growth? In "Obama's French Toast: Just Say Non," Sorbonne-trained ...
President Obama spoke with and listened to a gathering in Strasbourg, France on April 3, 2009. Having met with French President Nicolas Sarkozy immediately before, he reiterated a consistent theme of his trip, telling the audience he felt it was "important was for me to have an opportunity to not only speak with you but also to hear from you, because that's ultimately how we can learn about each other." (public domain)
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Traveling with the president from France into Germany. www.washingtontimes.com
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US President and Commander in Chief Barack Obama takes the floor at the opening of the 60th anniversary summit of the NATO alliance in Strasbourg.
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Obama told the audience of largely French and German students that he wanted the town-hall format because "often times during these foreign trips you see everything from behind a window. I thought it was important for me to have an opportunity to not only speak to you but also to hear from you." ... Barack Obama Strasbourg France Town Hall
Barack Obama in France, Europe on 3 April 2009
Breaking From Protocol France's First Lady Carla Bruni says no way to kissing Obama and offers him a stern handshake
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...involving U.S. wars and expansion of the alliance are expected. Reporting from Strasbourg, France -- President Obama traveled to France today for a two-day summit of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization as the World War II-era alliance's 26 member nations...
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Big News Network
http://feeds.bignewsnetwork.com/?rid=23303170&cat=b8de8e630faf3631
more at cnn.com April 3, 2009
STRASBOURG, France "Even with the Cold War over, the spread of nuclear weapons or the theft of nuclear material could lead to the extermination of any city on the planet," Obama said at a US-style town hall meeting in the French city of Strasbourg on Friday. "This weekend in Prague, I will lay out an agenda to seek the goal of a world without nuclear weapons," he said, referring to a EU-US summit in the Czech Republic on Sunday which follows the NATO gathering. French President Nicolas ...
President and Mrs. Obama arrive at the Palais Rohan and are greeted by Pres. Sarkozy and crowds lining the street. Barack Obama left Britain for France today, arriving to cheering crowds in Strasbourg along the Franco-German border. Ahead of this weekend's NATO summit, Obama held a meeting with Nicolas Sarkozy, who recently returned France to full membership of the military alliance after decades on the sidelines. Obama will be pushing for further NATO support for the war in Afghanistan ...
Raw video : Leaders including Gordon Brown, President Barack Obama, and President Nicholas Sarkozy of France will meet on the Franco-German border to discuss sending thousands more troops to Afghanistan. Mr Obama is sending 17000 more US troops to the country, and wants European members of Nato to increase their contributions. This grand plan will not shorten our dole queue But just as they opposed American calls for more fiscal stimulus measures, France and Germany have so far rejected US ...
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Strasbourg, France - US President Barack Obama was given a rock star's welcome on Friday as he arrived at the Palais de Rohan in Strasbourg for talks with his French counterpart, Nicolas Sarkozy. Responding to cheers and applause from the crowd, a smiling Obama greeted the spectators with handshakes, calls of "Nice to see you" and "It's good to be here." At one point, he even leaned into the crowd to kiss a young woman. Obama and his wife, Michelle, exchanged kisses with Sarkozy and the ...
French President Nicolas Sarkozy welcomes President and Mrs Obama to France
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...3 (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama arrived in France on Friday to try to secure backing for a new Afghan strategy at NATO's 60th anniversary summit where leaders will welcome France's return to full NATO participation after more than 40 years. France...
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Reuters Alert Net
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L3291229.htm
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...France (AP) - President Barack Obama is in France for a gathering of NATO nations and some one-on-one sessions with European leaders. Obama and first lady Michelle Obama landed Friday morning. The president was meeting later with French President Nicolas Sarkozy...
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WETM 18 - NY
http://www.wetmtv.com:80/news/world/story/Obama-lands-in-France-for-NATO-meeting/Hap0sjyRoEqm1icIuuJXTw.cspx?rss=130
President Barack Obama is now in France, the second leg of his European tour. The President is in France to take part in a NATO meeting, where he is expected to discuss his plan for Afghanistan. (April 3)
President Barack Obama is now in France, the second leg of his European tour. The President is in France to take part in a NATO meeting, where he is expected to discuss his plan for Afghanistan. (April 3)
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...from Strasbourg, France -- President Obama traveled to France today for the start of a two-day summit of 26 leaders of NATO countries, as members of the World War II-era alliance commemorate the past and contemplate the future of their mutual defense pact. Obama...
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Los Angeles Times
http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/latimes/news/nationworld/world/~3/6Vcib7Yqzlg/la-fgw-obama4-2009apr04,0,5178644.story
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...France -- President Barack Obama is in France for a gathering of NATO nations and some one-on-one sessions with European leaders. Obama and first lady Michelle Obama landed Friday morning. The president was meeting later with French President Nicolas Sarkozy...
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WKYC | Cleveland, OH
http://www.wkyc.com/news/news_article.aspx?storyid=110728
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...France and Germany to meet President Nicolas Sarkozy in a show of alliance unity. Eyes around the world will be on Obama, but for France and Germany, their leaders' handshakes mean more. Each generation of major French and German leaders, from Charles de Gaulle...
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Boston Globe
http://www.boston.com/news/world/europe/articles/2009/04/02/tighter_military_ties_bring_france_germany_closer?rss_id=Boston.com+--+Latest+news
IN THE FIELD: The G20 summit opened in London on Thursday with more than 20 world leaders. Russian papers hailed Obama-Medvedev meeting as triumph.
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IN THE PAPERS: Barack Obama says the US must take responsibility for the crisis but indirectly says Europe needs to do more to stimulate the economy. President Sarkozy has given a speech to justify his position on the economy. Its rubbished by Liberation which reveals that a subsidiary of Credit Agricole has made redundancies while guaranteeing bonuses..
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... Washington, March 22: US President Barack Obama on Saturday welcomed France's decision to return to NATO's military command after a 43-year absence, saying France's "full participation ... will contribute to a stronger alliance and a stronger Europe." ...
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Zee News
http://www.zeenews.com/articles.asp?aid=516940&sid=WOR
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...added. “I also welcome the further strengthening of European defense capabilities,” Obama said. “During my upcoming visit to France and Germany for the 60th Anniversary NATO Summit, I look forward to discussing ways to ensure that our strengthened Alliance,...
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Khaleej Times
http://www.khaleejtimes.com/darticlen.asp?xfile=data/international/2009/March/international_March1741.xml§ion=international
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...Sarkozy ultimately has the final word, and it is expected to come in a letter to NATO chiefs before he, President Barack Obama and other leaders of NATO members meet at its 60th anniversary summit on April 3-4. France's role in the 26-member alliance has been...
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Centre Daily Times
http://www.centredaily.com/news/world/story/1176713.html
Uploaded by AtheistBlog.org In a show on France 24 Christopher Hitchens says he is sure Barack Obama is not a believer in light of the book he wrote before he ran for office. The rest of the answer is not related to Obama, being about Hitchens getting US citizenship. The full interview is available on my website http and on Youtube - search "Hitchens France 24"
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...60th birthday summit in Strasbourg next month and with a symbolic trip to the second world war Normandy beaches with Barack Obama. He repeated yesterday that Paris was a "friend" of the US, which had come to France's rescue in two wars. Jean-Pierre Maulny,...
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Guardian Unlimited
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/mar/11/france-sarkozy-nato
As France 24's Natacha Butler and Robert Parsons cover the inauguration ceremonies in Washington, DC (from the station's Paris headquarters on January 20, 2009), Stephen Sawyer, Professor of History at the American University of Paris, joins them in comparing Barack Obama to a rock star from whom we can expect little but outstanding work(s). Referring to Martin Luther King's 1963 speech before the Lincoln Memorial, a skeptical Erik Svane reflects on the reasons behind (as well as the ...
Berlusconi to Sarkozy - "I have given your woman" Summit in Roma - February 2009
Less than a week after his appointment by Barack Obama, George Mitchell is already in the Middle East. After Egypt, he will be visiting Jerusalem and the West Bank. What message will he send to this conflict-torn region? Report from France 24.
http://mstardom.com Barack Obama has the entire world celebrating his inauguration as first black president of the United States, Kenya, Asia, United Kingdom, and France, to name a few, all are celebrating this day of January 20, 2009. For more up-to-the-minute news & entertainment videos from top news sources, please visit Mstardom.com
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