Obama in Europe

President Obama and French President Nicolas Sarkozy attend a welcoming ceremony in Strasbourg, France. Behind them are First Ladies Michelle Obama and Carla Bruni. The leaders are in Strasbourg for a North Atlantic Treaty Organization summit.

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President Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama meet French President Nicolas Sarkozy and First Lady Carla Bruni during a welcoming ceremony in Strasbourg, France.

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President Obama and his host, French President Nicolas Sarkozy, exchange greetings at their joint news conference in Strasbourg, France.

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President Obama takes a question during a town hall-style meeting at the Rhenus arena in Strasbourg, France. The audience included a large number of students.

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President Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama greets the audience during a question-and-answer session at the Rhenus arena in Strasbourg, France. The president will attend a North Atlantic Treaty Organization summit, which is being held in Strasbourg and the German cities of Baden-Baden and Kehl.

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President Obama and French President Nicolas Sarkozy make their way to a news conference at the Palais Rohan in Strasbourg, France.

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First Lady Michelle Obama and her French counterpart Carla Bruni greet well-wishers in Strasbourg, France.

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First Lady Michelle Obama leaves the Palais Rohan in Strasbourg, France, where she also attended a town hall-style meeting with President Obama.

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President Barack Obama, Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev get cozy for a photograph to mark the G-20 summit in London. Surrounding them, clockwise from top right, are Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi, South African President Kgalema Motlanthe, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, Chinese President Hu Jintao, Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Saud al Faisal, Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Thailand Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva.

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Obama and U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy F. Geithner talk as they attend a plenary session at the G-20 summit in London.

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Obama meets with South Korean President Lee Myung-bak at the summit.

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President Obama walks with, from left, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, Mexican President Felipe Calderon, Netherlands Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkenende and German Chancellor Angela Merkel at the G-20 summit at the ExCel center in London.

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President Obama,with British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, waves as he leaves 10 Downing Street in London.

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President Obama and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev at Winfield House in London.

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President Obama welcomes the leader of Britain’s Conservative Party, David Cameron, into the U.S. ambassador’s official residence in Regent’s Park in London.

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British Prime Minister Gordon Brown and President Obama field questions from the media in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office near 10 Downing Street.

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After meeting Russian President Dmitry Medvedev at the U.S. ambassador’s residence in London, Obama said he would travel to Moscow in July.

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Britain’s Prime Minister Gordon Brown and President Obama at a news conference at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in London.

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President Obama considers a question during a news conference in London.

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Britain’s Prime Minister Gordon Brown and President Obama stroll through the ornate halls of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office.

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Media surround Prime Minister Gordon Brown and President Obama outside 10 Downing Street.

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British Prime Minister Gordon Brown hosts President Obama and White House officials in a joint meeting in the Cabinet Room at 10 Downing Street.

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From left; British Foreign Minister David Miliband, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, President Obama, U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner and Chancellor of the Exchequer Alistair Darling pose during’s Obama’s first overseas trip of his presidency to address the global economic crisis and meet with NATO partners.

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President Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama meet with British Prime Minister Gordon Brown ahead of the G20 summit.

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