RSSCURL: Sarkozy’s chilly visit to America
From: The Washington Times | March 31, 2010
France may be America's oldest ally, but the presidents of the two countries are not exactly the best of buddies. When President Obama visited Paris in June, he declined a dinner invitation from French President Nicolas Sarkozy, even though he had no evening plans and was staying just a few doors down from the Elysee Palace. The brushoff followed a more substantive snubbing, when the French president turned down a U.S. request to put more troops into Afghanistan. Mr. Obama responded by sending a letter to former French President Jacques Chirac expressing his desire to "work together … to build ...
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