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Obama hits back at European snub rumors
(Agencies)
Updated: 2009-06-07 15:39

Obama hits back at European snub rumors
US President Barack Obama (L) and German Chancellor Angela Merkel participate in a joint news conference at Dresden Castle in Germany, June 5, 2009. [Agencies]


Some of his anger at the report seemed to date from an earlier showdown with Fleet Street when British hacks accused Obama of snubbing British Prime Minister Gordon Brown by not offering him a full White House press conference. When the White House dismisses the gossip, it may have a point.

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It argues that in just over four months in office, Obama has already been to Germany and France, twice each, and met Sarkozy and Merkel several times at major international summits.

By comparison, he is yet to visit Asia, where he is expected later this year.

They also say Obama is packing a lot of business into a compact schedule.

"He has now done four foreign trips, and they are all very robust," said Mark Lippert a deputy national security advisor, referring to visits to Britain, France and Germany, Prague, Turkey, Mexico and Trinidad and Tobago, Canada, and the current swing through Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Germany and France.

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