Obama invites Hollande to White House

[cynatnite]

President Barack Obama congratulated French president-elect Francois Hollande for his victory Sunday, but warned of "challenges" ahead, a clear reference to Afghanistan and eurozone debt crisis.

The US president was among the first world leaders to welcome Hollande's election as France's first Socialist president in nearly two decades, a result sure to have major implications for Europe as it struggles to emerge from a financial crisis.

Obama invited Hollande for bilateral talks at the White House later this month ahead of a G8 leaders meeting he will host at his Camp David retreat in Maryland between May 18-19, and a NATO transatlantic alliance summit in Chicago on May 20-21.

In a telephone call, Obama "indicated that he looks forward to working closely with Mr Hollande and his government on a range of shared economic and security challenges," White House spokesman Jay Carney said in a statement.

http://news.yahoo.com/obama-invites-hollande-white-house-225018805.html

[CaliforniaPeggy]

1. That was a classy move by Obama.

There is much to discuss.

[snappyturtle]

2. I think it is classy but classy fed by necessity! nt

[alittlelark]

3. I would love to be a fly on the wall at that meeting.

Afterwards I would like to become human again and analyze the interaction.

[jberryhill]

4. Not a good plan

Look at what happened to the last guy who tried that.

[alittlelark]

5. ....snort-

[Skittles]

6. LOL

OMG the methodical way he dispatched that annoyance (note that the initial shooing was the warning!)- if only republicans were that easy to get rid of