Obama in Europe
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lsandersonObama in Europe: overtures to ovations
By Edward Luce
Published: April 3 2009 19:29 | Last updated: April 3 2009 19:29
By Edward Luce
Published: April 3 2009 19:29 | Last updated: April 3 2009 19:29
At the end of Barack Obama’s press conference following the Group of 20 summit on Thursday, a large crowd of journalists did something journalists never do: they gave a politician a standing ovation (this reporter stayed neutral). In a week that began with a flurry of meetings between the US president and his counterparts from China, Russia, India, Saudi Arabia, Britain and others, and ends with this Saturday’s Nato summit, the media’s uncharacteristic behaviour might easily be forgotten. More
