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Sat 04 Apr 2009Obama speech heralds new era
US PRESIDENT Barack Obama called for a new era in transatlantic relations on his first official visit to France and Germany yesterday, but warned that the US wanted to be the defence “partner, not patron”, of Europe.
After talks with the French and German leaders ahead of a two-day Nato summit, Mr Obama used a stirring town-hall address to end what he called the “drift” of Bush-era transatlantic relations.
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