Today marked the end of President Obama's week-long tour of Europe. On Monday, Obama visited Ireland, where he made a stop at Moneygall, the town where his Irish ancestors once lived. Then on Tuesday the president visited the UK, where he enjoyed a state dinner hosted by the queen and became the first US President to address a joint session of the British Parliament. His tour then continued on to France, where the G8 Summit was held in Deauville. During this summit, the G8 discussed economic and security matters and issued a statement praising the revolutions in North Africa and the Middle East. They also released the Deauville Partnership, which is a new effort to help Middle Eastern economies better integrate into the regional and world markets, and announced that they would assist Egypt and Tunisia in recovering stolen assets. President Obama also met individually with French President Srakozy, Russian President Medvedev, and Japanese Prime Minister Kan, to whom he stressed America's commitment in helping Japan recover from the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami. To close out his tour, Obama stopped in Poland, where he visited the Warsaw Ghetto Memorial and had a dinner with Polish President Komorowski and other Central and Eastern European heads of state. Although defense was one of the main issues the president hoped to discuss in Poland, he also made an effort to praise the political and economic progress of Poland and all of Eastern Europe following the fall of communism, and stressed America's desire to help them to continue to progress.
Mark Zajac
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