thestar.com - 2/20/2009
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English-language transcript of a news conference held Thursday, Feb. 19 by U.S. President Barack Obama and Prime Minister Stephen Harper, as released by the White House press secretary's office. PRESIDENT OBAMA: Hello, good afternoon. PRIME MINISTER HARPER: Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. ...
cbc.ca - 2/19/2009
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cbc.ca —
Gov. Gen. Michaëlle Jean welcomed U.S. President Barack
Obama to Canada Thursday for his first foreign trip...
since taking office in what is being billed as a six-hour no-nonsense working visit with Prime Minister Stephen Harper.
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Obama arrives in Ottawa
theglobeandmail.com - 2/19/2009
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theglobeandmail.com —
OTTAWA He's been relegated to the back
end of the presidential itinerary and gets only 15...
minutes of face time with Barack Obama at an aging aircraft hangar far from the splendour of Parliament Hill. But Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff may end up ...
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Ignatieff could emerge as real winner from Obama's visit
winnipegsun.com - 2/19/2009
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winnipegsun.com —
Gallery Image U.S. President Barack Obama (L) talks
with Canadian Governor General Michaelle Jean (R) after arriving...
in Ottawa Feb. 19, 2009. REUTERS/Jim Young 19th February 2009, 9:12am Gallery Image President Barack Obama is saluted by a Royal ...
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President Obama And PM Harper On NAFTA
TalkLeft —
... One of the more interesting exchanges in today's press conference with President Obama and Canadian Prime Minister Harper was the discussion of trade, NAFTA and the Buy American provisions in the stimulus. On the flip is the pertinent excerpts: ...
Transcript: Obama-Harper press conference
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... as President to underscore the closeness and importance of the relationship between our two nations, and to reaffirm the commitment of the United States to work with friends and partners to meet the common challenges of our time. As neighbors, we are so closely linked that sometimes we may have a tendency to take our relationship for granted, but the very success of our friendship throughout history demands that we renew and deepen our cooperation here in the 21st century. Read more: http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/article/590305 It's long, and somewhat boring but it's ...
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Concluding his press conference with Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper in Ottawa, President Obama concluded with a line that should keep talk radio back home busy for a week to come.
"I want to also, by the way, thank some of the Canadians who came over the border to campaign for me ...
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"Mr. Harper, tear down this igloo." Those will be the words emanating from President Obama's mouth this Thursday, when he meets face-to-face with Canadian strongman Stephen Harper in hopes of spreading peace, freedom and democracy across our northern border. And then six hours later, he's ...