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Tuesday, March 30, 2010

Barack Obama and Sarkozy stand side by side on Iran – and hamburgers

Barack Obama and Sarkozy stand side by side on Iran – and hamburgers

US president warms relations with Europe after French leader takes trip to fast food joint

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/mar/31/barack-obama-sarkozy-iran-hamburgers

Sarkozy and Obama in the White House

Nicolas Sarkozy was described by Barack Obama as his 'dear friend' at a joint press conference. Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/mar/31/barack-obama-sarkozy-iran-hamburgers

Nicolas Sarkozy dispensed with Gallic fussiness about food on his visit to Washington yesterday to dine in the city's most famous fast food joint, Ben's Chili Bowl.

The restaurant, with its selection of cheap hamburgers and 'half smokes' – a sort of cholesterol-laden hot dog – could never be described as haute cuisine, yet the French president's wife Carla Bruni opted for a half smoke and then, perhaps surprisingly for an ex-model, ordered a second.

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In a lighter moment at the press conference, Sarkozy mentioned he had seen a picture of Obama on the wall at Ben's Chili Bowl. The French president, not often noted for his modesty, said he anticipated that his own might one day be nailed there too.

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