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Obamas Arrive in Britain

President readies for G20 summit tomorrow

By the Associated Press

Posted Mar 31, 2009 2:28 PM CDT

(AP) – President Obama has arrived in Europe, with a hefty economic and political agenda for his first journey across the Atlantic since taking office two months ago. The first stop for the president and first lady was London, with the focus on the G20 meeting of the world's major economic powers and a NATO summit marking the 60 years since the alliance was founded to blunt Soviet aggression in Europe.

Obama is on an 8-day, five-country trip. He will meet with European leaders who split with the US over the war in Iraq and the treatment of suspected terrorists at Guantanamo Bay under President Bush. The first couple is also meeting with Queen Elizabeth II.

President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama depart the White House earlier today for a trip to the United Kingdom to attend the G-20 Summit. (AP Photo)

Final preparations are made to the waxwork model of U.S President Barack Obama at Madame Tussauds in London, standing next to a waxwork creation of Britain's Queen Elizabeth Tuesday, March 31, 2009. (AP Photo/Joel Ryan)

President Barack Obama salutes a Marine honor guard as he and first lady Michelle Obama board Marine One in Washington, Tuesday, March 31, 2009, as they began their first European trip. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama wave upon their arrival at Stansted Airport in Essex, England, this evening. (AP Photo)

President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama walk down the stairs of Air Force One upon their arrival in England tonight. (AP Photo)

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