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March 3, 2009

Obama to Host British Prime Minister at White House
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Gordon Brown is first European leader to meet with US president since he
took office in January; discussions to center on global economic crisis,
nuclear issues 
Prime Minister Gordon Brown at British Embassy in Washington, D.C., 03
Mar 2009British Prime Minister Gordon Brown will meet with U.S.
President Barack Obama at the White House Tuesday for talks to include
the world economic crisis, Afghanistan and Iran's nuclear program. Mr.
Brown has said he hopes to gain new momentum for what he calls the
"special relationship" between Britain and the United States. The talks
also aim to lay the groundwork for a Group of 20 nations summit next
month in London. The British premier has called for a "global New Deal"
to revive the world economy, referring to the economic policies former
U.S. President Franklin Delano Roosevelt used to lift the United States
out of the Great Depression. Mr. Brown wrote in London's Sunday Times
that all nations should agree to inject cash into their economies and
agree to international banking reforms and an overhaul of financial
institutions. He wrote that he and President Obama can implement
economic policies "!
 whose impact can stretch from the villages of Africa to reforming the
financial institutions of London and New York."Mr. Brown will be the
first European leader to meet with Mr. Obama since the president took
office in January. On Wednesday, Mr. Brown will deliver a speech to the
U.S. Congress, where he is expected to urge U.S. lawmakers to abandon
protectionist policies.

Some information for this report was provided by AFP, AP and Reuters.


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