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Obama: US, France Want to 'Finish the Job' in Libya

   VOA News  May 27, 2011
   French President Nicolas Sarkozy (R) shakes hands with U.S. President
   Barack Obama after speaking following their meeting on the sideline of
   the G8 summit at the Hotel Royal Barriere in Deauville, May 27, 2011

Photo: AFP

   French President Nicolas Sarkozy (R) shakes hands with U.S. President
   Barack Obama after speaking following their meeting on the sideline of
   the G8 summit at the Hotel Royal Barriere in Deauville, May 27, 2011

   U.S. President Barack Obama says the United States and France are
   joined in resolve to "finish the job" in Libya, as NATO presses for
   Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi to step down.
   President Obama spoke Friday after meeting with French President
   Nicolas Sarkozy at the Group of Eight industrialized countries' summit
   in Deauville, France.
   President Sarkozy, who is hosting the summit, on Thursday called on
   Gadhafi to resign immediately.
   Later , the leaders of Egypt and Tunisia will join G8 members for a
   special session on aid for development that is linked to economic and
   political reform.
   The G8 members are expected to introduce an aid package meant to
   support recent steps toward democracy in both those countries, and to
   encourage political reform in other countries in the region.
   On Thursday, Obama met with Russian President Dmitri Medvedev to
   discuss U.S. missile defense in Europe.
   Afterward, Obama said the two sides are committed to reach an agreement
   that is "consistent with the security needs of both countries."
   But Medvedev said it may take many years to reach the agreement.
   Obama is due to discuss the missile plan with central European leaders
   when he moves on to Poland later Friday.

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