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Why Obama Dodged Sarkozy
By ducking the French president, Obama wasn’t looking for more private family time–he was thwarting Sarkozy’s designs on self-promoting photo ops ahead of this weekend’s EU elections.
Eric Pape
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Jun. 6 2009
6:54AM EDT
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