This will be a short, but heavily charged visit.
Sarko is certain to take huge hits from the Left and from the more traditional Gaullists in his own party. We have the feeling he is strong enough to stand up and take it.
The visit may also reveal how eager the White House will be to reciprocate Sarkozy's entreaties for working together on problems ranging from Iran to global warming... He will also address a joint session of Congress intended to evoke the two centuries of ties between the two nations... Sarkozy's effort at reconciliation has been both symbolic and substantive -- from vacationing in New Hampshire to backing up the Bush administration's hard line on Iran. His address to Congress will highlight the improved relations. In 1996, many U.S. lawmakers boycotted a similar appearance by Chirac to protest France's nuclear testing in the South Pacific. Sarkozy will reflect broadly on his vision for French-American relations but will not to make great policy announcements, according to the French Embassy in Washington.I hope he has the sense to not mention so-called global warming.
The man labeled by the embarrassingly and totally defeated French socialist machine as . . . .
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