President Obama visited Canada on Thursday in his first foreign trip as head of state, meeting with Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper to discuss a range of complicated economic and military issues.
Obama and Harper discussed possible remedies for the global economic downturn, a new initiative to fight global warming and the ongoing struggle against Taliban and Al Qaeda elements in Afghanistan , the leaders said during a joint news conference.The struggling economy was at the top of the agenda, with emphasis on the controversy surrounding the "buy American" clause in the recently passed U.S. economic stimulus package.
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