Obama Woos Westward In Europe

Sarkozy, Obama Discuss Climate Change, Wars Democrat Barack Obama met with French President Nicolas Sarkozy in Paris on Friday, where they discussed Iran, the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, climate change and other issues. Speaking later at a news conference, Obama said Iran should accept the proposals made by Sarkozy and other Western leaders. He urged Iran's leaders not to wait for the next U.S. president to push them "because the pressure, I think, is only going to build." The United States and other Western nations accuse Iran of seeking to acquire nuclear weapons and demand that it freeze its uranium enrichment program. Iran says its nuclear program is for peaceful purposes. Obama said that he and Sarkozy agreed that Iran poses "an extraordinarily grave situation." He said the world must send "a clear message to Iran to... [read full story]