Obama to Travel to Normandy for D-Day Anniversary

Washington, Paris on good terms, Sarkozy aide says
Posted Mar 26, 2009 1:00 PM CDT
Obama to Travel to Normandy for D-Day Anniversary
French and US flags fly between graves at the American cemetery, in Colleville-sur-Mer, France, on June 6, 2007, the 63rd anniversary of the D-Day landings in Normandy.   (AP Photo)

President Obama will travel to Normandy for the 65th anniversary of the D-Day invasion, the New York Daily News reports. An aide to Nicolas Sarkozy spilled the beans on Obama’s June 6 visit after a reporter claimed the relationship between the two presidents was distant. “Relations are excellent and very productive,” Claude Gueant said, noting that Sarkozy and Obama talked yesterday about the upcoming G-20 summit. (More President Obama stories.)

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