Obama invites new British prime minister to visit

[Turborama]

Source: AP

President Barack Obama on Tuesday congratulated Britain's new prime minister, David Cameron, on his election victory and promptly invited the U.S. ally's newest leader to visit Washington this summer.

The two leaders discussed Iran and Afghanistan, according to the White House and Cameron's office, though no details were provided.

Obama placed the telephone call from the Oval Office just hours after the 43-year-old Cameron became Britain's youngest prime minister in nearly 200 years following the resignation of Gordon Brown.

Obama said he told Cameron the U.S. has no closer friend and ally than the United Kingdom. "I reiterated my deep and personal commitment to the special relationship between our two countries," Obama said in a statement.


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President Obama http://www.newstatesman.com/uk-politics/2009/08/obama-cameron-sizzle-substance">apparently said that Cameron was all sizzle and
no substance when he met him in April 09.


After http://www.thefirstpost.co.uk/people,2151,nick-clegg-furious-at-obama-snub,79911">last year's 'snub', there's some making up to do with Nick Clegg,
though.

[edbermac]

1. Shake his hand and then watch your back.

Tony Blair went in the tank for BushCo, this guy's already there.

[Oregone]

2. Holy. That was fast

Seemed like itd be better not to blow his ego up until he finished his deals with the lib-dems