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U.S., EU agree to redouble climate efforts: Obama

Posted 2009/11/03 at 4:25 pm EST

WASHINGTON, Nov. 3, 2009 (Reuters) — President Barack Obama said on Tuesday that the United States and European Union had agreed to redouble their efforts to achieve success on climate change in Copenhagen.

U.S. President Barack Obama (2nd L) walks through the Colonnade with European High Council Representative Javier Solana (L), President of the European Commission Jose Manuel Barroso (2nd R), and Prime Minister of Sweden Fredrik Reinfeldt to a meeting of the U.S.-European Union Summit at the White House in Washington November 3, 2009. REUTERS/Jim Young

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(Reporting by Alister Bull, editing by Patricia Zengerle)

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