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REMARKS BY PRESIDENT OBAMA AT STRASBOURG TOWN HALL REMARKS BY PRESIDENT OBAMA AT STRASBOURG TOWN HALL Rhenus Sports Arena Strasbourg, France 2:18 P.M. (Local) PRESIDENT OBAMA: Thank you so much. (Applause.) Good afternoon. Bon apr -midi. (Applause.) And guten tag. It is aès great honor for me to be here in Europe, to be here in Strasbourg. I want to make just a few acknowledgements. I want to thank the President of France, Nicolas Sarkozy, for being such a terrific friend. I want to thank his wife, Madam Sarkozy. They just hosted us at the palace and could not have been more gracious. I want to thank the Charge dAffaires, Mark Pekala, and his wife, Maria, who were helping to organize us; Vincent Carver, whos the Counsel General in Strasbourg. And I want to thank the Mayor of Strasbourg, Roland Ries, for his hospitality. (Applause.) It is wonderful to be here with all of you and to have an opportunity not only to speak to you but also to take some １ questions. You know, oftentimes during these foreign trips you see everything from behind a window, and what we thought was important was for me to have an opportunity to not only speak with you but also to hear from you, because thats ultimately how we can learn about each other. But before I take some questions, I hope you dont mind me making a few remarks about my country and yours; the relationship between the United States and the relationship between Europe. Strasbourg has been known throughout history as a city at the crossroads. Over thousands of years, you straddled many kingdoms and many cultures. Two rivers are joined here. Two religions have flourished in your churches. Three languages comprise an ancient oath that bears the citys name. You served as a center of industry and commerce, a seat of government and education, where Goethe studied and Pasteur taught and Gutenberg imagined h