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Francois Hollande honoured at US state dinner
Continuing in French, he praised French-US diplomatic and military co-operation in the Middle East and Africa, and said the two countries would work jointly for economic growth and to combat climate change.
Mr Hollande said relations between the two countries had reached "an exceptional level of closeness and confidence" because they shared the "universal values" of freedom, democracy and respect for the law.
"We love Americans, although we don't always say so," the French president said, "and you love the French, but you are sometimes too shy to say so."
At a news conference after bilateral talks earlier on Tuesday, Mr Hollande said he and Mr Obama had resolved their issues over digital eavesdropping by the US National Security Agency.
"Mutual trust has been restored," said Mr Hollande.
Mr Obama also announced he had accepted Mr Hollande's invitation to go to France in June to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the invasion of Normandy during World War Two.
On Wednesday, Mr Hollande will travel to San Francisco and meet chiefs of Silicon Valley giants including Facebook, Twitter and Google.
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Stuck in the middle with VOUS! Awkward moment Hollande sat between the Obamas after being forced to attend State Dinner alone following split from his First Lady
- The State Dinner comes amid controversy over Hollande's alleged affair and ensuing break up from his long-term partner and French first Lady Valerie Trierweiler
- State Dinner has been carefully choreographed to minimize embarrassment of Hollande's personal arrangement - including canceling the dance
- A-list attendees include Bradley Cooper, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Stephen Colbert, Mindy Kaling openly gay basketball player Jason Collins, billionaire inventor Elon Musk, New York Times Executive Editor Jill Abramson and International Monetary Fund director and former French Finance Minister Christine Lagarde
By MICHAEL ZENNIE and ASSOCIATED PRESS REPORTER
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Faced with the dilemma of hosting conspicuously single Francois Hollande at a State Dinner, Barack and Michelle Obama have split the difference - and seated the French President right between them.
Their choice may have been an attempt to smooth over Hollande's scandalous breakup with the former French First Lady - but it also placed his complicated personal life front and center, as it were.
Much of the event has
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