Barack's special welcome as Brown drops in
Barack Obama yesterday reiterated his belief in the 'special relationship' between Britain and America as he welcomed Gordon Brown to the White House. Sitting alingside Mr Brown, the president said Britain's role in Afghanistan and Iraq would not be forgotten.
'Britain is one of our closest and strongest allies and there is a link and bond there that will not break,' Mr Obama said. 'The relationship is not only special and strong but will only get stronger.' Mr Brown is the first European leader to visit the White Hose since Mr Obama's inauguration in January. The use of the term special relationship is significant. - the White House earlier called it 'special partnership', seen as a subtle sign of cooling the relations under the new administration. The two leaders talks' were dominated by the financial crisis. They agreed improvements were needed to regulate markets. The prime minister also secured tacit support from Mr Obama for his 'global new deal' to tackle the downturn of next month's G20 summit in London. Mr Obama spoke of the need for G20 countries to stimulate their economies 'in a co-ordinated fashion'. He added: 'We together have dug a very deep hole for ourselves. There will be fits and starts but the mess is going to get cleaned up.' 
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