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Obama Visits the Middle East, Europe

President Obama visits the Middle East and Europe this week, with initial visits stops in Saudi Arabia and Egypt. In a speech Thursday morning, he addressed a desire for a new beginning between America and the Muslim world. He then spent Friday in Germany, where he met with the German chancellor and toured a former Nazi concentration camp.

June 6

President Obama sits alongside Prince Charles at a ceremony marking the 65th anniversary of the D-Day landings at the Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial in Colleville sur Mer, France.

Pablo Martinez Monsivais-AP

June 6

President Obama speaks at a ceremony marking the 65th anniversary of the Allied D-Day landings in Normandy.

Pablo Martinez Monsivais-AP

June 6

President Obama, Prince Charles, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown and Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper applaud as French President Nicolas Sarkozy hugs a veteran during D-Day celebrations.

Eric Feferberg-AFP/Getty Images

June 6

President Obama and Michelle Obama escort former U.S. Sen. and Vietnam veteran Max Cleland at the Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial in Colleville-sur-Mer, France.

Larry Downing-Reuters

June 6

President Obama shakes hands with Canadian veteran Joseph Don Roach during the D-Day ceremony.

Remy De La Mauviniere-AP

June 6

President Obama and French President Nicolas Sarkozy attend a meeting at the Prefecture of Caen.

Pool-Reuters

June 6

President Obama and French President Nicolas Sarkozy wave during an arrival ceremony at the Prefecture of Caen.

Thierry Chesnot-AP

June 5

President Obama speaks during a joint press conference with German Chancellor Angela Merkel at Dresden Castle in the center of the eastern German town of Dresden, June 5, 2009. The pair spent the morning discussing a range of issues including Mideast peace and a nuclear Iran.

Mandel Ngan-AFP/Getty Images

June 5

Obama adjusts his ear piece during a news conference in Dresden, Germany. Following the conference, the president went to Buchenwald for a tour of a former Nazi concentration camp his great-uncle helped liberate.

Miguel Villagran-Getty Images

June 5

Obama gazes at the ceiling alongside Merkel during a tour of the Frauenkirche, a landmark church in Dresden. Obama said he did not ask Merkel for "hard commitments" when discussing Germany taking in prisoners from Guantanamo Bay, nor did she offer any.

Andreas Rentz-Getty Images

June 5

Obama, second right, and Merkel, second left, carry white roses while flanked by Holocaust survivors Elie Wiesel, right, and Bertrand Herz, left, during their tour of the former Buchenwald Nazi concentration camp.

Kai Pfaffenbach-AP

June 5

Obama places a rose in front of the gate building at the Buchenwald concentration camp. Obama's visit to the site was the first by a U.S. president.

Oliver Multhaup-AP

Obama delivers remarks at the grounds of the Buchenwald concentration camp as Wiesel, left, Merkel and Herz, not visible, listen. "This place teaches us that we must be ever-vigilant about the spread of evil in our own times," the President said.

Mandel Ngan-AFP/Getty Images

June 5

Buchenwald survivor Wiesel, second right, is embraced by Obama after his speech during their visit to the former concentration camp. Wiesel said modern genocides could have been avoided "had the world learned" the lessons of the Holocaust.

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June 4

President Obama is given a tour of the Great Pyramids of Giza during his visit to Cairo, Egypt.

Larry Downing-Reuters

June 4

Obama, left, watches White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel and presidential aide Reggie Love pose on camels during a tour of the Great Pyramids of Giza.

Mandel Ngan-AFP/Getty Images

June 4

Obama, right, is escorted on a tour of the pyramids near Cairo. Obama had earlier given a speech that urged Islamic nations to embrace democracy, women's rights, religious tolerance and the right of Israel to co-exist with an independent Palestinian state.

Gerald Herbert-AP

June 4

Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, left, greets Obama at the presidential palace in Cairo. Obama chose Egypt as the setting for his much-heralded address to the world's 1.5 billion Muslims, which sought to heal the divide between Islam and the United States.

Khaled Desouki-AFP/Getty Images

June 4

Obama and Mubarak take part in a welcoming ceremony at the presidential palace in Cairo. The Egyptian press has called on Obama to end the United States' "blind bias" toward Israel.

Mandel Ngan-AFP/Getty Images

June 4

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton tours Cairo's Sultan Hassan Mosque with Obama. Clinton, who arrived in Egypt a day prior to the president, recently urged the country to "exhibit more respect for human rights."

Larry Downing-Reuters

June 4

Obama tours the Sultan Hassan Mosque in Cairo. His visit to the house of worship, which was built more than six centuries ago, lasted approximately half an hour.

Larry Downing-Reuters

June 4

Obama acknowledges applause as he concludes his address from Cairo University's Grand Hall. Obama called for "a new beginning" between the U.S. and the worldwide Muslim population.

Mandel Ngan-AFP/Getty Images

June 4

Audience members at Cairo University listen as Obama delivers his address to the Muslim world. Obama spoke of peace and ending a cycle of "suspicion and discord" between the U.S. and Islam.

Saul Loeb-AFP/Getty Images

June 4

Egyptian citizens watch a televised broadcast of Obama's speech in a public cafe. The president said that "a small but potent minority of Muslims" have capitalized on U.S.-Islam tension to promote religious violence.

Asmaa Waguih-Reuters

June 4

Obama delivers his landmark address at Cairo University. In reaching out to his Muslim audience, the president touched upon his upbringing in Indonesia and his father's Islamic heritage.

Cris Bouroncle-AFP/Getty Images

June 4

Customers in a Jerusalem cafe watch on television as Obama delivers his speech. Obama criticized the Israeli government's refusal to halt West Bank settlement expansion.

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June 4

A Palestinian man listens to Obama's Cairo speech at an electronics shop in the West Bank city of Jenin. The Palestinian Authority praised the address as a "good beginning" after Obama re-iterated his support for a two-state solution to the conflict between Israel and Palestine.

Saif Dahlah-AFP/Getty Images

President Obama arrives on Air Force One at King Khalid International Airport, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, June 3, 2009. His visit included a day of meetings with King Abdullah on Iran's nuclear program and Israeli-Palestinian relations.

Pablo Martinez Monsivais-AP

June 3

Obama was greeted by the 84-year-old Saudi leader Abdullah upon his arrival. The trip -- Obama's first to Saudi Arabia -- was a late addition to his itinerary.

Gerald Herbert-AP

June 3

Shortly after Obama landed, he and Abdullah were greeted by ranks of Saudi soldiers at King Khalid International Airport, as a military band played "The Star-Spangled Banner."

Fahad Shadeed-Reuters

June 3

Obama and Abdullah walk down an aisle of red carpet at the welcome ceremony. Asked about the purpose of his trip, Obama reportedly said: "Obviously the United States and Saudi Arabia have a long history of friendship, we have a strategic relationship."

Gerald Herbert-AP

June 3

Obama greets Saudi's Oil Minister Ali al-Naimi, center, upon his arrival at King Khalid International Airport. Following the welcome ceremony, Obama traveled to King Abdullah's farm at Jenadriyah, just north of Riyadh.

Ho-Reuters

June 3

Obama meets with Abdullah at the King's farm as White House chief of staff Rahm Emanuel, right, talks with Saudi Foreign Minister Saud al-Faisal.

Gerald Herbert-AP

June 3

Obama lifts the King Abdul Aziz Order of Merit -- a token of appreciation -- presented to him by Abdullah during the bilateral meeting at the King's ranch.

Mandel Ngan-AFP/Getty Images

June 3

Obama and Abdullah share a laugh at the King's ranch. Obama has suggested that Abdullah's Mideast peace proposal, known as the Arab Peace Initiative, might help revive talks between Israelis, Palestinians and Arab countries.

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