The president also announces that he and Dmitriy Medvedev, Russia's president, will seek reductions in the two countries' nuclear arsenals. Obama meets Hu Jintao, China's president. Obama attends the G20 summit and meets Lee Myung-Bak, South Korea's president, and the leaders of Saudia Arabi and India. Obama holds a town hall meeting in Strasbourg, France and holds a news conference with French president Nicolas Sarkozy. The president also meets Kostas Karamanlis, Greece's prime minister. Obama meets the North Atlantic council of Nato countries. He also meets Polish president Lech Kaczynski and prime minister Donald Tusk. Obama meets European Commission president Jose Barroso, Spanish president Jose Zapatero. The president meets Czech president Vaclav Klaus, prime minister Mirek Topolanek and former president Vaclav Havel. Obama tells an audience in Prague that the US seeks a nuclear-free world. Obama addresses the Turkish parliament and meets Abdullah Gul, Turkey's president, and Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Turkey's prime minister. The president also meets Nouri al-Malaki, Iraq's prime minister, and Jalal Talabani, Iraq's president. Obama visits US troops in Iraq on his first trip to the country since his election. Obama calls Patrick Manning, Trinidad and Tobago's prime minister, to discuss the upcoming Summit of the Americas. Obama calls John Evans Atta Mills, president of Ghana, and Alan Garcia, president of Peru. The president also attends Easter services at St John's Episcopal church near the White House. US navy commandos end a hostage stand-off near the coast of Somalia by killing three pirates, after Obama personally approved the operation. The Obama family hosts an easter egg roll party for children on the White House grounds. Obama loosens restrictions on travel and remittances for Americans with relatives in Cuba. The president also releases income tax returns that show he and Michelle Obama made $2.7m in 2008, mostly from sales of the president's books. Obama imposes sanctions on three Mexican drug cartels. The president also travels to Mexico for a bilateral meeting with Felipe Calderón. He calls for a $9bn "downpayment" on construction of a high-speed passenger rail network. Obama orders the release of internal Bush administration memos justifying the torture of terrorism suspects. Obama attends the Summit of the Americas in Trinidad and Tobago.
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