“Obama spent part of Thursday in Chicago making calls to world leaders. Aides said his conversations were with Prime Minister Rudd of Australia, Prime Minister Harper of Canada, President Sarkozy of France, Chancellor Merkel of Germany, Prime Minister Olmert of Israel, Prime Minister Aso of Japan, President Calderon of Mexico, President Lee of South Korea and Prime Minister Brown of the United Kingdom.”
–The Chicago Tribune describes Barack Obama‘s Thursday afternoon.