Obama said he would also discuss Canada’s role in Afghanistan, where it has 2,700 soldiers as part of a NATO-led force. With Canada set to withdraw its troops in 2011 and Obama saying he was not going to Ottawa with an “ask in my pocket” for them to stay beyond that date, the talks were expected to focus on other ways Canada could help.
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US president makes first foreign trip
TALKING TRADE Barack Obama’s meeting with Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper was expected to focus on the ‘Buy American’ clause in the president’s stimulus package
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