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US Trip

Asked for more information on the US trip, the PMS said that the Prime Minister would be travelling to the US later today. The Prime Minister would be meeting President Obama tomorrow as well as Vice President Biden. On Wednesday, the Prime Minister would be giving a speech to the US Congress. In terms of issues, we expected the main focus to be on the economy and the issues that the Prime Minister set out in his article in the Sunday Times yesterday. We would also anticipate discussion of Afghanistan and climate change as well as some wider international issues such as the Middle East.

Asked whether the Prime Minister was taking a gift for President Obama and was the Churchill bust on its way back to the UK, the PMS said he wasn t sure exactly what the status was of the Churchill bust. The PMS confirmed that there would be a gift reflecting the historic nature of the relationship between the two countries.

Asked if there would be any specific announcements while the Prime Minister was in Washington, the PMS advised people to wait and see. One of the issues they would be discussing in relation to the economy would be preparation for the G20. This would be the first time the two of them had met since President Obama became the President. They had met a number of times before, so this was about strengthening the ongoing relationship between the two of them and the two countries.

Asked if the Prime Minister would be bringing anything specific up in regards to the US stimulus package such as protectionism, the PMS said that the Prime Minister s views on all of these issues were set out pretty comprehensively in the Sunday Times piece yesterday and there probably wasn t much more he could add to that at this point.

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