French President Sarkozy Looks for Dividends of Pro-America Policy in Washington Visit.

As Nicolas Sarkozy begins his first official visit to Washington as French president Tuesday, he will seek to show that he has healed relations with the United States that were strained by the Iraq war.

The visit may also reveal how eager the White House will be to reciprocate Sarkozy's entreaties for working together on problems ranging from Iran to global warming. [...]

"Sarkozy needs to go home and say not only that this guy kissed me on both cheeks, but also that he has brought something back," says Simon Serfaty, a senior adviser of the Europe program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington.

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