Making Friends in America.

MT. VERNON, Va. - Nicolas Sarkozy, president of France, came to Washington bearing a message "on behalf of all French men and women: I wish to reconquer the heart of America."

Simon Serfaty, senior adviser for the Europe Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, saw hope in "Sarkozy's open commitment to ending this permanent quarrel with the United States and America's receptiveness to that. ... What's interesting about this is that Sarkozy did not wait to open up. ... Sarkozy understands the urgency of the moment."

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