California Desert: President Barack Obama

President Barack Obama: Chinese leader Xi Jinping and President Barack Obama, meeting informally at an estate in the California desert, sought to build a personal relationship and to engage on the many high-stakes issues harrying ties between the worlds two largest economies, ranging from cyberspying and economic competition to North Koreas nuclear threats. More Related to this Story, according to Globe and Mail. Ex-CIA worker admits to disclosing U.S. surveillance program details Weekend revelations that an American whistleblower holed up in Hong Kong has given an early test to the new working relationship the presidents of the U.S. and China tried to forge just a day earlier. Doug Saunders Edward Snowden, unlike Bradley Manning, falls into a great whistleblower tradition (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.