Sarkozy
Apr 17 2009, Marco Villa

French President Nicholas Sarkozy is known for speaking his mind. But this time he may have said too much. Left-wing French paper Liberation is reporting that in a private luncheon with French MPs the president personally insulted American President...

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French President Nicolas Sarkozy pins the Legion of Honour medal on the jacket of former First Lady Bernadette Chirac during a ceremony held in Paris, Wednesday March 18, 2009.