PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA IN FRANCE NATO SUMMIT PICS VIDEO

President Barack Obama wrapped up his attendance at the G20 summit and was greeted in France by President Nicolas Sarkozy. President Obama was showered with applaud and kisses up his arrival in France. The President spoke about the importance of NATO and hails a NATO alliance in France.

Reporting from Strasbourg, France -- President Obama traveled to France today for the start of a two-day summit of 26 leaders of NATO countries as members of the World War II-era alliance commemorate the past and contemplate the future of their mutual defense pact.

French President Nicolas Sarkozy welcomed Obama and, in a symbolic gesture of support for the new U.S. leader, said his country would accept one of the detainees from the American detention center at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, in an effort to help shut it down. [LA TIMES]

Read a BBC recap of press reaction to the G20 summit.

Raw Video: Obamas Greeted by President Sarkozy

Welcomed with thunderous cheers, President Barack Obama told a European audience on Friday that he is setting a dramatic goal of "a world without nuclear weapons." The new American president opened a town-hall style gathering with the declaration, saying he would outline details in Prague in the coming days. "Even with the Cold War now over, the spread of nuclear weapons or the theft of nuclear material could lead to the extermination of any city on the planet," Obama said, previewing a planned speech. In office just over two months, Obama was in the midst of his first European trip as president as he sought to strengthen the United States' standing in the world while working with foreign counterparts to right the troubled global economy. Obama said the United States shares blame for the crisis, but that "every nation bears responsibility for what lies ahead — especially now." Back home, his administration was trying to weather the fallout of another dismal monthly jobs report that was announced as Obama spoke in France. The jobless rate jumped to 8.5 percent, the highest since late 1983, as a wide range of employers eliminated a net total of 663,000 jobs in March.

Obama opened the overseas appearance — in a sports arena and before a French and German audience heavily made up of students — with 25 minutes of prepared remarks read from a Teleprompter. Inviting questions later, Obama acknowledged "my French and German are terrible" but noted that translators were on hand. But his first questioner turned out to be an American. Seeming surprised, Obama was quick to note: "I did not call on an American on purpose." Much like during his presidential campaign, Obama paced the stage with a microphone like a talk show host and responded to the woman's question about what he wanted his legacy to be. "After only two months, that's kind of a big question. You aim high knowing you'll make mistakes," Obama said. But he said job No. 1 is restoring America's battered economy. Obama also sounded an upbeat message of globalization, saying history shows why nations must work together. "We are most vulnerable to war and conflict when people are desperate economically," Obama said. "Nobody knows that history more than Europe." [YAHOO]

First Lady Michelle Obama and Carla Sarkozy are now the beautiful First Ladies of Fashion. Read the Guardian UK for more on the fashion face-off.

Never mind the economic crisis.

As foreign leaders and their spouses descend on London this week for the G20 summit, fashionistas and photographers are focusing on two first ladies -- Michelle Obama and France's Carla Bruni-Sarkozy.

Obama's attendance at the economic meeting marks her debut in Europe as America's first lady -- and her fashion choices are under scrutiny as she mingles with leaders of the world's largest economies and their partners, including Britain's Sarah Brown, Russia's Svetlana Medvedev and Brazil's Marisa Leticia Lula da Silva.

But fashion enthusiasts are narrowing their focus to Obama's attire and that of her French counterpart,  Bruni-Sarkozy, the Italian-born former model and singer-songwriter and recent bride of French President Nicolas Sarkozy.

"There's no doubt that they're both style powerhouses. The difference is their backgrounds," Katie Connor, fashion features editor at Marie Claire magazine, told FOXNews.com.

"Both of these first ladies ushered in this new era of glamour," Connor said. [FOX]