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President Obama met with Mexico's President Felipe Calderón today on a number of issues that the White House says the two agreed to resolve. Issuing a Fact Sheet today, the White House said among the items the two presidents discussed and agreed on are: 1) resolving the cross-border long-haul trucking dispute, 2) regulatory cooperation, 3) clean energy and climate change, and 4) transboundary energy negotiations (reservoirs). There was no mention of whether the two discussed Mexico's ongoing drug war, and the continued shipment of drugs from Mexico into the United States. As early as last month a Mexican drug gang leader was arrested for the shooting of a federal US agent, causing US Homeland Security Janet Napolitano to remark that "...the violence in Mexico is something we are very concerned about." ** Update ** During a joint press conference today in the East Room President Obama did make the following statement as it relates to the Mexican drug c...

"To The Happiness Of Our People" Our First Lady (looking gorgeous, as usual) and President Obama (bow-tie a bit off center) with Mexican President Calderon and Mrs. Margarita Zavala. (More photos). Tonight’s State Dinner will be held in the East Room of the White House with State Dinner performances held under a tent on the South Lawn of the White House.  Performances are expected by Beyonce , Rodrigo y Gabriela and the United States Marine Band . The most recent State Dinner held at the White House was for Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Mrs. Gursharan Kaur of India hosted on November 24, 2009.  (Our coverage here ). A Message From President Calderon at the State Dinner President Calderon points out the similarities between he and President Obama, explaining the two want the same things - "Happiness of our people." "We both belong to the same generation, almost the same age. We both are lawyers, for a time we went to the same University; ...