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Rain-soaked children await the state arrival of South Korean President <a class="taxInlineTagLink" id="PEPLT007560" title="Lee Myung-bak" href="/topic/politics/government/heads-of-state/lee-myung-bak-PEPLT007560.topic">Lee Myung-bak</a> at the <a class="taxInlineTagLink" id="PLCUL000110" title="White House" href="/topic/politics/government/executive-branch/white-house-PLCUL000110.topic">White House</a> in Washington. Lee meets with Obama on Thursday consumating a major trade pact which was signed in 2007 but has languished in both countries legislatures until it was finally approved by the <a class="taxInlineTagLink" id="ORGOV0000131" title="U.S. Congress" href="/topic/politics/government/u.s.-congress-ORGOV0000131.topic">U.S. Congress</a>.

( Reuters photo / October 13, 2011 )

Rain-soaked children await the state arrival of South Korean President Lee Myung-bak at the White House in Washington. Lee meets with Obama on Thursday consumating a major trade pact which was signed in 2007 but has languished in both countries legislatures until it was finally approved by the U.S. Congress.

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