Obama in the Middle East and Europe

Spectators hold up US and German flags as they attend the public viewing of President Barack Obama’s speech in the eastern German city of Dresden. After policy talks and a news conference in Dresden, Obama and German Chancellor Angela Merkel are due to travel to Buchenwald, the former Nazi concentration camp where more than 56,000 prisoners died. Obama today swaps the political heat of the Middle East for a solemn two-day mission of World War II remembrance, and a fresh round of transatlantic diplomacy.   (AFP/Getty photo by Uwe Meinhold)

Local residents have their picture taken with a cardboard cutout of President Barack Obama in downtown Dresden. After policy talks and a news conference in Dresden, Obama and German Chancellor Angela Merkel are due to travel to Buchenwald, the former Nazi concentration camp.   (AFP/Getty photo by John MacDougall)

A woman holds a President Barack Obama doll as she attends the public viewing of his speech in the eastern German city of Dresden. After policy talks and a news conference in Dresden, Obama and German Chancellor Angela Merkel are due to travel to Buchenwald.   (AFP/Getty photo by Uwe Meinhold)

President Barack Obama and German Chancellor Angela Merkel hold a press conference at Dresden Castle in Dresden, Germany. Obama swaps the political heat of the Middle East for a solemn two-day mission of World War II remembrance, and a fresh round of transatlantic diplomacy.   (AFP/Getty photo by Mandel Ngan)

President Barack Obama delivers his much-anticipated message to the Muslim world from the auditorium in the Cairo University campus in Cairo during a one-day visit to Egypt. Obama said that he wants “a new beginning” with the world’s 1.5 billion Muslims, and called for an end to a cycle of “suspicion and discord.”   (AFP/Getty photo by Mandel Ngan)

Members of a Palestinian family listen to President Barack Obama as he delivers a speech at Cairo University, at their home in the southern Gaza Strip town of Rafah. Obama vowed to forge a “new beginning” for Islam and America in a landmark speech to the world’s Muslims.   (AFP/Getty photo by Said Khatib)

President Barack Obama delivers his highly-anticipated address to the Muslim world in the Grand Hall of Cairo University in Cairo. Obama vowed to forge a “new beginning” for Islam and America in a landmark speech to the world’s Muslims, evoking a vision of peace after a smouldering cycle of “suspicion and discord.”   (AFP/Getty photo by Saul Loeb)

President Barack Obama shakes hands with his Egyptian counterpart Hosni Mubarak during a bilateral meeting at the presidential palace in Cairo. Obama arrived in Egypt to make a momentous multimedia address to the world’s 1.5 billion Muslims, seeking to heal a wide breach between America and Islam.   (AFP/Getty photo by Mandel Ngan)

President Barack Obama and his Egyptian counterpart Hosni Mubarak take part in a welcoming ceremony at the presidential palace in Cairo. Egypt’s press called on Barack Obama to end its “blind bias” towards Israel, as the US president arrived in Cairo where he will make a much-anticipated address to the world’s Muslims.   (AFP/Getty photo by Mandel Ngan)

President Barack Obama steps off Air Force One upon his arrival at the airport in Cairo. Obama arrived in Egypt to make a momentous multimedia address to the world’s 1.5 billion Muslims, seeking to heal a wide breach between America and Islam.   (AFP/Getty photo by Mandel Ngan)

President Barack Obama and Saudi King Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz al-Saud take part in a welcoming reception at the king’s ranch in al-Janadriya in the outskirts of Riyadh on Obama’s first day in the Mideast.   (AFP/Getty photo by Mandel Ngan)

President Barack Obama speaks with Saudi King Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz al-Saud during an arrival ceremony at the King Khaled international airport in Riyadh. Obama arrived in Saudi Arabia at the start of a mission to the Middle East where he will reach out to the world’s Muslims and promote peace.   (AFP/Getty photo by Saul Loeb)

Saudi King Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz al-Saud and President Barack Obama inspect an honor guard during a welcoming ceremony at the King Khaled international airport Wednesday in Riyadh.   (AFP/Getty photo by Mandel Ngan)