Statements by President Obama, European Council President Herman Van Rompuy, and European Commission President Jose ...

Release Time:  For Immediate Release Roosevelt Room 2:01 P.M. EST PRESIDENT OBAMA:  Good afternoon, everybody.  I am very pleased to welcome Presidents Van Rompuy and Barroso to the White House.  We have had several occasions to meet over the last year, but this is the first formal U.S.-EU summit that we’ve had an opportunity to have since the Lisbon summit last year. Of course, much has changed