U.S. President Barack Obama (R) and visiting French President Francois Hollande inspect guard of honor during a welcome ceremony on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington D.C., capital of the United States, Fed. 11, 2014. Barack Obama on Tuesday welcomed his French counterpart Francois Hollande to the White House with fanfare and warm praise of bilateral ties. The French leader was greeted with trumpet fanfares and a 21-gun salute on a sunny and chilly morning, for his state visit to the United States, the first by a French head of state since 1996. (Xinhua/Yin Bogu)
