Just for you Samantha Schiller

The following is an assignment I had for AP Euro last year...read an article about US relations with Spain and summarize) United States relations with Spain thawed on April 5th when Obama met with Zapatero for the first time since socialist Spain withdrew troupes from Iraq in 2004. Obama was relaxed after the meeting, claiming that it had gone well and that he was confident that Zapatero was competent enough to lead the "far reaching" nation of Spain. He expressed his hopes that relations between Spain and America had improved enough for both nation's cooperation on future issues. He was also happy to come out of the meeting with a new "amigo," the two connected over a shared love of basketball, ring pops and Spiderman. Zapatero was equally impressed with Obama after the meeting. He even attempted to Americanize himself by misquoting John F. Kennedy when he said "we must not ask what Barack Obama can do for us, but what we can do for Barack Obama and make his ideas in the international order successful." His quote may have been a bit off, but his sentiments of Obama being the true Messiah are wholeheartedly American. Both leaders have extended open invitations to the other to visit his own country whenever the other wanted. "I've always wanted to return to the site of my boyhood wonders," Obama said, misty eyed. "I would love to go back and ride my bike and play in the sandbox of my youth." (When asked if Obama meant "sandbox" as a racial slur, his rep vehemently denied it and confirmed that Obama was talking about a literal 'sandbox,' complete with Tonka trucks and "one of those neat little sand sifting factories"). To further cement the friendship between the leaders, Zapatero asked Obama to sign his daughter's book, saying that she was a big fan (the rumor that the book was the Bible and that Obama signed it 'God' was neither confirmed nor denied by rep).