The BBC's Europe editor, Mark Mardell, has an interesting additional take on the problems of EU-American summitry on his blog today.

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In 1993, Jeremy became a political correspondent at Millbank, working in John Sergeant's team (alongside fellow political reporters Huw Edwards, Jon Sopel, Mark Mardell and Nick Robinson).

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Reporters in Jerusalem and Ramallah spoke to local people about their hopes for the summit and international editors Mark Mardell and Jeremy Bowen analysed the diplomatic repercussions.

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So, look to my brilliant colleagues Mark Mardell and Katty Kay for the inside view on Washington DC and analysis of what makes US government tick.

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The main purpose of this trip is rebuild bridges and improving relationships which could give him more leverage over the new Israeli government, the BBC North America editor Mark Mardell reports.

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The BBC's Mark Mardell in Washington says the cuts are meant to hurt - they were deliberately designed two years ago to be so brutally painful that politicians of left and right would be forced to agree on a better way of balancing the books.

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