Photos : NATO and (of course the important ingredient) 'The Obamas'

The summit of the 28 NATO member countries took place on April 3-4 in Strasbourg, Kehl and Baden Baden to mark the 60th anniversary of the transatlantic military and political organization.
Protesters tried to blockade the streets towards the congress center, where the NATO's 60th anniversary summit took place. Heads of state, foreign ministers and defense ministers of the 28 NATO member countries participated in the summit.
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(L-R) U.S. President Barack Obama, NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer, German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Nicolas Sarkozy wait for a working dinner at the NATO summit on April 3, 2009 in Baden Baden, Germany.  (Photo by Ralph Orlowski/Getty Images)

U.S. President Barack Obama and U.S. Foreign Minister Hillary Clinton speak during a meeting at the NATO summit on April 4, 2009 in Strasbourg, France. (Photo by Pool/Getty Images)

(L-R) German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Pr Joachim Sauer, U.S First Lady Michele Obama, U.S. President Barack Obama, French President Nicolas Sarkozy and French First Lady Carla Bruni-Sarkozy, NATO secretary General Jaap De Hoop Scheffer and Mrs Jeannine De Hoop Scheffer. (Photo by Pascal Le Segretain/Getty Images)

(L-R) British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, U.S. President Barack Obama, French President Nicolas Sarkozy, chats at a commemoration for the dead NATO soldiers during the NATO summit at the Passerelle des Deux-Rives on April 4, 2009 in Kehl, Germany. (Photo by action press-Pool/Getty Images)

(L-R) British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, U.S. President Barack Obama, French President Nicolas Sarkozy, NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer and German Chancellor Angela Merke attend a commemoration for the dead NATO soldiers. (Photo by action press-Pool/Getty Images)

(L-R) Sloven Prime Minister Borut Pahor, Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero, Turkish President Abdullah Guel, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, U.S. President Barack Obama, French President Nicolas Sarkozy, NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer and German Chancellor Angela Merkel in Kehl, Germany.  (Photo by action press-Pool/Getty Images)

(1row L-R) NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer, Polish President Lech Kaczynski, German Chancellor Angela Merkel and U.S. President Barack Obama attend at a commemoration for the dead NATO soldiers in Strasbourg, France. (Photo by action press-Pool/Getty Images)

U.S. President Barack Obama and Polish President Lech Kaczynski arrive for a military ceremony during the NATO summit at the Passerelle des Deux-Rives on April 4, 2009 in Kehl, Germany. (Photo by Ralph Orlowski/Getty Images)

German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan (C) and U.S. President Barack Obama arrive for a working dinner at the NATO summit, April 3, 2009 in Baden Baden, Germany. (Photo by Ralph Orlowski/Getty Images)

German Chancellor Angela Merkel, U.S. President Barack Obama and NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer :The NATO summit, April 3, 2009, Baden Baden, Germany. (Photo by Ralph Orlowski/Getty Images)

(L-R) U.S. President Barack Obama, French President Nicolas Sarkozy and NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer meet for a social program before a NATO meeting on April 3, 2009 in Baden Baden, Germany. (Photo by Ralph Orlowski/Getty Images)

U.S. President Barack Obama and German Chancellor Angela Merkel arrive for a military ceremony during the NATO summit at the Passerelle des Deux-Rives on April 4, 2009 in Kehl, Germany. (Photo by Ralph Orlowski/Getty Images)

U.S First Lady Michele Obama (L) and U.S. President Barack Obama, pose as they arrive to attend the opening of the NATO summit at the Kurhaus on April 3, 2009 in Baden Baden, Germany. (Photo by Pascal Le Segretain/Getty Images)

U.S. President Barack Obama arrives at the opening of the NATO summit at the Kurhaus on April 3, 2009 in Baden Baden, Germany.  (Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images)