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Al Gore meets with President Obama on climate change

Former United States Vice-President Al Gore met with President Barack Obama on Monday ahead of the climate summit in Copenhagen, Denmark to discuss climate change and the goals of the United Nations.

The climate summit of 2009 in Copenhagen, Denmark began on Monday and in the opening talks, the Saudi Arabian climate negotiator called for an independent international investigation into Climategate, reports Digital Journal...

... NPR reports that the White House issued an announcement on the meeting between the two:

“In advance of his Wednesday meeting with business and environmental leaders at the White House regarding the Copenhagen conference, the President will meet with former Vice President Al Gore this afternoon in the Oval Office. This meeting is closed press.”
Read entire article at Examiner