But that money is being directed to the International Monetary Fund to help developing countries , not pumped into the large economies to stimulate growth as U.S. officials had hoped . Obama : Europe 's fate no longer decided by Roosevelt and Churchill sitting over brandy . Europeans respond favorably to president 's message that it 's a new Europe . Obama meets Russian President Dmitry Medvedev ; relations begin to thaw . Lots of heavy lifting to be done to make lofty goals possible , CNN 's Ed Harris cautions .
Obama : Europe 's fate no longer decided by Roosevelt and Churchill sitting over brandy . Europeans respond favorably to president 's message that it 's a new Europe . Obama meets Russian President Dmitry Medvedev ; relations begin to thaw . Lots of heavy lifting to be done to make lofty goals possible , CNN 's Ed Harris cautions .