President of the United States Barack Obama and Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt of Denmark talk at the end of their bilateral meeting in the Oval Office on 24 February 2012. Left to right: Christian Kettel Thomsen, Permanent Secretary of State; Peter Taksoe-Jensen, Ambassador of Denmark to the United States; Liz Sherwood-Randall, Senior Director for European Affairs; Bill Moeller, Director for Central European Affairs; Barack Obama and Helle Thorning-Schmidt.