Title: Obama Reassures France After ‘Unacceptable’ Spying

Content: <div id='article-page'><div id='article-content' data-media-url='//news-app-staging.s3.amazonaws.com' data-base-url='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/250/france_audio.m4a' data-capture-url='//staging.analytics.lingraphica.com/events/capture_news' data-article-title='Obama Reassures France After Unacceptable Spying' data-article-id='512'><script src='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/javascripts/getscripts.js'></script><link rel='stylesheet' href='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/stylesheets/article.css' type='text/css' /><div class='article'><p><span data-start-time='0' data-end-time='12646'>U.S. President Barack Obama said Wednesday that the United States remains firm about ending spying tactics considered “unacceptable” by its allies.</span> </p><p><span data-start-time='12646' data-end-time='18229'>Mr. Obama made the comment to French President Francois Hollande. </span> <span data-start-time='18229' data-end-time='34125'>On Tuesday, the website WikiLeaks released documents that it said show the U.S. National Security Agency spied on French presidents from 2006 to 2012.</span> </p><p><span data-start-time='34125' data-end-time='51500'>Obama administration officials said the president told Mr. Hollande that the U.S. has and would continue to honor its 2013 promise not to “target the communications” of the French leader.</span> </p><p><span data-start-time='51500' data-end-time='61458'>President Hollande held an emergency meeting of his ministers and army commanders after the release of the WikiLeaks documents. </span> <span data-start-time='61458' data-end-time='72375'>France is also sending a top intelligence official to Washington to confirm the spying is over, a government spokesman said.</span> </p></div><div class='control-buttons-sticky' style='display:none;'><div class='control-buttons'><button title='Back' class='back' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Play' 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U.S. President Barack Obama said Wednesday that the United States remains firm about ending spying tactics considered “unacceptable” by its allies.

Mr. Obama made the comment to French President Francois Hollande. On Tuesday, the website WikiLeaks released documents that it said show the U.S. National Security Agency spied on French presidents from 2006 to 2012.

Obama administration officials said the president told Mr. Hollande that the U.S. has and would continue to honor its 2013 promise not to “target the communications” of the French leader.

President Hollande held an emergency meeting of his ministers and army commanders after the release of the WikiLeaks documents. France is also sending a top intelligence official to Washington to confirm the spying is over, a government spokesman said.

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