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The French President Francois Hollande has arrived in the UnitedStates at the start of the first full-state visit there by a Frenchpresident in nearly 20 years. From Washington, Jane O'Brien.
President Hollande will begin his visit with the relaxing trip to Monticello, the historic home ofThomas Jefferson, America's third president. He will meet there with President Obama informallybefore tomorrow's state dinner at the White House. The conflict in Syria, Iran's nuclear ambitionsand climate change are all expected to feature in talks. But the focus for Mr. Hollande is business.On Wednesday, he will travel to California's Silicon Valley for discussions with top executives fromGoogle, Facebook, Twitter and other internet giants. But although France wants to create newpartnerships, it also wants such companies to pay tax on French soil.