Obama and Medvedev Joint Press Conference

President Obama and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev held a joint press conference after meeting at the White House. The leaders discussed areas of disagreement such as Georgia and areas of progress and collaboration such as non-proliferation and quelling violence in Kyrgyzstan. Obama discussed Medvedev's visit to California's Silicon Valley where the he met with industry leaders in an effort to lay the groundwork for Russia's own version of the high-tech hub.

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