Obama, Ghana leader affirm 'strong ties,' will trade team
jerseys  President Barack Obama, engaged in international
diplomacy at the G-20 summit in Toronto, is keeping one eye on
the U.S. team's play against Ghana in the World Cup on Saturday.
White House press secretary Robert Gibbs released a statement
moments before the game begin, saying that Obama and Ghana
President John Atta Mills were "eagerly anticipating" the game.
In the statement, Gibbs said Obama and Mills will trade jerseys
of their countries' teams, following a tradition still employed
by playing teams' captains.  "They reaffirm the strong ties
between the people of our two countries, including our shared
passion on the soccer field, and have agreed that when they next
meet they will exchange team jerseys in the spirit of
camaraderie and sportsmanship that they look forward to seeing
on the playing field later today," Gibbs said.  Obama met with
the U.S. team before they departed before South Africa. Earlier
this week, the president phoned th