Obama will host a state visit -- including a state dinner -- for French President Francois Hollande in February.

The announcement comes after Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff cancelled her trip to the United States -- which would have included a state visit to Washington -- amid tensions with the Obama administration over the National Security Agency's surveillance.






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