[An Nahar] U.S. President Barack Obama
I am not a dictator!
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repeatedly called British Finance Minister George Osborne "Jeffrey" at the G8 summit, media reported on Thursday.
The U.S. president said three times that he agreed fully with "Jeffrey" during his presentation on G8 host Britannia's plans to crack down on tax evasion, leaving Osborne red-faced.
Realising his blunder afterwards, Obama joked that he had mistaken the chancellor of the exchequer for the U.S. soul singer Jeffrey Osborne, The Sun and the Financial Times reported.
"I'm sorry, man. I must have confused you with my favorite R and B singer," Obama was quoted as saying.
The chancellor, 42, bears little resemblance to Jeffrey Osborne, a 65-year-old African-American hit singer-songwriter known for his 1982 classic "On the Wings of Love".
The singer told Sky News television: "I was really delighted actually. I was really not aware that (Obama) was that much of a fan that he would call the chancellor Jeffrey Osborne.
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