CHICAGO (FOX 32 News) -
President Obama arrived in Chicago around 8 p.m. Saturday night.
He flew in to O'Hare International Airport from Camp David, where he was discussing the world economy with the G8 world leaders.
The president is just the latest of a parade of world leaders to arrive, from France, Canada, the UK, Spain, Italy, Australia, and several eastern European countries.
"I think he got most of what he wanted to," G8 expert John Kirton said, "and certainly all of what he needed to."
That's the view of Kirton, from the University of Toronto, regarding President Obama's accomplishments at the G8 summit.
At Camp David, leaders of the world's major economies pledged to do all they could to reduce financial turmoil, especially in Europe.
Experts said the final communiqué contained everything the president could have hoped for.
"What he got his G8 colleagues to do was basically to endorse the economic strategy that he'd been pushing for a few years now," Kirton said. "Growth and jobs first, and on the other side of the debate that some had heralded, fiscal consolidation. That came in well down the list, in fourth place."
G8 leaders are now headed to Chicago, where NATO leaders have been arriving since Friday. The focus will be on the war in Afghanistan.
Some NATO members, like France, want out this year. The Obama administration wants combat troops out by the end of 2014.
Neighboring Pakistan is not a NATO member, but was invited at the last minute.
One veteran Islamabad journalist said U.S. drone attacks have left Pakistani citizens wondering if the U.S. is a true friend.
"America has been one of the biggest donors of Pakistan," Muhammad Ziauddin, of the Express Tribune said. "But that has been washed out. It has been neutralized because of the drone attacks."
