President Barack Obama waves before his departure at Halim Perdanakusuma airport in Jakarta November 10
US President Barack Obama disembarks from his aircraft on arrival at Seoul Air Base on November 10
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US President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama are led on a tour by Grand Imam Yaqub at the Istiqlal Mosque in Jakarta on November 10. The much-anticipated visit to the Istiqlal Mosque and speech at the University of Indonesia were the last stops on Obama’s twice-postponed visit to Indonesia
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the indonesian enthusiasm gap
President Barack Obama at the University of Indonesia in Jakarta November 10
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picture perfect: no 19
Democratic Presidential Candidate Senator Barack Obama (D-IL) drives a bumper car with his daughter Sasha at the Iowa State Fair August 16, 2007 in Des Moines, Iowa. Scott Olson/Getty Images
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in memory….
President Barack Obama is presented with a gift in honour of his mother, Stanley Ann Dunham, by Indonesia’s President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono during a state dinner at the State Palace-Istana Merdeka in Jakarta, November 9
Politico: At an emotional dinner in Indonesia, President Obama thanked his hosts for giving him a medal in honor of his mother and for serving foods that were his favorites as a child growing up there. ”I promise it won’t take so long before I come back,” Obama said in a toast, according to the pool, adding that he was “deeply moved.”
“The fact that you would choose to recognize my mother in this way speaks to the bonds she forged over many years with the people of this magnificent country,” he said. “She believed we all share common aspirations: to live in dignity and security, to get an education, to provide for our families, to give our children a better future, to leave the world better than we found it.”
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dinner guests
Michelle Obama winks at another guest at a state dinner for her husband at Istana Merdeka in Jakarta, November 9
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exhibit one
US First Lady Michelle Obama tours the ‘Living Traditions Exhibition at Wisma Negara’ with her host, Indonesian First Lady Ani Yudhoyono, on November 9 in Jakarta, Indonesia
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the fashion police
(Jeez, I hope this woman never reviews my, err, taste in ‘fashion’ …. ie scruffy jeans and 20-year-old ill-fitting t-shirts)
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