The First Family In Bariloche

President Barack Obama accompanied by First Lady Michelle Obama arrive to Bariloche, Argentina

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President Barack Obama and his family board the “Modesta Victoria” for a boat trip on the lake

The First Family walk the Villa Tacul Trail of Parque Llao Llao which is part of the Parque Nacional Nahuel Haupi in Bariloche, Argentina

The President And First Lady’s Day In Argentina

President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama doing the tango

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First Lady Michelle Obama speaks during a meeting with high school students at the Centro Metropolitano de Diseño, in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The First Lady talked about the importance of completing their studies, as part of her Lets Girls Learn initiative

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The First Family’s Day

President Barack Obama delivers remarks at the Gran Teatro de la Habana Alicia Alonso in the hisoric Habana Vieja, or Old Havana; in Havana, Cuba. Described as a message to the Cuban people about his vision for the future of Cuba, his speech was nationally televised to the 11 million people on the island

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Cuban family I watched @POTUS speech with was cheering, tearing up, truly moved. No one has given a speech like here that in a long time.

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Nick Miroff (@NickMiroff) March 22, 2016

No one has spoken to the Cuban people like this in years. Lima & her family followed as if listening to a sermon. wpo.st/T2BO1

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Nick Miroff (@NickMiroff) March 22, 2016

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"The thoughts and prayers of the American people are with the people of Belgium" —@POTUS on the attacks in #Brussels snpy.tv/1UC1C0N

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The White House (@WhiteHouse) March 22, 2016

During the Rays' exhibition with Cuba, President Obama strongly condemned the Brussels terrorist attacks. WATCH: es.pn/1pxHYGj

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ESPN (@espn) March 22, 2016

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President Barack Obama greets Cuba’s prima ballerina, Alicia Alonso

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"It was the speech that we and millions of Cubans yearned to hear. It was a light in the dark." nyti.ms/1q0FIrv

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Jamil Smith (@JamilSmith) March 22, 2016

Even die-hard Cuban communists liked what Obama had to say. nyti.ms/1Rxk83H #obamavisit

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Frances Robles (@FrancesRobles) March 22, 2016

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President Barack Obama meets with dissidents and other local Cubans at the U.S. Embassy in Havana, Cuba. From lower left corner are, Dagoberto Valdes, Berta Soler, Laritza Diversent, Jose Daniel Ferrer, Juana Mora Cedeno, Antonio Rodiles Angel Yunier Remon, Guillermo ‘Coco Farinas’, Nelson Alvarez Matute, Miriam Celaya Gonzalez, Manuel Cuesta Morua, Miriam Leiva Viamonte, Elizardo Sanchez

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First Lady Michelle Obama, President Barack Obama, and President Raul Castro stand together during a moment of silence for the victims of the terror attack in Belgium today before the start of the exhibition game between the Cuban national team and the Tampa Bay Rays of the Major League Baseball at the Estado Latinoamericano

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The President's reception at the game today ....... ❤️ https://t.co/HDLk7cAsWB

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TheObamaDiary.com (@TheObamaDiary) March 22, 2016

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President Barack Obama and Rachel Robinson, Jackie Robinson’s widow

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.@POTUS and @FLOTUS take in a game in Havana. #MLBinCuba amp.twimg.com/v/bb0c82db-b9d…

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Farewell, Cuba 🇺🇸🇨🇺 https://t.co/SPHNKnS1jt

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TheObamaDiary.com (@TheObamaDiary) March 22, 2016

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Diplomat In Chief

The Handshake

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President Barack Obama shakes hands with Cuba’s President Raul Castro

President Castro blocks out reporters’ questions

 President Obama holds a news conference at the conclusion of the Summit of the Americas in Panama City

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Obama: "Cuba is not a threat to the United States."

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NBC News (@NBCNews) April 11, 2015

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President Obama meets with Brazilian President, Dilma Rousseff

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Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda Gaston Browne (front L), Argentina’s President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner (front R), U.S President Barack Obama (back L), Grenada’s Prime Minister Keith Mitchell (second row R) and Uruguay’s President Tabare Vazquez (top R) wave during the family photo of the VII Summit of the Americas in Panama City

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Ecuador’s President Rafael Correa smiles as he listens to remarks by President Barack Obama during the first plenary session of the Summit of the Americas in Panama City, Panama

President Obama, flanked by National Security Advisor Susan Rice, gives remarks at the first plenary session of the Summit of the Americas

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With Secretary John Kerry

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Homeward bound

pic of the americas

President Barack Obama gestures during the official photo at the sixth Summit of the Americas in Cartagena, Colombia. Obama is flanked by Presidents Sebastian Pinera of Chile, front left, and Otto Perez Molina of Guatemala, front right. Pictured behind the three leaders are Presidents Porfirio Lobo of Honduras, middle row, left, Felipe Calderon of Mexico, middle row, second from left, Ricardo Martinelli of Panama, middle row, right, and Trinidad and Tobago

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President Obama and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton with Argentina’s President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner during a bilateral meeting at the Americas Summit in Cartagena. April 14

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From yesterday:

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Meanwhile….

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Steve Benen: …. as it turns out, Bush’s approval rating the summer before his re-election bid isn’t much different than President Obama’s current approval rating. Bush had a few months to see his support grow; Obama has a year.

And why did Bush’s support grow from the mid-40s to the low-50s? Chait argued, persuasively, that voters starting seeing the president “within the context of a partisan choice,” and decided they liked him more after taking a look at the wealthy Massachusetts challenger with an awkward personality and who was often accused of flip-flopping.

Ahem.

…. If Republicans were a popular party with a popular agenda, this would be a very different story. Likewise, if Obama were a poor campaigner facing a charismatic GOP frontrunner, I’d a different set of expectations. But I’ve seen a lot of Obama political obituaries, and at this point, none of them have proven persuasive to me.

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Videos from Cannes:

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AP: Some of the money from President Barack Obama’s health care law is flowing to places you might not expect.

Two Texas public employee programs are among the top 25 beneficiaries of a $5-billion fund to shore up employer coverage for early retirees, despite Texas Gov. Rick Perry’s vow to repeal what Republicans derisively call “Obamacare.”

And records show the Huntsman family business, where GOP presidential candidate Jon Huntsman was once a top executive, received about $1 million.

Some see a gap between dire Republican rhetoric about the health care overhaul and the pragmatic impulse to cash in on a new government benefit.

“Lots of Texans are already benefiting from health care reform,” said Anne Dunkelberg, a health care expert at the Austin-based Center for Public Policy Priorities. “Other than for political theater, there would not be the kind of opposition there is.” The nonpartisan center advocates for the poor.

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The Week

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Uggh, he’s at it again:

Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi and Argentina’s President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner

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…. with Spain’s PM Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero

… with Brazil’s President Dilma Rousseff

…. with Turkey’s Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan

… with International Labor Organization Director-General Juan Somavia

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CNN: President Barack Obama leads all of his potential Republican challengers in hypothetical 2012 matchups among Pennsylvania adults, according to a new poll.

The Franklin and Marshall College poll released Thursday in the battleground state, shows Obama ahead of potential rivals Mitt Romney, Herman Cain, Rick Perry and Rick Santorum, but the results are closest when the president is paired with Romney.

Obama leads the former Massachusetts governor 35% to 26% and Cain, the former pizza executive, 38% to 24%. He enjoys a 20% lead over Texas Gov. Perry, 40% to 20% and a 13% advantage over former two-term Pennsylvania Sen. Santorum, 38% to 25%.

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