Rise and Shine: Sweden!

President Obama’s procession of vehicles drive from Arlanda Airport to Stockholm City

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*** Comments for this post here – it was WP glitch-a-rama-day ***

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All times US Eastern:

4:10 AM: President Obama arrived in Stockholm

7:20 AM: Holds a bilateral meeting with Prime Minister Reinfeldt of Sweden

8:30 AM: Holds a press conference with PM Reinfeldt

9:30 AM: Participates in a celebration of Raoul Wallenberg and delivers a statement

10:40 AM: Tours an Energy Expo event

1:05 PM: Accompanies Nordic leaders for a family photo

1:15 PM: Attends an official dinner with Nordic leaders

White House Live * CBS

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Also today:

11:0 ET: Bill Clinton speaks about the benefits of the Affordable Care Act from Little Rock, Arkansas – Live here

1:45 ET: Vice President Biden Swears in Tom Perez as Secretary of Labor

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Here’s where you can get the latest on President Obama’s trip to Sweden and the G-20 —> http://t.co/YS5KMXhzXo

— The White House (@WhiteHouse) September 3, 2013

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AP: President Obama opens 3-day foreign trip in Sweden

President Obama is seeking to use a 24-hour visit to this Swedish capital to show a softer side of American diplomacy even as the world’s gaze remains fixed anxiously on Syria.

He intends to focus in the Nordic nation on climate change, trade and technology, a trio of issues on which there is broad consensus with European allies….

… Obama’s trip to Sweden will mark the first bilateral visit by a sitting U.S. president to the northern European nation. While in Stockholm, Obama will meet with Reinfeldt and King Carl XVI Gustav and dine with Nordic leaders from Norway, Iceland, Finland and Denmark. He’ll also stop at Sweden’s premier technical university to call attention to Sweden’s goal to phase out fossil fuels by 2050.

…. A sobering moment is expected Wednesday afternoon when he honors the late Swedish diplomat Raoul Wallenberg, credited for saving at least 20,000 Jews during World War II before being arrested by Soviet forces in 1945 and then mysteriously disappearing.

Full post here

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… with Sweden’s Foreign Minister Carl Bildt

…. with Swedish Ambassador to the U.S. Jonas Hafström on his arrival at Stockholm-Arlanda International Airport

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There’s a live blog (in English!) on President Obama’s visit to Sweden here – and one of their reporters is live tweeting:

President Obama himself! http://t.co/b7JZfPepM7

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TheLocal/Oliver (@TheLocalSweden) September 04, 2013

And here’s his editor:

Broke out these socks today. And no, they don't compromise my journalistic integrity #obamainsweden http://t.co/OW8aQdIR1B

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David Landes (@DaveLandes) September 04, 2013

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AP: Raoul Wallenberg’s family seeks Obama’s help to find out WWII hero’s fate

The family of World War II hero Raoul Wallenberg will ask President Barack Obama for help in their quest to find out what happened to the Swedish diplomat who vanished after being arrested by Soviet forces in 1945.

Wallenberg’s niece, Marie Dupuy, said that the family will present a letter to Obama at a memorial ceremony for Wallenberg that the president is set to attend Wednesday in Stockholm.

…. Wallenberg’s work as Sweden’s envoy in Budapest in 1944 was a cover for a humanitarian mission as secret emissary of the U.S. War Refugee Board, created in an attempt to stem the annihilation of Europe’s Jews. He saved at least 20,000 Jews in Budapest by giving them Swedish travel documents or moving them to safe houses and is also credited with dissuading German officers from massacring the 70,000 inhabitants of the city’s ghetto.

Wallenberg disappeared after being arrested in Budapest by the Soviet Red Army in 1945. The Soviets initially denied Wallenberg was in their custody, but then said he died of a heart attack in prison on July 17, 1947.

Full post here

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From April, 2012:

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God mooooOOOOOOoooorgon – see what I did there?

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We’ll catch up with ‘non-Swedish’ news later in the day, just wanted to get your Swedish (very early) morning started.

Have to go out and about for a few hours soon, so won’t be around for the news conference – but will see ya when I get back and we’ll have a photo and video or two.

Stunning: President Obama arrives in Cleveland

Afghanistan

President Obama is greeted by Lt. Gen. Curtis “Mike” Scaparrotti and U.S. Ambassador to Afghanistan Ryan Crocker as he steps off Air Force One at Bagram Air Field in Afghanistan, May 1

President Obama and Afghan President Hamid Karzai arrive before signing a strategic partnership agreement at the presidential palace in Kabul

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President Barack Obama has landed in Afghanistan for an unannounced trip to sign a strategic partnership with President Hamid Karzai. He will speak to the nation at 7:30 EST.

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hola

8:10 ET PBO arrives at the base of Castillo, San Felipe de Barajas

8:20 ET PBO attends a leader’s dinner

…. greeting his ambassador to Colombia, Michael McKinley

… accompanied by Colombia’s Vice Minister for Foreign Affairs Monica Lanzetta

President Obama arrives for the Americas Summit at Cartagena airport in Colombia, April 13

Locals wave as President Obama’s motorcade drives by Cartagena’s Old Fortresss

Blanca, a Colombian amateur painter and fan of President Obama, argues with a policewoman while trying to reach the hotel where the President stays to give him the painting

…. the painting slips from her hands as she is stopped by a Colombian police officer

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rise and shine

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Journalists record President Barack Obama’s visit to see North Korea from Observation Post Ouellette in the Demilitarized Zone, the tense military border between the two Koreas, in Panmunjom, South Korea, March 25

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President Barack Obama speaks with troops at the dining hall at Camp Boniface during his tour of the Demilitarized Zone

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Morning everyone, I’ll try to update later today, see you then 😉

hello hawaii!

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A couple of clips from last night:

the first lady in africa

Three more videos from the White House YouTube channel:

And P found this one:

poland

There’s live coverage of the Polish visit at CNN – thank you Professorx10

President Barack Obama walks past the honor guard as he steps off Air Force One as he arrives in Warsaw, Poland

President Barack Obama pauses after laying a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Warsaw

President Obama talks to World War II veterans near the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier during his visit to Warsaw

President Obama lays a wreath at the Warsaw Ghetto Memorial, a monument to the heroes of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising

President Obama meets with Jewish leaders and Holocaust survivors after laying a wreath at the Warsaw Ghetto Memorial

President Obama is welcomed by Polish President Bronislaw Komorowski to the Presidential Palace in a formal dinner in Warsaw

a warm chile welcome

Chilean Foreign Minister Alfredo Moreno welcomes U.S. President Barack Obama to Santiago, Chile

President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama, stand with Chilean President Sebastian Pinera and his wife Cecilia Morel, during the arrival ceremony at La Moneda Palace in Santiago

First ladies Michelle Obama and Cecilia Morel walk together in La Moneda government palace

to boston and back

President Obama returns to the White House from a trip to Boston where he spoke about education with students at TechBoston before heading to a fundraiser.

At the fundraiser he said, “I was born in Hawaii, what can I say? I can’t change those facts.”