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Barack Obama (@BarackObama) March 15, 2020Posts Tagged ‘Barack
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The State Dinners
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Ahead of Thursday’s State Dinner at the White House for VC’s fella, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, a trip down State Dinner memory lane…..
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November 24, 2009 – India: Manmohan Singh
President Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama await the arrival of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh of India and his wife, Mrs Gursharan Kaur, for the State Dinner at the White House, Nov. 24, 2009 (Photo by Pete Souza)
President Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama welcomes Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Ms Gursharan Kaur for a State Dinner
The President and First Lady wait for Indian Prime Minister Singh’s motorcade to depart the White House at the conclusion of the first official state dinner for the Obama administration (Photo by Pete Souza)
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May 19, 2010 – Mexico: Felipe Calderon
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Omaha
A woman hugs the President after his speech at the University of Nebraska Omaha today
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The Lines
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The Welcome
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The Roar
It's like a hockey game in here, the crowd is so loud! #POTUSatUNO https://t.co/gGQiuMM1YF
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Emily Szink (@EmilySzink) January 13, 2016****
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The Standing O
.@POTUS has ARRIVED. Crowd still on its feet 10 minutes in. #OBAMAHA #POTUSatUNO https://t.co/kJ0aNLGWLZ
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Sam Murphy (@SamMurphy_17) January 13, 2016****
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The Speech
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“I didn’t really get it” 🙂
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Visiting the Martin family in Omaha
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What's this baby pointing at? https://t.co/SmwaQP8ZDZ
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GIF The News (@NowThisGIF) January 13, 2016****
President Obama takes part in a living room discussion in the home of Lisa Martin and Jeff Martin and their son Cooper in Omaha, Nebraska. Lisa, as a new mother, had written a letter to the President about her concerns for the future in which her son would grow up.
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This Air Force veteran had no idea he'd meet President Obama in his Papillion neighborhood today.
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WOWT 6 News (@WOWT6News) January 13, 2016****
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A neighbor who met the president sent me this great photo of the President meeting a 4-yr-old in Papillion #Obamaha https://t.co/spooRBgf9q
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Lena Tillett (@LenaTillett) January 13, 2016****
Neighbors say he talked to all the kids first! #Obamaha https://t.co/sLdbjjc44g
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Lena Tillett (@LenaTillett) January 13, 2016****
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Leaving Nebraska
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A Face in the Crowd
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Wow….
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First glance at tonight's China State Dinner. http://t.co/8JSkABvvdX
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The First Lady (@FLOTUS) September 25, 2015****
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When you *know* you brought the baddest chick to your H.S. reunion >>>>>>> http://t.co/HNaq6sBggB
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Knucka Thompson (@BarockNoDrama) September 25, 2015****
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The President tells the First Lady she looks "stunning", then she fixes his tie so he'll look good too 🙂 http://t.co/tTMgOf5Deb
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TheObamaDiary.com (@TheObamaDiary) September 25, 2015****
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Jul
15
Saturday in Kenya
@PeteSouza: President Obama arrives in Kenya
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All times Eastern
3:25 AM: The President delivers remarks at the Global Entrepreneurship Summit, Nairobi, United Nations Compound (10:25 AM local time)
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4:20 AM: Visits the Power Africa Innovation Fair, United Nations Compound (11:20 AM local time)
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5:05 AM: Meets with Embassy personnel and families, U.S. Embassy, Nairobi (12:05 PM local time)
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6:55 AM: Participates in a wreath laying ceremony, Memorial Park, Nairobi (1:55 PM local time)
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7:20 AM: Participates in ceremonial welcome with President Kenyatta, State House, Nairobi (2:20 PM local time)
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7:50 AM: Participates in a bilateral meeting with President Kenyatta, State House (2:50 PM local time)
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9:30 AM: The President and President Kenyatta participate in a joint press conference, State House (4:30 PM local time)
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1:15 PM: The President attends the State Dinner, State House (8:15 PM local time)
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Jul
15
Embrace
President Obama and his half sister Auma embrace on his arrival in Kenya
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15
Kenya Awaits
1:10 PM EDT: The President is scheduled to arrive in Nairobi, Kenya, Jomo Kenyatta International Airport
Lots more live Kenyan streaming links here
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‘Welcome Obama’
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A really nice piece on Auma Obama and President Obama’s ancestral village:
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.@POTUS ‘s half-sister Auma “My brother has carried our name up there” http://t.co/3ZlLcawNbU https://t.co/szFCif3ssH pic.twitter.com/nRY4aznD67
— The Lovely Plains (@DaRiverZkind) July 23, 2015
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From then Senator Obama’s trip to Kenya in 2006
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This is the Kenya I knew when I spent two years there, from 1992 to 1994, working with the Jesuit Refugee Service. Of course it’s wrong to generalize about a people or a country, and Kenya encompasses men, women and children from a stunning variety of ethnic backgrounds speaking dozens of indigenous languages (most also speak Swahili and English), but perhaps positive generalizations are okay. Nearly to a person, the Kenyan men and women I knew were warm, welcoming, friendly, upbeat, clever, playful, helpful, and, most of all, hopeful. I adored living there, loved working and living among them, and enjoyed learning Swahili (and even a little Maasai)…For Kenyans the visit of President Obama, a man with deep Kenyan roots, is of enormous significance and a cause for celebration.
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Karibu! http://t.co/Jadh8LLrEV Welcome to Kenya, President Obama. https://t.co/FqFHw3ISz3
— The Lovely Plains (@DaRiverZkind) July 23, 2015
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Family is of inestimable significance for Kenyans, and nearly everyone knows what tribe you’re from, and the location of your family’s shamba (loosely translated as “farm” but a larger word meaning homeland). It’s especially easy for Kenyans to figure out what ethnic group Barack Obama hails from. He is obviously a Luo, as evidenced by the “O” that begins his last name. Luo names are ones like Odhiambo, Omondi, Okello, Onyango, Otieno. When I living in Kenya, the Jesuit vocation director for East Africa was a florid-faced, white-haired, Irishman named Sean O’Connor who, like me, loved his adopted country. Sean loved to joke with the East Africans when they asked where he was from, that of course he was a Luo. “Can’t you tell from my name?” he would say. “It’s Oconnor, after all.” During the president’s trip to Kenya, I hope that the media covers the following: the way that Kenyans often make do with so little; the way that they are able to live among a welter of cultures and languages; the stunning beauty of their land; their deep pride in their heritage; their great love of country. So with my friends (marafiki) in Kenya, I say to the President, “Karibu Kenya, Rais Obama!”
