Early Bird Chat

Pete Souza: President Obama greeting people in a Laos neighborhood yesterday.

The President’s Day Three In Laos

President Barack Obama holds a press conference

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President Barack Obama speaks during the ASEAN Summit

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President Barack Obama holds a meeting with India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi

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President Barack Obama chats with Myanmar’s State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi

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President Barack Obama waves as he boards Air Force One for Washington, D.C.

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ABC News: President @BarackObama bows as he arrives to hold a YSEALI town hall meeting at Souphanouvong University Auditorium in Luang Prabang. #PresidentObama #Obama #Laos

Early Bird Chat: The President’s Day Two In Laos

President Barack Obama tours the Cooperative Orthotic and Prosthetic Enterprise (COPE) visitor center in Vientiane, Laos

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President Barack Obama arriving in Luang Prabang

President Barack Obama holds a YSEALI town hall at Souphanouvong University Auditorium in Luang Prabang

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President Barack Obama greets monks as he tours the Wat Xieng Thong Buddhist Temple in Luang Prabang

President Barack Obama shops for gifts in Luang Prabang

President Barack Obama chats with people along the Mekong River

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President Barack Obama chats with the Sultan of Brunei Hassanal Bolkiah at the gala dinner during the second day of the ASEAN Summit in Vientiane, Laos

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Pete Souza: “You’re missing a tooth.” President Obama interacts with children of U.S. Embassy staff in Laos today

Early Bird Chat: The President’s Day One In Laos

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President Obama speaks on the US-Laos relationship at the Lao Natural Cultural Hall in Vientiane, Laos

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President Barack Obama and South Korean President Park Geun-hye hold a meeting

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President Barack Obama and Laos President Bounnhang Vorachith toast during an official lunch at the Presidential Palace

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Sabaidii, Laos! Honored to be the first U.S. president to visit Laos and to begin a new partnership between our countries.

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President Obama (@POTUS) September 06, 2016

.@POTUS arrives in #Laos for the U.S.-ASEAN Summit & East Asia Summit. He is the first U.S. president to visit Laos. snpy.tv/2c7bqj3

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Department of State (@StateDept) September 05, 2016

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Obama, the 1st sitting U.S. president to visit Laos, wants to make two nations “whole again” usat.ly/2c3OxKG https://t.co/7GKsr16pZv

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USA TODAY (@USATODAY) September 06, 2016

Obama acknowledges the scars of America's shadow war in Laos nyti.ms/2cw3fhv https://t.co/wpratgTTww

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The New York Times (@nytimes) September 06, 2016

G20: The President’s Day In China

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President Barack Obama holds a press conference at the end of the G20 Summit in Hangzhou, China

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President Barack Obama holds a meeting with Russia’s Vladimir Putin

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President Barack Obama holds a meeting with German Chancellor Angela Merkel

President Barack Obama arrives at Wattay International Airport in Vientiane, Laos; becoming the first sitting US President to visit the country

The President’s Trip To China And Laos

Here's what @POTUS will be doing on his trip to China and Laos in September. https://t.co/0O0aHLH3ru

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Josh Earnest (@PressSec) August 18, 2016

gallantry

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President Obama and First Lady Michelle attend the ceremony to award Chief Master Sergeant Richard L. Etchberger, U.S. Air Force, the Medal of Honor for conspicuous gallantry in the East Room of the White House in Washington on September 21. Etchberger was killed in Laos in 1968 helping to save wounded men