Don’t Stand in PM Portia’s Way

President Barack Obama reacts as Jamaica’s Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller insists on standing next to him after moving aside Bahamas Prime Minister Perry Christie at a meeting of the leaders of CARICOM, the Caribbean Community nations, at the University of the West Indies

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Rise and Shine: Japan

President Obama meets a robot named ASIMO, an acronym for Advanced Step in Innovative Mobility, as he attends a youth science event at the National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation, known as the Miraikan, in Tokyo

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Friday in Japan – 13 hours ahead of EDT

In the morning, President Obama greets members of the U.S. Embassy in Japan

Later that morning, the President bids farewell to the Emperor Akihito of Japan

In the afternoon, President Obama travels to Seoul, Republic of Korea

The President visits the National War Memorial and participates in a wreath-laying ceremony

Later, the President visits Gyengbok Palace

President Obama meets with President Park at the Blue House

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President Obama is greeted by Japanese Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo

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President Obama and Ambassador Caroline Kennedy at a meeting with Japanese PM Abe.

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President Obama, with Japanese astronaut Soichi Noguchi, watches a demonstration on the Geo-Cosmos, a suspended globe that visualizes environmental data about the earth, during his visit to the Miraikan (the National Museum of Emerging Science & Innovation)

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President Obama and U.S. Ambassador to Japan Caroline Kennedy listen to their guides during a visit to the Meiji Shrine in Tokyo

President Obama hangs an ema, or wooden prayer tablet, next to chief priest Seitaro Nakajima during a visit to the Meiji Shrine in Tokyo

President Obama is blessed as he tours Meiji Shrine

President Obama watches a Yabusame or horseback archery demonstration as he tours Meiji Shrine in Tokyo

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The MENU for Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko’s State Dinner honoring President Obama at Imperial Palace pic.twitter.com/Jn1ql9OmZ9

— Eddie Gehman Kohan (@ObamaFoodorama) April 24, 2014

Japanese PM Abe and National Security Advisor Susan Rice at the state dinner at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo

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On This Day

President Obama and Vice President Biden practice their putting on the White House putting green April 24, 2009 (Photo by Pete Souza)

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President Obama, First Lady Michelle Obama, and daughters Malia and Sasha attend Easter church service at Shiloh Baptist Church in Washington, D.C., Sunday, April 24, 2011 (Photo by Pete Souza)

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President Obama waits with 2012 National Teacher of the Year, Rebecca Mieliwocki, 7th-grade English teacher at Luther Burbank High School, Burbank, Calif., and Education Secretary Arne Duncan in the Green Room of the White House before the start of a ceremony to honor the 2012 National and State Teachers of the Year in the East Room, April 24, 2012 (Photo by Pete Souza)

President Obama stops to view the moon and Venus before boarding Marine One in Boulder, Colo., April 24, 2012 (Photo by Pete Souza)

First Lady Michelle Obama hugs a woman during a Girls Inc. luncheon at Century Link Center, in Omaha, Neb., April 24, 2012 (Photo by Sonya N. Hebert)

President Obama and Jimmy Fallon laugh while being briefed on the “Slow Jam the News” segment backstage before taping “Late Night with Jimmy Fallon” at the University of North Carolina Memorial Hall in Chapel Hill, N.C., April 24, 2012 (Photo by Pete Souza)

President Obama waits to be announced during a taping of “Late Night with Jimmy Fallon” at the University of North Carolina Memorial Hall in Chapel Hill, N.C., April 24, 2012 (Photo by Pete Souza)

President Obama talks with Jimmy Fallon during a taping of “Late Night With Jimmy Fallon”, April 24, 2012 (Photo by Pete Souza)

President Obama greets patrons at the Sink Restaurant & Bar in Boulder, Colo., April 24, 2012 (Photo by Pete Souza)

President Obama acknowledges applause following his remarks on student loan interest rates, at the University of Colorado Coors Event Center in Boulder, Colo., April 24, 2012 (Photo by Pete Souza)

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First Lady Michelle Obama reacts while talking with people along a ropeline with President Obama at Love Field Airport in Dallas, Texas, April 24, 2013 (Photo by Pete Souza)

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MoooooOOOOooooorning everyone – more photos from Japan later.

Rise and Shine: Thailand

President Obama and Secretary of State Clinton tour the Viharn of the Reclining Buddha with Chaokun Suthee Thammanuwat, the Dean, Faculty of Buddhism Assistant to the Abbot of Wat Phra Chetuphon at the Wat Pho Royal Monastery in Bangkok, Thailand, Nov. 18

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7:10 AM (US EST): The President and PM Shinawatra hold a joint press conference

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The press conference:

Thank you FoxFireTX, Cluny and Dudette!

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Catching up….

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heads up: pbo press conference with pm noda of japan

White House live

CNN live streaming

evening all

….. with UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon ahead of the 2012 Nuclear Security Summit working dinner in Seoul on March 26

… with Australia’s Prime Minister Julia Gillard

…. with Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh

… with Russian President Dmitriy Medvedev after their bilateral meeting in Seoul on March 26

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President Barack Obama is briefed by Lt. Col. Yoon Bong-hee, left, as he views the DMZ from Observation Post Ouellette at Camp Bonifas, Republic of Korea, March 25, 2012. A translator assists during the briefing. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)

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People rally on the sidewalk as legal arguments over the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act take place at the Supreme Court in Washington, March 26

Medical students show their support for President Obama’s healthcare law

Linda Door protests against President Obama’s health care plan 🙄

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First Lady Michelle Obama speaks to children at the White House’s garden on March 26. The First Lady welcomed school children from across the country to join her for the fourth annual White House Kitchen Garden spring planting.

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Caroline Kennedy speaking to volunteers in a field office in Florida, March 23

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Hi everyone, just a few pics and videos for now, I’ll try and catch up properly with all the news tomorrow – I’m way behind!

evening all

President Obama pets Bo after returning to the White House from an event at Prince George’s Community College in Largo, Md., March 15 (Photo by Pete Souza)

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Friday

10:30: PBO departs the White House en route Joint Base Andrews

12:40: Arrives Chicago

1:20: Delivers remarks at a campaign event

2:35: Attends a campaign event

4:00: Departs Chicago en route Atlanta, Georgia

5:30: Arrives Atlanta

6:35: Delivers remarks at a campaign event

8:25: Delivers remarks at a campaign event

9:20: Delivers remarks at a campaign event

10:55: Departs Atlanta, Ga., en route Joint Base Andrews

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Because you can never see it enough:

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….. greeting Sergeant First Class Leroy Petry

Official White House photos

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a warm welcome

White House

the dinner

Prime Minister Cameron: “You don’t get to choose the leaders that you have to work with, but all I can say is that it is a pleasure to work with someone with moral strength, with clear reason, and with fundamental decency.”

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George Clooney sits beside first lady Michelle Obama during the State Dinner

… with Valerie Jarrett

Jill Biden

 

afternoon all

Table settings in the State Dining Room of the White House, March 14

First Course
Crisped Halibut with Potato Crust
Shaved Brussels Sprouts, Applewood Smoked Bacon

Second Course
Spring Garden Lettuces,
Shallot Dressing, Shaved Breakfast Radish,
Cucumbers and Avocados

Main Course
Bison Wellington,
Red Wine Reduction, French Beans, Cipollini Onion

Dessert
Warm Meyer Lemon Steamed Pudding
with Idaho Huckleberry Sauce and Newtown Pippin Apples

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C-Span’s coverage starts at 6:15

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First lady Michelle Obama speaks at an event with young women from the US and United Kingdom in the State Dining Room of the White House

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Rachel Maddow arrives for a lunch hosted in honor of PM David Cameron at the State Department