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Website. Official website. The United States–Africa Leaders Summit 2014 was an international summit held in Washington D.C. from August 4–6, 2014. Leaders from fifty African states attended the three-day summit, which was hosted by U.S. President Barack Obama. The summit primarily focused on trade, investment and security of the continent. [1]
2010 Nuclear Security Summit. The 2010 Nuclear Security Summit was a summit held in Washington, D.C., on April 12 and 13, 2010. The Summit focused on how to better safeguard weapons-grade plutonium and uranium to prevent nuclear terrorism. [1]
May. May 1 − The President honors the 2014 National Teacher of the Year and finalists. May 2 – President Obama holds a bilateral meeting, a press conference, and a private working lunch with Chancellor Angela Merkel of Germany. [ 40] May 3 – President Obama attends the annual White House Correspondents' Dinner.
A New Beginning, 2009. "A New Beginning" is the name of a speech delivered by United States President Barack Obama on June 4, 2009, from the Major Reception Hall at Cairo University in Egypt. Al-Azhar University co-hosted the event. The speech honors a promise Obama made during his presidential campaign to give a major address to Muslims from a ...
NBC News reported that Obama advanced his economic agenda with Bush, asking him to attempt to pass a stimulus package in a lame duck session of Congress before the inauguration. He also urged Bush to accelerate the disbursement of $25 billion in funds to bail out the automobile industry and expressed concern about additional Americans losing ...
Barack Obama at his desk in the Oval Office of the White House, on Jan. 21, 2009. This was Obama's first full day as president. The first 100 days of the Barack Obama presidency began on January 20, 2009, the day Barack Obama was inaugurated as the 44th president of the United States. The first 100 days of a presidential term took on symbolic ...
In a joint press conference, New York Governor David Paterson and New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg both praised Obama's speech and remarked that it was an issue he needed to address. [27] Former mayor of New York Ed Koch , a supporter of Hillary Clinton, was one of the few Democrats who were critical of the speech.
Situation Room is a photograph taken by Pete Souza, Chief Official White House Photographer, [ 1] at 4:05 p.m. on May 1, 2011. The photograph shows U.S. president Barack Obama and his national security team in the White House Situation Room receiving live updates from Operation Neptune Spear, which led to the killing of al-Qaeda leader Osama ...