First 111 Days of President Barack
Obama - February 10-19, 2009 |
PRESIDENT
BARACK OBAMA - FEBRUARY
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February
10, 2009 - February 19, 2009 |
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February
10, 2009
President Barack Obama flies on Marine One (bottom left) to Andrews
Air Force Base in Maryland for a flight on Air Force One
to Fort Meyers, Florida for a town hall style meeting to discuss Obama's
economic stimulus plan. |
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February
10, 2009
President Barack Obama is welcomed to the stage of the Harborside
Event Center in Fort Meyers, Florida by Florida Governor
Charlie Crist on February 10, 2009. President Obama spoke to the crowd
then answered questions. |
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February
10, 2009
Timothy Geithner gives his first press conference as Secretary
Treasurer in the Cash Room of the Treasury Department
(left). President Obama reads a note (center) notifying him of the
passing of his stimulus plan by the Senate as captured on
C-Span (center right). White House military staff unloads Obama portrait
from Air Force One at Andrews AFB. President
Obama returns to the Oval Office on the evening of February 10, 2009
(center). |
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February
10, 2009
First Lady Michelle Obama visited Mary's Center and the Community
Health Center in Washington where the First Lady spoke
with high school students and read to elementary children. |
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February
11, 2009
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid holds a press conference to
announce the passing of a $798 billion dollar economic
recovery package (left). President Obama joins Virginia Governor Tim
Kaine and US Army Corps of Engineers in
Springfield, Virginia for a tour of a construction site on February 11,
2009 (center and right). |
February
11, 2009
President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama attend the
Grand Re-Opening of Ford's Theatre in Washington on
February 11, 2009. President Obama meets a Lincoln actor, receives a
copy of the Gettysburg Address, and speaks just
below the box where President Abraham Lincoln was shot. |
February
12, 2009
President Barack Obama speaks in the Rotunda of the US Capitol in Washington,
DC on February 12, 2009 during the
Lincoln Bicentennial Congressional Celebrations honoring the 1809 birth
of President Abraham Lincoln. |
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February
12, 2009
President Barack Obama travels on Air Force One to Peoria, Illinois
for a Caterpillar plant tour and to Springfield, Illinois for
a Lincoln Bicentennial banquet. The Pentagon photo on bottom right was
taken from Air Force One on February 12, 2009. |
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February
12, 2009
President Barack Obama meets with the CEO of Caterpillar and speaks
to the employees of the Caterpillar plant in
East Peoria on February 12, 2009. |
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February
12, 2009
President Barack Obama attends the 102nd Abraham Lincoln Association
Banquet in Springfield, Illinois on February 12, 2009.
President Obama delivered the keynote address as part of the Lincoln Bicentennial
Dinner ceremonies. |
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February
12, 2009
Air Force One with President Barack Obama aboard taxis at Abraham
Lincoln Capital Airport in Springfield, Illinois while
onlookers snap photos (left). President Obama returns to Andrews Air
Force Base in Maryland aboard Air Force One
after attending the Lincoln Bicentennial Banquet in Springfield (right). |
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February
13, 2009
President Barack Obama speaks to the Business Council comprising of
the leaders of US corporations to outline President
Obama's economic plan set at $787 billion. Obama spoke in the East Room
of the White House on February 13, 2009. |
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February
13, 2009
President Barack Obama and his family walk across the South Lawn of
the White House to Marine One for a shuttle to
Andrews Air Force Base for a trip on Air Force One to Chicago. The Obama
family is returning to Obama's Chicago home
for the President's Day weekend. |
February
14, 2009
Kabul, Afghanistan
Richard Holbrooke, the US Special Envoy to India, Pakistan, and
Afghanistan meets with Afghanistan's Foreign Minister and
Afghan President Hamid Karzai in Kabul, Afghanistan on February 14,
2009. President Obama has committed an additional
17,000 US troops to Afghanistan in early 2009.
Complete archives of
Envoy Richard Holbrooke's tour of Pakistan, India, and Afghanistan
February 10-16, 2009. |
Watch
the White House YouTube of Your Weekly Address by President Obama
for February 14, 2009 |
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February
14, 2009 - Valentine's Day
President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama leave Table 52
restaurant after a Valentine's Day dinner in Chicago.
February 15, 2009
President Barack Obama arrives at a friend's house in Chicago while on
his BlackBerry as he exits his motorcade SUV. |
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February
16, 2009 - President's Day
President Barack Obama and family depart on Marine One and then on
to Air Force One at Chicago's O'Hare Airport for
a return to the White House after a President's Day weekend at Obama's
Chicago home. |
February
17, 2009
Security
preparations continue on Parliament Hill in Ottawa 48 hours before
President Barack Obama's visit to Canada.
RCMP and US Secret Service prepare to secure the Parliament grounds,
including the installation of concealment tarps,
bullet-proof plexi-glass, and street and pedestrian barriers. |
February
17, 2009
President Barack Obama leaves the Oval Office to board Marine One
enroute to Air Force One for a trip to Denver, Colorado
to sign the economic stimulus package. |
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February
17, 2009
Air Force One with President Obama aboard lands as Air Force Two
with Vice President Joe Biden sits on the tarmac near
the presidential limo. President Obama is greeted by Colorado Governor
Bill Ritter at Buckley Air Force Base near Denver.
Obama views solar panels on the roof of the Denver Museum of Science and
Nature with Biden and Namaste Solar CEO (right). |
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February
17, 2009
President Obama and Vice President Biden speak at the Denver Museum
of Science and Nature before signing stimulus bill. |
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February
17, 2009
President Barack Obama signs the $787 billion American Recovery and
Investment Plan into law at the Denver Museum of
Nature and Science. Obama jokes with Biden and the crowd about the ten
pens used to sign the stimulus package document. |
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February
17, 2009
President Barack Obama departs Denver aboard Air Force One (left)
enroute to Phoenix Arizona. President Obama receives
an autographed shoe from airport greeters in Phoenix. The shoe belonged
to Phoenix Suns basketball star Shaquille O'Neil. |
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February
18, 2009
Michelle, Sasha, and Malia Obama watch the special performance of school
children in the East Room of the White House.
First Lady Michelle Obama spoke later to the students and pointed out a
few historic White House facts. |
February
18, 2009
President Barack Obama speaks on his plans to assist struggling
homeowners who are facing foreclosure. President
Obama spoke at the Dobson High school in Mesa, Arizona on February 18,
2009. Photo of front page of speech (center left). |
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February
18, 2009
The White House announces plans to send an additional 17,000 US
troops to Afghanistan as part of a new strategy in the area. |
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February
18, 2009
President Obama returns from Arizona on Air Force One and Marine
One. President Obama departs for Canada the next day. |
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February
19, 2009
First Lady Michelle Obama visits the Department of Agriculture and
thanks the department for their service. The First
Lady presents Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack and the department staff
a seedling from a White House magnolia tree. |
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February
19, 2009
President Barack Obama arrives at Andrews Air Force Base on Marine
One to board Air Force One. President Obama
leaves the rain of Washington for the snow in Ottawa. The trip to Canada
is Obama's first foreign trip as President.
President Obama will meet with Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper
and other Canadian government leaders
and officials. Obama returns to Washington, DC that evening. |
February
19, 2009
President Barack Obama packs a busy schedule for his one-day visit
to Ottawa, Canada on February 19, 2009.
President Obama is greeted at the airport by Canadian
governor General Michaelle Jean and RCMP officers. |
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February
19, 2009
President Obama returns from his one-day visit to Canada and goes to
Oval Office in the White House to continue working.
The President's staff hand him papers and Obama talks on his Blackberry. |
Watch
the Official White House YouTube of President Obama's Visit to Canada on
February 19, 2009. |
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