| First 111 Days of President Barack
Obama - May 1-10, 2009 |
PRESIDENT
BARACK OBAMA - MAY
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| May 1, 2009 -
May 10, 2009 |
May 1,
2009
President Obama remarks to the media after a Cabinet Meeting held in the
Cabinet Room of the White House on May 1, 2009. |
May 1,
2009
President Barack Obama and Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano
attend a naturalization ceremony for active duty
service members in the East Room of the White House on May 1, 2009.
Secretary Napolitano held the swearing in for the new
American citizens from many countries. President Obama presented the
Outstanding American By Choice award to Peter Lemon. |
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the White House YouTube of Obama's Remarks at Naturalization Ceremony on
5/1/09 |
May 1,
2009
President Barack Obama interrupts the press briefing by Press Secretary
Robert Gibbs in the Brady Press Briefing Room of the
White House on May 1, 2009. President Obama said that he had just spoken
to Supreme Court Justice Souter who announced
his resignation earlier in the day. The White House executive laughed at
the unexpected appearance and take over of the
briefing by President Obama to discuss expectations of the Supreme Court
Justice replacement. |
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the White House YouTube of President Obama at a White House Briefing on
5/1/09 |
May 1,
2009
President Barack Obama attends the swearing in ceremonies of two Cabinet
Ministers in the White House on May 1, 2009.
Vice President Joe Biden conducted the swearing in of Health and Human
Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius and Commerce
Secretary Gary Locke. |
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the White House YouTube of President Obama at Swearing In Ceremony on May 1, 2009 |
May 2,
2009
President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama return to the White
House in the presidential limo and walk across the
South Lawn after a Saturday evening dinner. |
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the White House YouTube of Your Weekly Address by President Obama
for May 2, 2009 |
May 4,
2009
President Barack Obama, US Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner, and
Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Commissioner Doug
Shulman remark on tax reform in the Grand Foyer of the White House on
May 4, 2009. The President wants to save $210 billion
over the next 10 years by clamping down on tax havens and curbing incentives
to US companies who outsource jobs. |
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the White House YouTube of President Obama's Remarks on Tax Havens on May 4, 2009 |
May 4,
2009
First Lady Michelle Obama celebrates Cinco de Mayo, an Hispanic heritage
event, in a celebration with students at Lamb Public
Charter School in Washington on May 4, 2009. |
May 4,
2009
President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama join Vice President
Joe Biden, Jill Biden, and Mexican Ambassador
Arturo Sarukhan at a Cinco de Mayo celebration at the White House on May
4, 2009. |
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the White House YouTube of Obama Speaking At Cinco de Mayo Event on May 4, 2009 |
May 5,
2009
President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden have lunch at Ray's
Hell Burger across the Potomac in Arlington, Virginia
on May 5, 2009. Obama and Biden ordered cheeseburgers with Biden
requesting Swiss cheese and hot peppers and Obama
ordering cheddar cheese on his medium well burger with spicy mustard on
the side. President Obama left a five dollar tip and
brought home take-out to the White House after his unannounced lunch
outside the White House. |
May 5,
2009
President Barack Obama meets with Israel's President Shimon Peres in the
Oval Office of the White House on May 5, 2009.
After the meeting President Peres told reporters assembled outside the
West Wing of the White House that he supports
President Obama's efforts to engage Israel in diplomatic talks with
arch-foe Iran. |
May 5,
2009
First Lady Michelle Obama speaks to employees of the United States
Mission to the United Nations in New York on May 5, 2009.
The First Lady received a standing ovation after being introduced by
Susan Rice the US Ambassador to the United Nations. |
May 5,
2009
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton meets with Israel's President
Shimon Peres and several foreign ministers in a busy day at
the US State Department in Washington on May 5, 2009. Secretary Clinton
met separately with Foreign Affairs Ministers from
Sweden, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, and Armenia. |
May 5,
2009
First Lady Michelle Obama delivers the opening remarks at the Time 100
Gala in New York City on May 5, 2009. The Time
100 Gala celebrates Time Magazine's 100 Most Influential People. Earlier
in the day the First Lady taped a public service
announcement on the set of Sesame Street to promote Healthy Habits For
Life. |
May 6,
2009
US President Barack Obama holds trilateral meetings with Afghanistan's
President Hamid Karzai and Pakistan's President
Asif Ali Zardari in the Cabinet Room of the White House on May 6, 2009.
During the meetings Secretary of State Hillary Clinton
speaks to the media in the Press Briefing Room and said the meetings are
forging a new front against extremists and the early
signs of the talks are very positive. Fighting between militants and
Pakistani troops intensified in the northwest mountain areas
of Pakistan in the last two days. |
May 6,
2009
President Barack Obama speaks to the media in the Grand Foyer of the
White House after trilateral meetings with Afghanistan's
President Hamid Karzai and Pakistan's President Asif Ali Zardari on May
6, 2009. President Obama was optimistic after the talks
which focused on trilateral efforts to remove the Taliban militants in
Afghanistan and Pakistan. |
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the White House YouTube of Obama's Remarks After Trilateral Meetings on May
6, 2009 |
May 7,
2009
President Barack Obama remarks on reducing spending in the budget with
Budget Director Peter Orzag and Deputy Budget Director
Robert Nabors in the Eisenhower Executive Building across from the White
House on May 7, 2009. President Obama spoke of the
stunning waste in the budget and his plans to wring $17 billion in
reductions and savings from the Fiscal 2010 US Budget. |
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the White House YouTube of Obama's Remarks on Reducing Spending on May 7, 2009 |
May 7,
2009
First Lady Michelle Obama speaks at the annual meeting of the Corporate
Voices of America in Washington on May 7, 2009.
Corporate Voices of America represents a group of companies that improves
the quality of life for families with demands
at home and work. |
May 7,
2009
Reverend Al Sharpton, Former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich, and New
York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, speak on the White
House grounds after meeting with President Barack Obama and Education
Secretary Arne Duncan. The group discussed education
reform with the President. |
May 7,
2009
President Barack Obama, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, and National
Security Advisor James Jones talk to the media after
meeting with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov in the Oval Office
of the White House on May 7, 2009. President Obama and
the Russian Foreign Minister vowed to put a nuclear arms control above
the row over NATO's plans for war games in Georgia. |
May 8,
2009
President Barack Obama remarks on job creation and job training in the Eisenhower
Executive Office Building on the White House
Campus on May 8, 2009. President Obama was joined by small business
owner Sharon Arnold and nurse Maureen Pike. President
Obama said that new government programs have been successful in
generating employment. |
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the White House YouTube of Obama's Remarks on Job Creation and Training on May
8, 2009 |
May 8,
2009
President Barack Obama makes an unannounced visit to a Spanish language
Town Hall meeting in the Eisenhower Executive Office
Building on May 8, 2009. President Obama told the audience meeting on
the on the H1N1 flu virus situation to be cautious as the
virus could come back stronger in the fall. President Obama's motorcade
gets stuck in Washington rush hour traffic when the
President was returning to the White House after attending a parent
teacher meeting for daughter Malia. |
| Watch
the White House YouTube of Your Weekly Address by President Obama
for May 9, 2009 |
May 9,
2009
President Barack Obama returns to the White House after a private
basketball excursion on May 9, 2009. President Obama meets
with Captain Richard Phillips and his wife Andrea in the oval Office of
the White House. Captain Phillips was rescued by US Navy
Seals after taken hostage by Somalia pirates. |
May 9,
2009
President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama join a host of
press correspondents, the Washington elite, and Hollywood
celebrities at the annual White House Correspondents Association Dinner
at the Washington Hilton on May 9, 2009. Comic actress
Wanda Sykes and President Obama delivered comic monologues during the
event. |
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the White House YouTube of President Obama at the Correspondent's Dinner
on May 9, 2009 |
| OBAMA
VISITS BRITAIN, FRANCE, GERMANY, TURKEY, IRAQ, MEXICO, & CARIBBEAN
IN APRIL 2009 |
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