The United Kingdom and
President Barack Obama
2009 Obama UK & Ireland News Archives
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March 2009
Irish PM Brian
Cowen celebrates St. Patrick's Day with President Obama at the White
House on March 17, 2009.
UK Prime
Minister Gordon Brown addresses the Joint Session of the US Congress at
the Capitol on March
4, 2009.
UK Prime
Minister Gordon Brown arrives in Washington and meets with President
Obama on March 3, 2009.
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March
17, 2009 - St. Patrick's Day
President Barack Obama is given a bowl of shamrocks by Irish Prime
Minister Brian Cowen at the annual Shamrock Ceremony
in the Roosevelt Room of the White House on St. Patrick's Day, March 17,
2009. President Obama, Secretary of State Hillary
Clinton, US National Security Adviser James Jones, Irish PM Cowen and
Northern Ireland's leaders later met with the media in
the Oval Office of the White House. President Obama appointed Dan
Rooney, the owner of the NFL's Pittsburgh Steelers, as
Ambassador to Ireland and praised Irish leaders for sustaining the peace
in Ireland despite recent Irish turmoil. |
March
17, 2009
President Barack Obama leaves the Capitol Building after a St.
Patrick's Day luncheon with Ireland's Prime Minister Brian Cowen.
President Obama. led by a bagpiper, walks down the Capitol Hill stairs
with PM Brian Cowen, and Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi. |
March
17, 2009
President Barack Obama, First Lady Michelle Obama, and Vice
President Joe Biden join Irish Prime Minister Brian Cowen
and leaders from Northern Ireland for a St. Patrick's Day reception in
the East Room of the White House on March 17, 2009.
Sinn Fein leaders, including Gerry Adams, also attended the White House
function. |
Watch
the White House YouTube of the Annual St. Patrick's Day Shamrock Ceremony
on March 17/09 |
February
2009
Former UK Prime
Minister Tony Blair attends National Prayer in Washington on February 5,
2009.
UK Minister David Miliband Meets with US Secretary of State Hillary
Clinton on February 3, 2009.
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February
5, 2009
President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama attend the National Prayer Breakfast in Washington on February 5, 2009.
Other attendees included world leaders including Tony Blair the former UK Prime
Minister who spoke at the breakfast meeting. |
February
3, 2009
US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton meets with David Miliband the UK Secretary of
State for Foreign and
Commonwealth Affairs at the US State Department in Washington on February
3, 2009. |
January
20, 2009
The Inauguration of Barack Obama Dominates TV and Newspapers in UK
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Barack
Obama's Inaugural Address on TV at a London Bar where patrons celebrate
at inauguration party (left).
Barack Obama's swearing in ceremony shown on several TVs in Edinburgh,
Scotland on January 20, 2009 (right). |
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President
Barack Obama on the front pages of London newspapers. |
January
20, 2009
President Barack Obama Headlines on British and Irish Newspaper Front Pages |
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January
21, 2009
Irish Examiner |
January
21, 2009
Irish Independent |
January
21, 2009
The Times |
January
21, 2009
The Journal |
January
21, 2009
The Guardian |
January
21, 2009
The Daily Telegraph |
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London's
major daily newspapers headline the remaking and rebirth of America on
January 21, 2009 editions.
London bars hold President Obama Inauguration parties on November 20,
2009 to celebrate the historic moment. |
January
20, 2009
US Passport Holders Get In Free for Obama's Inauguration Party at London
Museum |
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US
tourists celebrate Barack Obama's inauguration at Madame Tussauds Wax
Museum in London on January 20, 2009. |
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American
citizens with passports get a free pass to Madame Tussauds Wax Museum in
London on January 20, 2009. |
January
15, 2009
Madame Tussauds in London Unveils President Barack Obama in the Oval
Office |
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The
press is invited to the unveiling of a Barack Obama wax replica in a
mock-up of the Oval Office in the White House. |
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Madame
Tussauds Wax Museum in London unveils wax replicas of President Obama
days before his January 20th inauguration. |
January
15, 2009
President Obama's Stepmother Arrives in London Enroute to January
20th Inauguration |
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Barack
Obama's stepmother Kezia Obama arrives at Heathrow Airport in London
enroute to Obama's Inauguration in Washington
on January 20, 2009. Kezia shows her Kenyan passport (left) and receives
a birthday cake from the Virgin Air staff (middle). |
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