List of presidential trips made by Barack Obama (2009)

This is a list of presidential trips made by Barack Obama during 2009, the first year of his presidency as the 44th president of the United States. Following his inauguration on January 20, 2009, Obama traveled to 22 different states internationally, in addition to many more trips made domestically within the United States.

This list excludes trips made within Washington, D.C., the U.S. federal capital in which the White House, the official residence and principal workplace of the president, is located. Additionally excluded are trips to Camp David, the country residence of the president, and to the private home of the Obama family in Kenwood, Chicago.

January

No trips made.

February

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{{Flagicon\|Virginia}} Virginia \|Williamsburg \|February 5 \|First presidential trip using Air Force One.{{Cite news \|title=Obama takes first Air Force One ride \|url=http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2009/02/05/obama-takes-first-air-force-one-ride/ \|publisher=CNN \|date=February 5, 2009 \|access-date=February 6, 2009 \|archive-date=February 9, 2009 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090209094533/http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2009/02/05/obama-takes-first-air-force-one-ride/ \|url-status=dead }} \|File:P020509PS-0455 (3484821614).jpg
{{Flagicon\|Indiana}} Indiana \|Elkhart \|February 9 \|President Obama was promoting the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.{{Cite news\|url=http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/washington/2009/02/barack-obama-2.html\|title=President Obama's week ahead: What you'll see and read\|date=February 8, 2009\|access-date=February 8, 2009\|work=Los Angeles Times\|first=Andrew\|last=Malcolm}} \|
{{Flagicon\|Florida}} Florida \|Fort Myers \|February 10 \|President Obama was promoting the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.{{Cite news\|url=http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2009/02/10/happening-now-obama-pushes-stimulus-plan-in-florida/\|title=Obama pushes stimulus plan in Florida\|date=February 10, 2009\|access-date=February 11, 2009\|publisher=CNN\|archive-date=February 14, 2009\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090214182537/http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2009/02/10/happening-now-obama-pushes-stimulus-plan-in-florida/\|url-status=dead}} \|
{{Flagicon\|Virginia}} Virginia \|Springfield \|February 11 \|President Obama promoted the economic stimulus plan at a construction site with then-DNC Chairman and former Virginia governor Tim Kaine.{{Cite news\|title=President visits Va. construction site to again make case for the stimulus plan \|url=http://content.usatoday.com/communities/theoval/post/2009/02/62695715/1 \|work=USA Today \|date=February 11, 2009 \|access-date=July 12, 2012}} \|
{{Flagicon\|Illinois}} Illinois \|Springfield \|February 12 \|President Obama participated in the celebrations for the bicentennial anniversary of the birth of Abraham Lincoln.{{Cite web\|url=https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/the_press_office/RemarksbythePresidentattheLincolnBicentennialCelebration/\|title=Remarks by the President at the Lincoln Bicentennial Celebration\|date=February 12, 2009\|access-date=February 12, 2009\|first=Barack\|last=Obama\|author-link=Barack Obama\|via=National Archives\|work=whitehouse.gov\|df=mdy-all}} \|
{{Flagicon\|Colorado}} Colorado \|Denver \|February 17 \|President Obama, accompanied by Vice President Joe Biden, traveled to Denver, Colorado, to sign the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 into law.{{Cite web\|url=http://www.cqpolitics.com/wmspage.cfm?docID=news-000003054965\|title=CQ Transcript: President Obama Signs Economic Stimulus Bill\|date=February 17, 2009\|access-date=February 17, 2009\|publisher=Congressional Quarterly\|first=Barack\|last=Obama\|author-link=Barack Obama\|url-status=dead\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090220015935/http://www.cqpolitics.com/wmspage.cfm?docID=news-000003054965\|archive-date=February 20, 2009\|df=mdy-all}} \|File:Barack Obama speaks with CEO of Namaste Solar Electric, Inc., Blake Jones, while looking at solar panels in Denver, Col., 2009.jpg
{{Flagicon\|Arizona}} Arizona \|Mesa \|February 18 \|President Obama makes remarks on the mortgage crisis at Dobson High School, in Mesa, Arizona{{Cite web\|url=https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/the-press-office/remarks-president-mortgage-crisis\|title=Remarks by the President on the mortgage crisis\|date=2009-02-18\|language=en\|via=National Archives\|work=whitehouse.gov\|access-date=2019-03-18}} \|
{{Flagicon\|Canada}} Canada \|Ottawa \|February 19 \|First trip outside the United States as president. President Obama met with Governor General Michaëlle Jean, Prime Minister Stephen Harper and Leader of the Opposition Michael Ignatieff.{{Cite web \|title=Liveblog: The President in Canada \|url=https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/blog/09/02/19/Liveblog-canada-trip \|date=February 19, 2009 \|access-date=February 19, 2009 \|via=National Archives \|work=whitehouse.gov \|df=mdy-all }}{{cite web\|title=Obama tackles thorny economic, military issues in Canada trip\|url=http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/02/19/obama.canada/index.html?_s=PM%3APOLITICS\|publisher=CNN\|access-date=August 30, 2012\|date=February 19, 2009\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101005065149/http://articles.cnn.com/2009-02-19/politics/obama.canada_1_global-warming-canadian-stimulus-plan?_s=PM:POLITICS\|archive-date=October 5, 2010\|url-status=live\|df=mdy-all}}{{cite web\|title=PM, Obama talk trade, Afghanistan, pledge 'clean energy dialogue'\|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/pm-obama-talk-trade-afghanistan-pledge-clean-energy-dialogue-1.781701\|publisher=CBCNews\|access-date=August 30, 2012\|date=February 19, 2009}} \|150px
{{Flagicon\|North Carolina}} North Carolina \|Jacksonville \|February 27 \|President Obama announced withdrawal plans for US troops in Iraq.{{Cite news\|first=Peter \|last=Baker \|title=With Pledges to Troops and Iraqis, Obama Details Pullout \|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/28/washington/28troops.html \|work=The New York Times \|date=February 27, 2009 \|access-date=March 1, 2009}} \|File:P022709PS-0106 (3484015965).jpg

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{{Flagicon|Virginia}} Virginia

|Williamsburg

|February 5

|First presidential trip using Air Force One.{{Cite news |title=Obama takes first Air Force One ride |url=http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2009/02/05/obama-takes-first-air-force-one-ride/ |publisher=CNN |date=February 5, 2009 |access-date=February 6, 2009 |archive-date=February 9, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090209094533/http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2009/02/05/obama-takes-first-air-force-one-ride/ |url-status=dead }}

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{{Flagicon|Indiana}} Indiana

|Elkhart

|February 9

|President Obama was promoting the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.{{Cite news|url=http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/washington/2009/02/barack-obama-2.html|title=President Obama's week ahead: What you'll see and read|date=February 8, 2009|access-date=February 8, 2009|work=Los Angeles Times|first=Andrew|last=Malcolm}}

{{Flagicon|Florida}} Florida

|Fort Myers

|February 10

|President Obama was promoting the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.{{Cite news|url=http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2009/02/10/happening-now-obama-pushes-stimulus-plan-in-florida/|title=Obama pushes stimulus plan in Florida|date=February 10, 2009|access-date=February 11, 2009|publisher=CNN|archive-date=February 14, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090214182537/http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2009/02/10/happening-now-obama-pushes-stimulus-plan-in-florida/|url-status=dead}}

{{Flagicon|Virginia}} Virginia

|Springfield

|February 11

|President Obama promoted the economic stimulus plan at a construction site with then-DNC Chairman and former Virginia governor Tim Kaine.{{Cite news|title=President visits Va. construction site to again make case for the stimulus plan |url=http://content.usatoday.com/communities/theoval/post/2009/02/62695715/1 |work=USA Today |date=February 11, 2009 |access-date=July 12, 2012}}

{{Flagicon|Illinois}} Illinois

|Springfield

|February 12

|President Obama participated in the celebrations for the bicentennial anniversary of the birth of Abraham Lincoln.{{Cite web|url=https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/the_press_office/RemarksbythePresidentattheLincolnBicentennialCelebration/|title=Remarks by the President at the Lincoln Bicentennial Celebration|date=February 12, 2009|access-date=February 12, 2009|first=Barack|last=Obama|author-link=Barack Obama|via=National Archives|work=whitehouse.gov|df=mdy-all}}

{{Flagicon|Colorado}} Colorado

|Denver

|February 17

|President Obama, accompanied by Vice President Joe Biden, traveled to Denver, Colorado, to sign the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 into law.{{Cite web|url=http://www.cqpolitics.com/wmspage.cfm?docID=news-000003054965|title=CQ Transcript: President Obama Signs Economic Stimulus Bill|date=February 17, 2009|access-date=February 17, 2009|publisher=Congressional Quarterly|first=Barack|last=Obama|author-link=Barack Obama|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090220015935/http://www.cqpolitics.com/wmspage.cfm?docID=news-000003054965|archive-date=February 20, 2009|df=mdy-all}}

|File:Barack Obama speaks with CEO of Namaste Solar Electric, Inc., Blake Jones, while looking at solar panels in Denver, Col., 2009.jpg

{{Flagicon|Arizona}} Arizona

|Mesa

|February 18

|President Obama makes remarks on the mortgage crisis at Dobson High School, in Mesa, Arizona{{Cite web|url=https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/the-press-office/remarks-president-mortgage-crisis|title=Remarks by the President on the mortgage crisis|date=2009-02-18|language=en|via=National Archives|work=whitehouse.gov|access-date=2019-03-18}}

{{Flagicon|Canada}} Canada

|Ottawa

|February 19

|First trip outside the United States as president. President Obama met with Governor General Michaëlle Jean, Prime Minister Stephen Harper and Leader of the Opposition Michael Ignatieff.{{Cite web |title=Liveblog: The President in Canada |url=https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/blog/09/02/19/Liveblog-canada-trip |date=February 19, 2009 |access-date=February 19, 2009 |via=National Archives |work=whitehouse.gov |df=mdy-all }}{{cite web|title=Obama tackles thorny economic, military issues in Canada trip|url=http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/02/19/obama.canada/index.html?_s=PM%3APOLITICS|publisher=CNN|access-date=August 30, 2012|date=February 19, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101005065149/http://articles.cnn.com/2009-02-19/politics/obama.canada_1_global-warming-canadian-stimulus-plan?_s=PM:POLITICS|archive-date=October 5, 2010|url-status=live|df=mdy-all}}{{cite web|title=PM, Obama talk trade, Afghanistan, pledge 'clean energy dialogue'|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/pm-obama-talk-trade-afghanistan-pledge-clean-energy-dialogue-1.781701|publisher=CBCNews|access-date=August 30, 2012|date=February 19, 2009}}

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{{Flagicon|North Carolina}} North Carolina

|Jacksonville

|February 27

|President Obama announced withdrawal plans for US troops in Iraq.{{Cite news|first=Peter |last=Baker |title=With Pledges to Troops and Iraqis, Obama Details Pullout |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/28/washington/28troops.html |work=The New York Times |date=February 27, 2009 |access-date=March 1, 2009}}

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March

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{{Flagicon\|Ohio}} Ohio \|Columbus \|March 6 \|President Obama visited Columbus, Ohio, and made a speech at the graduation of Columbus Police Division's 114th class.{{Cite web \|title=Remarks by the President at Graduation of Columbus Police Division's 114th class \|url=https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/the_press_office/Remarks-by-the-President-at-Graduation-of-Columbus-Police-Divisions-114th-Class/ \|date=March 6, 2009 \|access-date=December 7, 2010 \|via=National Archives \|work=whitehouse.gov \|df=mdy-all }} \|File:United States President Barack Obama with Senator Sherrod Brown, Representative Mary Jo Kilroy, and Secret Service personnel arriving at Port Columbus International Airport.jpg
{{Flagicon\|California}} California \|Long Beach, San Diego, Pomona, Los Angeles, Costa Mesa \|March 18–20 \|President Obama took part in two town hall sessions and visited the Edison International Vehicle Electrics plant during his visit to California.{{Cite news\|first=Andrew\|last=Malcolm \|title=President Obama sets overnight swing through SoCal, 2 town halls \|url=http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/washington/2009/03/obama-californi.html \|work=Los Angeles Times \|date=March 16, 2009 \|access-date=August 12, 2010}} \|File:P031809PS-0622 (3484026325).jpg

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{{Flagicon|Ohio}} Ohio

|Columbus

|March 6

|President Obama visited Columbus, Ohio, and made a speech at the graduation of Columbus Police Division's 114th class.{{Cite web |title=Remarks by the President at Graduation of Columbus Police Division's 114th class |url=https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/the_press_office/Remarks-by-the-President-at-Graduation-of-Columbus-Police-Divisions-114th-Class/ |date=March 6, 2009 |access-date=December 7, 2010 |via=National Archives |work=whitehouse.gov |df=mdy-all }}

|File:United States President Barack Obama with Senator Sherrod Brown, Representative Mary Jo Kilroy, and Secret Service personnel arriving at Port Columbus International Airport.jpg

{{Flagicon|California}} California

|Long Beach, San Diego, Pomona, Los Angeles, Costa Mesa

|March 18–20

|President Obama took part in two town hall sessions and visited the Edison International Vehicle Electrics plant during his visit to California.{{Cite news|first=Andrew|last=Malcolm |title=President Obama sets overnight swing through SoCal, 2 town halls |url=http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/washington/2009/03/obama-californi.html |work=Los Angeles Times |date=March 16, 2009 |access-date=August 12, 2010}}

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April

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{{Flagicon\|United Kingdom}} United Kingdom \|London \|March 31 – April 2 \|President Obama was attending the G-20 summit meeting. Obama met with Prime Minister Gordon Brown at 10 Downing Street, where he took part in a joint press conference with Brown,{{Cite news\|url= https://www.theguardian.com/politics/blog/2009/apr/01/barack-obama-gordon-brown\|title= Barack Obama and Gordon Brown press conference – live\|author= Andrew Sparrow\|date= April 1, 2009\|work= Politics Blog\|publisher= The Guardian\|access-date=May 24, 2010 \| location=London}} and met with Leader of the Opposition David Cameron at the U.S. Embassy in Grosvenor Square.{{Cite news\|url= https://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/financetopics/g20-summit/5091268/G20-summit-David-Cameron-enjoys-chat-with-Barack-Obama.html\|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20090404132333/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/financetopics/g20-summit/5091268/G20-summit-David-Cameron-enjoys-chat-with-Barack-Obama.html\|url-status= dead\|archive-date= April 4, 2009\|title= G20 summit: David Cameron enjoys chat with Barack Obama\|author= Rosa Prince\|date= April 2, 2009\|work= The Telegraph\|access-date=May 24, 2010 \| location=London}} Obama also met with Queen Elizabeth II.{{Cite news\|first=Arjun \|last=Ramachandran \|title=Queen becomes YouTube hit after Berlusconi blast \|url=http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2009/04/06/1238869870779.html \|work=The Sydney Morning Herald \|date=April 6, 2009 \|access-date=July 13, 2009}}{{Cite news\|title=President Obama in London, UK from March 31 - April 1, 2009\|url=http://www.reobama.com/ObamaUKLondonG20.htm \|publisher=reobama.com \|access-date=April 4, 2012}}{{Cite news\|title=President Obama at G20 Summit in London on April 2, 2009 \|publisher=reobama.com \|url=http://www.reobama.com/ObamaUKLondonG20Summit.htm \|access-date=April 4, 2012}} \|150px
{{Flagicon\|France}} France \|Strasbourg \|rowspan=2\|April 3–4 \|President Obama was attending the NATO summit meeting.[http://www.nato.int/cps/en/natolive/news_52116.htm?selectedLocale=en NATO – Pressrelease: Complementary Information for the media – NATO North Atlantic Council Summit meetings of Heads of State and Government – Strasbourg, France and Baden-Bade...]{{Cite news \|first=Lynn \|last=Sweet \|title=President Obama and First Lady schedule, guidance April 3, 2009. France and Germany. \|url=http://blogs.suntimes.com/sweet/2009/04/president_obama_and_first_lady_1.html \|publisher=Chicago Sun-Times \|date=April 3, 2009 \|access-date=April 3, 2012 \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120512171956/http://blogs.suntimes.com/sweet/2009/04/president_obama_and_first_lady_1.html \|archive-date=May 12, 2012 \|df=mdy-all }}{{Cite news\|title=US President Obama in Europe - Strasbourg, April 3, 2009\|url=http://www.reobama.com/ObamaUNAprilNATO.htm \|publisher=reobama.com \|access-date=April 4, 2012}}{{Cite news\|title=US President Obama in Europe - Strasbourg, France & Kehl, Germany on April 4, 2009\|url=http://www.reobama.com/ObamaUNAprilNATO3.htm \|publisher=reobama.com \|access-date=April 4, 2012}}{{Cite news\|first=Edward \|last=Cody \|title=Europeans Reluctant to Follow Obama on Afghan Initiative \|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/04/02/AR2009040203727.html \|newspaper=Washington Post \|date=April 3, 2009 \|access-date=April 4, 2012}}{{Cite news\|title=Obama seeks world without nuclear weapons \|url=https://www.welt.de/english-news/article3497562/Obama-seeks-world-without-nuclear-weapons.html \|publisher=Die Welt \|date=April 3, 2009 \|access-date=April 4, 2012}}{{Cite news\|first=Helene\|last=Cooper\|title=Obama Connects With Young Europeans \|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/04/world/europe/04prexy.html \|work=New York Times \|date=April 3, 2009 \|access-date=April 4, 2012}}{{Cite news\|title=Obama underlines al-Qaeda threat \|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/7980835.stm \|publisher=BBC News \|date=April 3, 2009 \|access-date=April 4, 2012}}{{Cite news\|first=Michael D.\|last=Shear\|title=Obama Visit Aims To Bolster Ties to France, Germany \|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/04/03/AR2009040300937.html?sid=ST2009040301318 \|newspaper=Washington Post \|date=April 4, 2009 \|access-date=April 4, 2012}} \|File:Barack Obama and Nicolas Sarkozy in Strasbourg April 2009.jpg
{{Flagicon\|Germany}} Germany \|Kehl, Baden-Baden \|President Obama was attending the NATO summit meeting{{Cite news\|first=Kevin \|last=Hechtkopf \|title=President Obama's Weekend Schedule \|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/president-obamas-weekend-schedule/ \|publisher=CBS News\|date=April 3, 2009 \|access-date=April 4, 2012}}{{Cite news\|title=US President Obama in Europe - Baden-Baden, April 3, 2009\|url=http://www.reobama.com/ObamaUNAprilNATO2.htm \|publisher=reobama.com \|access-date=April 4, 2012}} \|150px
{{Flagicon\|Czech Republic}} Czech Republic \|Prague \|April 5 \|President Obama visited the Czech Republic, then holding the rotating presidency of the European Council. President Obama met with President Václav Klaus. He also made a speech in Hradčany Square, Prague, in which he spoke about the threat of nuclear weapons in the post–Cold War era.{{Cite news\|title=Obama promotes nuclear-free world \|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/7983963.stm \|publisher=BBC \|date=April 5, 2009 \|access-date=July 13, 2009}}{{Cite news\|title=US President Obama in Europe - Prague, Czech Republic April 4-5, 2009\|url=http://www.reobama.com/ObamaUNPrague.htm \|publisher=reobama.com \|access-date=April 4, 2012}}{{Cite news\|first1=Jonathan \|last1=Martin \|first2=David S. \|last2=Cloud\|title=Obama calls for 'world without' nukes \|url=http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0409/20901.html \|publisher=Politico News\|date=April 5, 2009 \|access-date=April 4, 2012}} \|File:Mirek Topolánek, Barack Obama and Václav Klaus at Prague Castle 2009-04-05.jpg
{{Flagicon\|Turkey}} Turkey \|Ankara, Istanbul \|April 6–7 \|President Obama participated in a wreath laying ceremony at Anitkabir Mausoleum,{{cite web\|title=(DIP) U.S. PRESIDENT OBAMA VISITS ATATURK'S MAUSOLEUM.\|url=http://www.thefreelibrary.com/(DIP)+U.S.+PRESIDENT+OBAMA+VISITS+ATATURK'S+MAUSOLEUM.-a0197332192\|publisher=The Free Library\|access-date=December 27, 2012\|date=April 6, 2009}} met with President Abdullah Gül and Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, and delivered a speech to the Grand National Assembly of Turkey. Obama also [http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/37/President_Barack_Obama_meets_with_Greek_Orthodox_Ecumenical_Patriarch_Bartholomew_I_crop.jpg met] with Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I of Constantinople of the Eastern Orthodox Church in Istanbul,{{Cite web \|url = https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/blog/09/04/07/A-Meeting-with-Ecumenical-Patriarch-Bartholomew/ \|title=A Meeting with Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew {{!}} The White House \|access-date= December 7, 2010 \|via = National Archives \|work = whitehouse.gov \|df= mdy-all }} attended the Alliance of Civilizations forum,{{Cite news \|title=Obama reaches out to Muslim world \|url= http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7984762.stm \|publisher=BBC \|date= April 6, 2009 \|access-date= April 3, 2012}} a forum sponsored by Turkey and Spain to promote understanding between the Western and Islamic worlds, visited the Hagia Sophia and Blue Mosque and hold a town hall with students at the Tophane Cultural Center.{{Cite news \|first=Lynn \|last=Sweet \|title=President Obama official schedule and guidance, April 7, 2009. In Istanbul \|url=http://blogs.suntimes.com/sweet/2009/04/president_obama_official_sched_37.html \|publisher=Chicago Sun-Times \|date=April 7, 2009 \|access-date=April 3, 2012 \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120512161811/http://blogs.suntimes.com/sweet/2009/04/president_obama_official_sched_37.html \|archive-date=May 12, 2012 \|df=mdy-all }}{{Cite news\|title=President Obama Makes First Overseas Trip \|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/gallery/2009/03/31/GA2009033103365.html \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101125150040/http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/gallery/2009/03/31/GA2009033103365.html \|url-status=dead \|archive-date=November 25, 2010 \|newspaper=Washington Post\|date=April 8, 2009 \|access-date=April 3, 2012}}{{Cite news\|first1=Michael D. \|last1=Shear \|first2=Kevin \|last2=Sullivan\|title=Obama Portrays Another Side of U.S. \|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/story/2009/04/07/ST2009040701475.html \|newspaper=Washington Post\|date=April 7, 2009 \|access-date=April 3, 2012}}{{Cite news\|title=US President Obama in Europe - Ankara, Turkey from April 5-6, 2009\|url=http://www.reobama.com/ObamaUNAnkara.htm \|publisher=reobama.com \|access-date=April 4, 2012}}{{Cite news\|title=US President Obama in Istanbul, Turkey and Baghdad, Iraq from April 6-7, 2009\|url=http://www.reobama.com/ObamaUNIstanbul.htm \|publisher=reobama.com \|access-date=April 4, 2012}} \|File:Walking with Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan from Hagia Sofia to the Blue Mosque in Istanbul, Turkey, April 7, 2009.jpg
{{Flagicon\|Iraq}} Iraq \|Baghdad \|April 7 \|President Obama met with President Jalal Talabani and Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki. He also visited U.S. soldiers fighting in the Iraq War.{{cite news \|url= http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/04/07/obamas-iraq-visit-makes-s_n_183968.html \|title=Obama's Iraq Visit: Makes Surprise Trip To Baghdad On Way Home \|work=The Huffington Post \|date=April 7, 2009 \|access-date= February 26, 2011 \|first=Katharine \|last=Zaleski}}{{cite news \|url= http://ochairball.blogspot.de/2009/04/obama-makes-surprise-stop-in-iraq-to.html \|title=Obama Makes Surprise Stop in Iraq to Give Medals of Valor \|publisher=ochairball.blogspot.de \|date=April 7, 2009 \|access-date= April 3, 2012 }} \|File:Barack Obama & Nouri al-Maliki in Baghdad 4-7-09 2.JPG
{{Flagicon\|Mexico}} Mexico \|Mexico City \|April 16–17 \|President Obama met with President Felipe Calderón.{{cite news\|last=Stolberg\|first=Sheryl Gay\|title=In Mexico, Obama Seeks Curbs on Arms Sales\|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/17/world/americas/17prexy.html\|access-date=April 15, 2012\|newspaper=The New York Times\|date=April 16, 2009}}{{Cite news\|title=Obama to visit Mexico amid drug war, trade dispute. \|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/vcCandidateFeed1/idUSN1880364 \|work=Reuters\|date=March 18, 2009 \|access-date=March 18, 2009}}{{Cite news\|first=Tracy \|last=Wilkinson \|title=Awaiting Obama, Mexico hopes for change\|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2009-apr-16-fg-mexico-obama16-story.html \|work=Los Angeles Times \|date=April 16, 2009 \|access-date=July 13, 2009}}{{cite news\|last=Wilson\|first=Scott\|title=For Obama, Calderón, a Meeting of Minds\|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/04/16/AR2009041602694.html\|access-date=April 15, 2012\|newspaper=The Washington Post\|date=April 17, 2009}}{{cite web\|last=Simkin\|first=Mark\|title=Obama admits shared responsibility for Mexican drug war\|url=http://www.abc.net.au/lateline/content/2008/s2546321.htm\|publisher=Australian Broadcasting Corporation\|access-date=April 15, 2012\|date=April 18, 2009}}{{cite web\|last=Kouri\|first=Jim\|title=Exclusive: Obama's Dog and Pony Show in Mexico\|url=http://www.familysecuritymatters.org/publications/id.3030/pub_detail.asp\|publisher=familysecuritymatters.org\|access-date=April 15, 2012\|date=April 18, 2009\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111113025032/http://familysecuritymatters.org/publications/id.3030/pub_detail.asp\|archive-date=November 13, 2011\|url-status=dead}} \|150px
{{Flagicon\|Trinidad and Tobago}} Trinidad and Tobago \|Port of Spain \|April 17–19 \|President Obama was attending the 5th Summit of the Americas.{{cite news\|last=Wilson\|first=Scott\|title=At Summit of Americas, U.S. May Face World of Blame for Economy\|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/04/14/AR2009041403199.html\|access-date=April 15, 2012\|newspaper=The WashingtonPost\|date=April 15, 2009}}{{cite news\|title=Obama Says U.S. Will Pursue Thaw With Cuba\|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/18/world/americas/18prexy.html\|access-date=April 15, 2012\|newspaper=The New York Times\|date=April 17, 2012\|author=Sheryl Gay Stolberg\|author2=Alexei Barrionuevo}}{{cite news\|title=Hemisphere's Leaders Signal Fresh Start With U.S.\|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/20/world/americas/20prexy.html\|access-date=April 15, 2012\|newspaper=The New York Times\|date=April 19, 2009\|author=Alexei Barrionuevo\|author2=Sheryl Gay Stolberg}}{{cite news\|last=Wilson\|first=Scott\|title=Obama Closes Summit, Vows Broader Engagement With Latin America\|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/04/19/AR2009041901730.html\|access-date=April 15, 2012\|newspaper=The Washington\|date=April 20, 2009}} \|File:Barack Obama and Óscar Arias Sánchez.jpg
{{Flagicon\|Iowa}} Iowa \|Newton, Iowa \|April 22 \|President Obama delivered remarks at the Trinity Structural Towers Manufacturing Plant.{{cite news \|last1=Harris \|first1=Dan \|title=Can America Afford to 'Go Green'? \|url=https://abcnews.go.com/Technology/story?id=7404351&page=1 \|access-date=12 July 2020 \|agency=ABC News \|date=April 22, 2009}} \|File:P042209PS-0317 (3484866816).jpg

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{{Flagicon|United Kingdom}} United Kingdom

|London

|March 31 – April 2

|President Obama was attending the G-20 summit meeting. Obama met with Prime Minister Gordon Brown at 10 Downing Street, where he took part in a joint press conference with Brown,{{Cite news|url= https://www.theguardian.com/politics/blog/2009/apr/01/barack-obama-gordon-brown|title= Barack Obama and Gordon Brown press conference – live|author= Andrew Sparrow|date= April 1, 2009|work= Politics Blog|publisher= The Guardian|access-date=May 24, 2010 | location=London}} and met with Leader of the Opposition David Cameron at the U.S. Embassy in Grosvenor Square.{{Cite news|url= https://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/financetopics/g20-summit/5091268/G20-summit-David-Cameron-enjoys-chat-with-Barack-Obama.html|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20090404132333/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/financetopics/g20-summit/5091268/G20-summit-David-Cameron-enjoys-chat-with-Barack-Obama.html|url-status= dead|archive-date= April 4, 2009|title= G20 summit: David Cameron enjoys chat with Barack Obama|author= Rosa Prince|date= April 2, 2009|work= The Telegraph|access-date=May 24, 2010 | location=London}} Obama also met with Queen Elizabeth II.{{Cite news|first=Arjun |last=Ramachandran |title=Queen becomes YouTube hit after Berlusconi blast |url=http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2009/04/06/1238869870779.html |work=The Sydney Morning Herald |date=April 6, 2009 |access-date=July 13, 2009}}{{Cite news|title=President Obama in London, UK from March 31 - April 1, 2009|url=http://www.reobama.com/ObamaUKLondonG20.htm |publisher=reobama.com |access-date=April 4, 2012}}{{Cite news|title=President Obama at G20 Summit in London on April 2, 2009 |publisher=reobama.com |url=http://www.reobama.com/ObamaUKLondonG20Summit.htm |access-date=April 4, 2012}}

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{{Flagicon|France}} France

|Strasbourg

|rowspan=2|April 3–4

|President Obama was attending the NATO summit meeting.[http://www.nato.int/cps/en/natolive/news_52116.htm?selectedLocale=en NATO – Pressrelease: Complementary Information for the media – NATO North Atlantic Council Summit meetings of Heads of State and Government – Strasbourg, France and Baden-Bade...]{{Cite news |first=Lynn |last=Sweet |title=President Obama and First Lady schedule, guidance April 3, 2009. France and Germany. |url=http://blogs.suntimes.com/sweet/2009/04/president_obama_and_first_lady_1.html |publisher=Chicago Sun-Times |date=April 3, 2009 |access-date=April 3, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120512171956/http://blogs.suntimes.com/sweet/2009/04/president_obama_and_first_lady_1.html |archive-date=May 12, 2012 |df=mdy-all }}{{Cite news|title=US President Obama in Europe - Strasbourg, April 3, 2009|url=http://www.reobama.com/ObamaUNAprilNATO.htm |publisher=reobama.com |access-date=April 4, 2012}}{{Cite news|title=US President Obama in Europe - Strasbourg, France & Kehl, Germany on April 4, 2009|url=http://www.reobama.com/ObamaUNAprilNATO3.htm |publisher=reobama.com |access-date=April 4, 2012}}{{Cite news|first=Edward |last=Cody |title=Europeans Reluctant to Follow Obama on Afghan Initiative |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/04/02/AR2009040203727.html |newspaper=Washington Post |date=April 3, 2009 |access-date=April 4, 2012}}{{Cite news|title=Obama seeks world without nuclear weapons |url=https://www.welt.de/english-news/article3497562/Obama-seeks-world-without-nuclear-weapons.html |publisher=Die Welt |date=April 3, 2009 |access-date=April 4, 2012}}{{Cite news|first=Helene|last=Cooper|title=Obama Connects With Young Europeans |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/04/world/europe/04prexy.html |work=New York Times |date=April 3, 2009 |access-date=April 4, 2012}}{{Cite news|title=Obama underlines al-Qaeda threat |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/7980835.stm |publisher=BBC News |date=April 3, 2009 |access-date=April 4, 2012}}{{Cite news|first=Michael D.|last=Shear|title=Obama Visit Aims To Bolster Ties to France, Germany |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/04/03/AR2009040300937.html?sid=ST2009040301318 |newspaper=Washington Post |date=April 4, 2009 |access-date=April 4, 2012}}

|File:Barack Obama and Nicolas Sarkozy in Strasbourg April 2009.jpg

{{Flagicon|Germany}} Germany

|Kehl, Baden-Baden

|President Obama was attending the NATO summit meeting{{Cite news|first=Kevin |last=Hechtkopf |title=President Obama's Weekend Schedule |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/president-obamas-weekend-schedule/ |publisher=CBS News|date=April 3, 2009 |access-date=April 4, 2012}}{{Cite news|title=US President Obama in Europe - Baden-Baden, April 3, 2009|url=http://www.reobama.com/ObamaUNAprilNATO2.htm |publisher=reobama.com |access-date=April 4, 2012}}

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{{Flagicon|Czech Republic}} Czech Republic

|Prague

|April 5

|President Obama visited the Czech Republic, then holding the rotating presidency of the European Council. President Obama met with President Václav Klaus. He also made a speech in Hradčany Square, Prague, in which he spoke about the threat of nuclear weapons in the post–Cold War era.{{Cite news|title=Obama promotes nuclear-free world |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/7983963.stm |publisher=BBC |date=April 5, 2009 |access-date=July 13, 2009}}{{Cite news|title=US President Obama in Europe - Prague, Czech Republic April 4-5, 2009|url=http://www.reobama.com/ObamaUNPrague.htm |publisher=reobama.com |access-date=April 4, 2012}}{{Cite news|first1=Jonathan |last1=Martin |first2=David S. |last2=Cloud|title=Obama calls for 'world without' nukes |url=http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0409/20901.html |publisher=Politico News|date=April 5, 2009 |access-date=April 4, 2012}}

|File:Mirek Topolánek, Barack Obama and Václav Klaus at Prague Castle 2009-04-05.jpg

{{Flagicon|Turkey}} Turkey

|Ankara, Istanbul

|April 6–7

|President Obama participated in a wreath laying ceremony at Anitkabir Mausoleum,{{cite web|title=(DIP) U.S. PRESIDENT OBAMA VISITS ATATURK'S MAUSOLEUM.|url=http://www.thefreelibrary.com/(DIP)+U.S.+PRESIDENT+OBAMA+VISITS+ATATURK'S+MAUSOLEUM.-a0197332192|publisher=The Free Library|access-date=December 27, 2012|date=April 6, 2009}} met with President Abdullah Gül and Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, and delivered a speech to the Grand National Assembly of Turkey. Obama also [http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/37/President_Barack_Obama_meets_with_Greek_Orthodox_Ecumenical_Patriarch_Bartholomew_I_crop.jpg met] with Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I of Constantinople of the Eastern Orthodox Church in Istanbul,{{Cite web |url = https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/blog/09/04/07/A-Meeting-with-Ecumenical-Patriarch-Bartholomew/ |title=A Meeting with Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew {{!}} The White House |access-date= December 7, 2010 |via = National Archives |work = whitehouse.gov |df= mdy-all }} attended the Alliance of Civilizations forum,{{Cite news |title=Obama reaches out to Muslim world |url= http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7984762.stm |publisher=BBC |date= April 6, 2009 |access-date= April 3, 2012}} a forum sponsored by Turkey and Spain to promote understanding between the Western and Islamic worlds, visited the Hagia Sophia and Blue Mosque and hold a town hall with students at the Tophane Cultural Center.{{Cite news |first=Lynn |last=Sweet |title=President Obama official schedule and guidance, April 7, 2009. In Istanbul |url=http://blogs.suntimes.com/sweet/2009/04/president_obama_official_sched_37.html |publisher=Chicago Sun-Times |date=April 7, 2009 |access-date=April 3, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120512161811/http://blogs.suntimes.com/sweet/2009/04/president_obama_official_sched_37.html |archive-date=May 12, 2012 |df=mdy-all }}{{Cite news|title=President Obama Makes First Overseas Trip |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/gallery/2009/03/31/GA2009033103365.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101125150040/http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/gallery/2009/03/31/GA2009033103365.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=November 25, 2010 |newspaper=Washington Post|date=April 8, 2009 |access-date=April 3, 2012}}{{Cite news|first1=Michael D. |last1=Shear |first2=Kevin |last2=Sullivan|title=Obama Portrays Another Side of U.S. |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/story/2009/04/07/ST2009040701475.html |newspaper=Washington Post|date=April 7, 2009 |access-date=April 3, 2012}}{{Cite news|title=US President Obama in Europe - Ankara, Turkey from April 5-6, 2009|url=http://www.reobama.com/ObamaUNAnkara.htm |publisher=reobama.com |access-date=April 4, 2012}}{{Cite news|title=US President Obama in Istanbul, Turkey and Baghdad, Iraq from April 6-7, 2009|url=http://www.reobama.com/ObamaUNIstanbul.htm |publisher=reobama.com |access-date=April 4, 2012}}

|File:Walking with Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan from Hagia Sofia to the Blue Mosque in Istanbul, Turkey, April 7, 2009.jpg

{{Flagicon|Iraq}} Iraq

|Baghdad

|April 7

|President Obama met with President Jalal Talabani and Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki. He also visited U.S. soldiers fighting in the Iraq War.{{cite news |url= http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/04/07/obamas-iraq-visit-makes-s_n_183968.html |title=Obama's Iraq Visit: Makes Surprise Trip To Baghdad On Way Home |work=The Huffington Post |date=April 7, 2009 |access-date= February 26, 2011 |first=Katharine |last=Zaleski}}{{cite news |url= http://ochairball.blogspot.de/2009/04/obama-makes-surprise-stop-in-iraq-to.html |title=Obama Makes Surprise Stop in Iraq to Give Medals of Valor |publisher=ochairball.blogspot.de |date=April 7, 2009 |access-date= April 3, 2012 }}

|File:Barack Obama & Nouri al-Maliki in Baghdad 4-7-09 2.JPG

{{Flagicon|Mexico}} Mexico

|Mexico City

|April 16–17

|President Obama met with President Felipe Calderón.{{cite news|last=Stolberg|first=Sheryl Gay|title=In Mexico, Obama Seeks Curbs on Arms Sales|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/17/world/americas/17prexy.html|access-date=April 15, 2012|newspaper=The New York Times|date=April 16, 2009}}{{Cite news|title=Obama to visit Mexico amid drug war, trade dispute. |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/vcCandidateFeed1/idUSN1880364 |work=Reuters|date=March 18, 2009 |access-date=March 18, 2009}}{{Cite news|first=Tracy |last=Wilkinson |title=Awaiting Obama, Mexico hopes for change|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2009-apr-16-fg-mexico-obama16-story.html |work=Los Angeles Times |date=April 16, 2009 |access-date=July 13, 2009}}{{cite news|last=Wilson|first=Scott|title=For Obama, Calderón, a Meeting of Minds|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/04/16/AR2009041602694.html|access-date=April 15, 2012|newspaper=The Washington Post|date=April 17, 2009}}{{cite web|last=Simkin|first=Mark|title=Obama admits shared responsibility for Mexican drug war|url=http://www.abc.net.au/lateline/content/2008/s2546321.htm|publisher=Australian Broadcasting Corporation|access-date=April 15, 2012|date=April 18, 2009}}{{cite web|last=Kouri|first=Jim|title=Exclusive: Obama's Dog and Pony Show in Mexico|url=http://www.familysecuritymatters.org/publications/id.3030/pub_detail.asp|publisher=familysecuritymatters.org|access-date=April 15, 2012|date=April 18, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111113025032/http://familysecuritymatters.org/publications/id.3030/pub_detail.asp|archive-date=November 13, 2011|url-status=dead}}

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{{Flagicon|Trinidad and Tobago}} Trinidad and Tobago

|Port of Spain

|April 17–19

|President Obama was attending the 5th Summit of the Americas.{{cite news|last=Wilson|first=Scott|title=At Summit of Americas, U.S. May Face World of Blame for Economy|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/04/14/AR2009041403199.html|access-date=April 15, 2012|newspaper=The WashingtonPost|date=April 15, 2009}}{{cite news|title=Obama Says U.S. Will Pursue Thaw With Cuba|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/18/world/americas/18prexy.html|access-date=April 15, 2012|newspaper=The New York Times|date=April 17, 2012|author=Sheryl Gay Stolberg|author2=Alexei Barrionuevo}}{{cite news|title=Hemisphere's Leaders Signal Fresh Start With U.S.|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/20/world/americas/20prexy.html|access-date=April 15, 2012|newspaper=The New York Times|date=April 19, 2009|author=Alexei Barrionuevo|author2=Sheryl Gay Stolberg}}{{cite news|last=Wilson|first=Scott|title=Obama Closes Summit, Vows Broader Engagement With Latin America|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/04/19/AR2009041901730.html|access-date=April 15, 2012|newspaper=The Washington|date=April 20, 2009}}

|File:Barack Obama and Óscar Arias Sánchez.jpg

{{Flagicon|Iowa}} Iowa

|Newton, Iowa

|April 22

|President Obama delivered remarks at the Trinity Structural Towers Manufacturing Plant.{{cite news |last1=Harris |first1=Dan |title=Can America Afford to 'Go Green'? |url=https://abcnews.go.com/Technology/story?id=7404351&page=1 |access-date=12 July 2020 |agency=ABC News |date=April 22, 2009}}

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{{Flagicon\|Arizona}} Arizona \|Phoenix \|May 13 \|President Obama visited Arizona State University to give a commencement address.{{Cite news\|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/13/us/politics/13obama.text.html\|title=Text: Obama's Commencement Address at Arizona State University\|date=2009-05-14\|work=The New York Times\|access-date=2017-06-04\|language=en-US\|issn=0362-4331}} \|File:P051309CK-0475 (3583549796).jpg
{{Flagicon\|New Mexico}} New Mexico \|Albuquerque \|May 14 \|President Obama visited Rio Rancho High School to discuss credit card reform.{{Cite news\|url=http://www.rrobserver.com/news/article_1a4969a7-e057-5f10-8954-15e6d79e8d35.html\|title=Thousands welcome President Obama to Rio Rancho\|work=Rio Rancho Observer\|access-date=2017-06-04\|language=en}}{{Dead link\|date=July 2024 \|bot=InternetArchiveBot \|fix-attempted=yes }} \|File:P051409CK-0194 (3582754083).jpg
{{Flagicon\|Indiana}} Indiana \|South Bend \|May 17 \|President Obama visited the University of Notre Dame to give a commencement address.{{Cite news\|url=http://www.chicagotribune.com/chi-barack-obama-notre-dame-speech-story.html\|title=Transcript: Obama's Notre Dame speech\|last=Tribune\|first=Chicago\|work=chicagotribune.com\|access-date=2017-06-04\|language=en-US}} \|File:P051709PS-0459 (3582759805).jpg
{{Flagicon\|Maryland}} Maryland \|Annapolis \|May 22 \|President Obama visited the United States Naval Academy to give a commencement address.{{Cite magazine\|url=https://time.com/4337212/obama-commencement-speech-transcript-us-naval-academy/\|title=Barack Obama's Commencement at the US Naval Academy in 2009\|last=TIME\|magazine=Time\|access-date=2017-06-04}} \|File:P052209PS-0483 (3582768879).jpg
{{Flagicon\|Virginia}} Virginia \|Arlington \|May 25 \|President Obama participated in Memorial Day ceremonies at Arlington National Cemetery.{{Cite news\|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna30925896\|title=Obama praises military at Arlington cemetery\|date=2009-05-25\|work=msnbc.com\|access-date=2017-06-03\|language=en}} \|
{{Flagicon\|Nevada}} Nevada \|Las Vegas Valley \|May 26 \|President Obama made a speech at a fundraiser for the re-election campaign of Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid.[http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/index.php?pid=86219 Barack Obama: Remarks at a Fundraiser for Senator Harry Reid in Las Vegas, Nevada] \|File:P052609PS-0568 (3599212962).jpg
{{Flagicon\|California}} California \|Los Angeles \|May 27 \|President Obama delivered remarks at a fundraiser for the Democratic National Committee.{{cite news \|last1=Malcolm \|first1=Andrew \|title=Caesars gives Obama a room upgrade since he's president now \|url=https://latimesblogs.latimes.com/washington/2009/05/barack-obama-las-vegas-harry-reid.html \|access-date=12 July 2020 \|newspaper=LA Times \|date=May 27, 2009}} \|File:P052709PS-0528 (3599213242).jpg
{{Flagicon\|New York}} New York \|New York City \|May 30 \|No official business. President and First Lady dined at Blue Hill and attended the Broadway revival of Joe Turner's Come and Gone.{{Cite news\|first=Julie \|last=Bosman \|title=Politics Can Wait: The President Has a Date \|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/31/nyregion/31obama.html \|work=The New York Times \|date=May 30, 2009 \|access-date=July 17, 2009}} \|

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{{Flagicon|Arizona}} Arizona

|Phoenix

|May 13

|President Obama visited Arizona State University to give a commencement address.{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/13/us/politics/13obama.text.html|title=Text: Obama's Commencement Address at Arizona State University|date=2009-05-14|work=The New York Times|access-date=2017-06-04|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}}

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{{Flagicon|New Mexico}} New Mexico

|Albuquerque

|May 14

|President Obama visited Rio Rancho High School to discuss credit card reform.{{Cite news|url=http://www.rrobserver.com/news/article_1a4969a7-e057-5f10-8954-15e6d79e8d35.html|title=Thousands welcome President Obama to Rio Rancho|work=Rio Rancho Observer|access-date=2017-06-04|language=en}}{{Dead link|date=July 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

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{{Flagicon|Indiana}} Indiana

|South Bend

|May 17

|President Obama visited the University of Notre Dame to give a commencement address.{{Cite news|url=http://www.chicagotribune.com/chi-barack-obama-notre-dame-speech-story.html|title=Transcript: Obama's Notre Dame speech|last=Tribune|first=Chicago|work=chicagotribune.com|access-date=2017-06-04|language=en-US}}

|File:P051709PS-0459 (3582759805).jpg

{{Flagicon|Maryland}} Maryland

|Annapolis

|May 22

|President Obama visited the United States Naval Academy to give a commencement address.{{Cite magazine|url=https://time.com/4337212/obama-commencement-speech-transcript-us-naval-academy/|title=Barack Obama's Commencement at the US Naval Academy in 2009|last=TIME|magazine=Time|access-date=2017-06-04}}

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{{Flagicon|Virginia}} Virginia

|Arlington

|May 25

|President Obama participated in Memorial Day ceremonies at Arlington National Cemetery.{{Cite news|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna30925896|title=Obama praises military at Arlington cemetery|date=2009-05-25|work=msnbc.com|access-date=2017-06-03|language=en}}

{{Flagicon|Nevada}} Nevada

|Las Vegas Valley

|May 26

|President Obama made a speech at a fundraiser for the re-election campaign of Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid.[http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/index.php?pid=86219 Barack Obama: Remarks at a Fundraiser for Senator Harry Reid in Las Vegas, Nevada]

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{{Flagicon|California}} California

|Los Angeles

|May 27

|President Obama delivered remarks at a fundraiser for the Democratic National Committee.{{cite news |last1=Malcolm |first1=Andrew |title=Caesars gives Obama a room upgrade since he's president now |url=https://latimesblogs.latimes.com/washington/2009/05/barack-obama-las-vegas-harry-reid.html |access-date=12 July 2020 |newspaper=LA Times |date=May 27, 2009}}

|File:P052709PS-0528 (3599213242).jpg

{{Flagicon|New York}} New York

|New York City

|May 30

|No official business. President and First Lady dined at Blue Hill and attended the Broadway revival of Joe Turner's Come and Gone.{{Cite news|first=Julie |last=Bosman |title=Politics Can Wait: The President Has a Date |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/31/nyregion/31obama.html |work=The New York Times |date=May 30, 2009 |access-date=July 17, 2009}}

June

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{{Flagicon\|Saudi Arabia}} Saudi Arabia \|Riyadh Province \|June 3–4 \|President Obama met with King Abdullah and discussed various issues, including the Arab–Israeli conflict and Iran's nuclear programme.{{Cite news\|first=Mark S. \|last=Smith \|title=Obama Lands In Riyadh, Saudi Arabia \|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/06/03/obama-lands-in-riyadh-sau_n_210697.html \|work=The Huffington Post \|date=June 3, 2009 \|access-date=July 14, 2009}}{{cite news\|last=Wilson\|first=Scott\|title=Saudi king greets Obama on eve of president's address\|url=http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2009/06/04/king_abdullah_welcomes_obama_in_saudi_arabia/\|newspaper=The Washington Post\|publisher=boston.com\|access-date=August 30, 2012\|date=June 4, 2009}}{{cite web\|title=Obama Visits Saudi King Before Key Speech\|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/obama-visits-saudi-king-before-key-speech/\|publisher=CBS News\|access-date=August 30, 2012\|date=June 6, 2009}} \|File:ObamaSaudiOrderofMerit.jpg
{{Flagicon\|Egypt}} Egypt \|Cairo, Giza \|June 4 \|President Obama issued an important speech to the Muslim world at Cairo University entitled "A New Beginning". Obama also held talks with President Hosni Mubarak on regional issues, which were described by Mubarak as "candid and frank". Obama also visited the Sultan Hassan Mosque.{{Cite news\|title=Obama reaches out to Muslim world \|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/8082676.stm \|work=BBC News\|date=June 4, 2009 \|access-date=July 14, 2009}}{{Cite news\|title=Barack Obama begins key Egypt speech \|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/8082333.stm \|work=BBC News\|date=June 4, 2009 \|access-date=January 30, 2011}} \|150px
{{Flagicon\|Germany}} Germany \|Dresden, Buchenwald, Landstuhl \|June 5 \|President Obama visited the Buchenwald concentration camp, ahead of the D-Day commemorations, and Landstuhl Regional Medical Center. He also spoke of the Arab–Israeli conflict, and met with Chancellor Angela Merkel{{Cite news\|first= Paula \|last= Wolfson \|title=Obama reaches out to Muslim world \|publisher=Voice of America \|date=June 5, 2009 }} in Dresden Castle,[https://www.flickr.com/photos/whitehouse/3611570376/in/photostream/ Flickr - Photo Sharing!] visited Dresden Frauenkirche[https://www.flickr.com/photos/whitehouse/3611570234/in/photostream/ Flickr - Photo Sharing!] and gave an interview at Zwinger Palace in Dresden.{{cite news\|url=http://www.barackobamavideos.net/president-barack-obama-in-dresden \|title=President Barack Obama in Dresden \|date=June 5, 2009 \|publisher=barackobamavideos.net \|access-date=May 21, 2011 \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110905003644/http://www.barackobamavideos.net/president-barack-obama-in-dresden \|archive-date=September 5, 2011 }}{{cite news\|url=http://xfinity.comcast.net/slideshow/news-obamaontheroad/16/\|title=Obama Behind the Scenes: On the Road\|date=June 5, 2009\|publisher=xfinity.comcast.net\|access-date=May 21, 2011\|url-status=dead\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120330122810/http://xfinity.comcast.net/slideshow/news-obamaontheroad/16/\|archive-date=March 30, 2012\|df=mdy-all}}{{cite news\|url=http://www.dresden.de/en/02/press_service/press_releases/dmg/M0906dmg01.php \|title=Barack Obama visits Dresden \|date=June 11, 2009 \|publisher=City of Dresden \|access-date=May 21, 2011 \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110927050131/http://www.dresden.de/en/02/press_service/press_releases/dmg/M0906dmg01.php \|archive-date=September 27, 2011 }}{{Cite news\|title=Barack Obama In Dresden, Germany: 'We Must Redouble Our Efforts To Achieve Peace In The Middle East' \|url=http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/World-News/Barack-Obama-In-Dresden-Germany-To-Remember-Victims-Of-World-War-II/Article/200906115296419?chooseNews=Business \|work=Sky News \|date=June 5, 2009 \|access-date=May 15, 2011}}{{Cite magazine\|title=Obama in Dresden, Germany: the Non-Controversy Controversy \|url=http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1903033,00.html \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090611165222/http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1903033,00.html \|url-status=dead \|archive-date=June 11, 2009 \|magazine=TIME\|date=June 5, 2009 \|access-date=May 15, 2011}} \|File:ObamaDresdenCastle.jpg
{{Flagicon\|France}} France \|Paris, Caen \|June 5–7 \|President Obama visited France to commemorate the 65th anniversary of the Normandy Landings. Obama met dignitaries including French President Nicolas Sarkozy, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper, and Prince Charles, Prince of Wales.{{cite news\|last=Zeleny\|first=Jeff\|title=Obama Hails D-Day Heroes at Normandy\|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/07/world/europe/07prexy.html\|access-date=August 30, 2012\|newspaper=The New York Times\|date=June 6, 2009}}{{cite web\|title=Obama on D-Day: 'The Evil We Faced Had to Be Stopped'\|url=https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/story?id=7772790&page=1\|publisher=ABC News\|access-date=August 30, 2012\|author=Karen Travers, Jack Tapper and Sunlen Miller\|date=June 6, 2012}} In Paris, President Obama and his family took part in sightseeing, including visiting the Centre Georges Pompidou[https://www.flickr.com/photos/whitehouse/3611103809/ P060709PS-0023 \| Flickr - Photo Sharing!] and Notre Dame de Paris.[https://www.flickr.com/photos/whitehouse/3611575170/in/photostream/ Flickr - Photo Sharing!]{{Cite news\|title=Food Taster in Tow, the Obamas Visit Paris \|url=http://worldmeets.us/lefigaro0000276.shtml#axzz1MXrc512J \|work=Le Figaro\|date=June 7, 2009 \|access-date=May 16, 2011}}{{Cite news\|title=Obama family explore Paris art \|url=http://www.news.com.au/breaking-news/obama-family-explore-paris-art/story-e6frfku0-1225728994035 \|work=News.com.au\|date=June 7, 2009 \|access-date=May 16, 2011}}{{Cite news\|title= Obama spends time sightseeing in Paris with family \|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/feedarticle/8545718 \|work=Guardian.co.uk\|date=June 7, 2009 \|access-date=May 16, 2011 \|location=London}}{{Cite news\|title=Obama arrives in Paris after visiting death camp in Germany \|url= https://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2009-06-05-obama-germany-friday_N.htm \|work= USATODAY.com \|date=June 6, 2009 \|access-date=May 16, 2011}}{{Cite news\|title=France gets its Obama moment \|url= https://www.theguardian.com/world/feedarticle/8545844 \|work= Guardian.co.uk \|date=June 7, 2009 \|access-date=May 16, 2011 \|location=London}} \|150px
{{Flagicon\|Wisconsin}} Wisconsin \|Green Bay \|June 11 \|President Obama held a town-hall-style meeting, his first as president to promote health reform.{{Cite news\|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/06/10/AR2009061003669.html\|title=Obama Administration Eyes Health Care in Green Bay as Possible Model\|last=Connolly\|first=Ceci\|date=2009-06-11\|newspaper=The Washington Post\|access-date=2017-06-04\|language=en-US\|issn=0190-8286}} \|File:P061109PS-0111 (3648443558).jpg
{{Flagicon\|Illinois}} Illinois \|Chicago \|June 15 \|President Obama made a speech to the American Medical Association, and pushed for reform in the American medical industry.{{Cite news\|title=Obama AMA Speech: President Urges Doctors To Back Reform \|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/06/15/obama-urges-american-medi_n_215495.html \|work=The Huffington Post \|date=June 15, 2009 \|access-date=July 14, 2009}} \|

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{{Flagicon|Saudi Arabia}} Saudi Arabia

|Riyadh Province

|June 3–4

|President Obama met with King Abdullah and discussed various issues, including the Arab–Israeli conflict and Iran's nuclear programme.{{Cite news|first=Mark S. |last=Smith |title=Obama Lands In Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/06/03/obama-lands-in-riyadh-sau_n_210697.html |work=The Huffington Post |date=June 3, 2009 |access-date=July 14, 2009}}{{cite news|last=Wilson|first=Scott|title=Saudi king greets Obama on eve of president's address|url=http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2009/06/04/king_abdullah_welcomes_obama_in_saudi_arabia/|newspaper=The Washington Post|publisher=boston.com|access-date=August 30, 2012|date=June 4, 2009}}{{cite web|title=Obama Visits Saudi King Before Key Speech|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/obama-visits-saudi-king-before-key-speech/|publisher=CBS News|access-date=August 30, 2012|date=June 6, 2009}}

|File:ObamaSaudiOrderofMerit.jpg

{{Flagicon|Egypt}} Egypt

|Cairo, Giza

|June 4

|President Obama issued an important speech to the Muslim world at Cairo University entitled "A New Beginning". Obama also held talks with President Hosni Mubarak on regional issues, which were described by Mubarak as "candid and frank". Obama also visited the Sultan Hassan Mosque.{{Cite news|title=Obama reaches out to Muslim world

|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/8082676.stm |work=BBC News|date=June 4, 2009 |access-date=July 14, 2009}}{{Cite news|title=Barack Obama begins key Egypt speech

|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/8082333.stm |work=BBC News|date=June 4, 2009 |access-date=January 30, 2011}}

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{{Flagicon|Germany}} Germany

|Dresden, Buchenwald, Landstuhl

|June 5

|President Obama visited the Buchenwald concentration camp, ahead of the D-Day commemorations, and Landstuhl Regional Medical Center. He also spoke of the Arab–Israeli conflict, and met with Chancellor Angela Merkel{{Cite news|first= Paula |last= Wolfson |title=Obama reaches out to Muslim world

|publisher=Voice of America |date=June 5, 2009 }} in Dresden Castle,[https://www.flickr.com/photos/whitehouse/3611570376/in/photostream/ Flickr - Photo Sharing!] visited Dresden Frauenkirche[https://www.flickr.com/photos/whitehouse/3611570234/in/photostream/ Flickr - Photo Sharing!] and gave an interview at Zwinger Palace in Dresden.{{cite news|url=http://www.barackobamavideos.net/president-barack-obama-in-dresden |title=President Barack Obama in Dresden |date=June 5, 2009 |publisher=barackobamavideos.net |access-date=May 21, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110905003644/http://www.barackobamavideos.net/president-barack-obama-in-dresden |archive-date=September 5, 2011 }}{{cite news|url=http://xfinity.comcast.net/slideshow/news-obamaontheroad/16/|title=Obama Behind the Scenes: On the Road|date=June 5, 2009|publisher=xfinity.comcast.net|access-date=May 21, 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120330122810/http://xfinity.comcast.net/slideshow/news-obamaontheroad/16/|archive-date=March 30, 2012|df=mdy-all}}{{cite news|url=http://www.dresden.de/en/02/press_service/press_releases/dmg/M0906dmg01.php |title=Barack Obama visits Dresden |date=June 11, 2009 |publisher=City of Dresden |access-date=May 21, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110927050131/http://www.dresden.de/en/02/press_service/press_releases/dmg/M0906dmg01.php |archive-date=September 27, 2011 }}{{Cite news|title=Barack Obama In Dresden, Germany: 'We Must Redouble Our Efforts To Achieve Peace In The Middle East'

|url=http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/World-News/Barack-Obama-In-Dresden-Germany-To-Remember-Victims-Of-World-War-II/Article/200906115296419?chooseNews=Business |work=Sky News |date=June 5, 2009 |access-date=May 15, 2011}}{{Cite magazine|title=Obama in Dresden, Germany: the Non-Controversy Controversy

|url=http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1903033,00.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090611165222/http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1903033,00.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=June 11, 2009 |magazine=TIME|date=June 5, 2009 |access-date=May 15, 2011}}

|File:ObamaDresdenCastle.jpg

{{Flagicon|France}} France

|Paris, Caen

|June 5–7

|President Obama visited France to commemorate the 65th anniversary of the Normandy Landings. Obama met dignitaries including French President Nicolas Sarkozy, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper, and Prince Charles, Prince of Wales.{{cite news|last=Zeleny|first=Jeff|title=Obama Hails D-Day Heroes at Normandy|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/07/world/europe/07prexy.html|access-date=August 30, 2012|newspaper=The New York Times|date=June 6, 2009}}{{cite web|title=Obama on D-Day: 'The Evil We Faced Had to Be Stopped'|url=https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/story?id=7772790&page=1|publisher=ABC News|access-date=August 30, 2012|author=Karen Travers, Jack Tapper and Sunlen Miller|date=June 6, 2012}} In Paris, President Obama and his family took part in sightseeing, including visiting the Centre Georges Pompidou[https://www.flickr.com/photos/whitehouse/3611103809/ P060709PS-0023 | Flickr - Photo Sharing!] and Notre Dame de Paris.[https://www.flickr.com/photos/whitehouse/3611575170/in/photostream/ Flickr - Photo Sharing!]{{Cite news|title=Food Taster in Tow, the Obamas Visit Paris

|url=http://worldmeets.us/lefigaro0000276.shtml#axzz1MXrc512J |work=Le Figaro|date=June 7, 2009 |access-date=May 16, 2011}}{{Cite news|title=Obama family explore Paris art |url=http://www.news.com.au/breaking-news/obama-family-explore-paris-art/story-e6frfku0-1225728994035 |work=News.com.au|date=June 7, 2009 |access-date=May 16, 2011}}{{Cite news|title= Obama spends time sightseeing in Paris with family |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/feedarticle/8545718 |work=Guardian.co.uk|date=June 7, 2009 |access-date=May 16, 2011 |location=London}}{{Cite news|title=Obama arrives in Paris after visiting death camp in Germany |url= https://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2009-06-05-obama-germany-friday_N.htm |work= USATODAY.com |date=June 6, 2009 |access-date=May 16, 2011}}{{Cite news|title=France gets its Obama moment |url= https://www.theguardian.com/world/feedarticle/8545844 |work= Guardian.co.uk |date=June 7, 2009 |access-date=May 16, 2011 |location=London}}

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{{Flagicon|Wisconsin}} Wisconsin

|Green Bay

|June 11

|President Obama held a town-hall-style meeting, his first as president to promote health reform.{{Cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/06/10/AR2009061003669.html|title=Obama Administration Eyes Health Care in Green Bay as Possible Model|last=Connolly|first=Ceci|date=2009-06-11|newspaper=The Washington Post|access-date=2017-06-04|language=en-US|issn=0190-8286}}

|File:P061109PS-0111 (3648443558).jpg

{{Flagicon|Illinois}} Illinois

|Chicago

|June 15

|President Obama made a speech to the American Medical Association, and pushed for reform in the American medical industry.{{Cite news|title=Obama AMA Speech: President Urges Doctors To Back Reform

|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/06/15/obama-urges-american-medi_n_215495.html |work=The Huffington Post |date=June 15, 2009 |access-date=July 14, 2009}}

July

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{{Flagicon\|Virginia}} Virginia \|Annandale \|July 1 \|President Obama hosted a town hall meeting on health care reform in Annandale, Virginia.{{Cite news\|title=Obama Takes Health Care Pitch To Annandale, Virginia (VIDEO) \|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/07/01/obama-takes-health-care-p_n_223726.html \|date=July 1, 2009 \|access-date=July 1, 2010 \|agency=Associated Press via The Huffington Post \|first=Rachel \|last=Weiner}} \|
{{Flagicon\|Russia}} Russia \|Moscow \|July 6–8 \|President Obama met with President Dmitry Medvedev to discuss global issues, including the War in Afghanistan. Obama delivered a speech to the New Economic School in Moscow.{{Cite news\|title=As Obama wraps up Russia talks, White House cites subtle progress \|url=http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fgw-obama-russia8-2009jul08,0,3024082.story \|work=Los Angeles Times \|date=July 7, 2009 \|access-date=July 14, 2009 \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090711095123/http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fgw-obama-russia8-2009jul08%2C0%2C3024082.story \|archive-date=July 11, 2009 }} \|150px
{{Flagicon\|Italy}} Italy \|L'Aquila, Rome \|July 8–10 \|President Obama was attending the 35th G8 summit. President Obama also met with President Giorgio Napolitano.{{Cite news\|first=Steve \|last=Chaggaris \|title=Politics Today: Obama Wraps Up G-8, Heads to Ghana \|url=http://www.cbsnews.com/blogs/2009/07/10/politics/politicalhotsheet/entry5149437.shtml \|publisher=CBS News \|date=July 10, 2009 \|access-date=July 14, 2009}} \|150px
{{Flagicon\|Vatican City}} Vatican City \|Vatican City \|July 10 \|President Obama met with Pope Benedict XVI, and discussed issues such as poverty, stem-cell research, peace in the Middle East, and the need to reach out to the Muslim world. Obama and the Pope also exchanged gifts.{{Cite news\|first= Richard\|last= Owen\|title=Obama meets Pope for talk on abortions and stem-cell research \|url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/faith/article6684340.ece \|work=The Times \|date=July 10, 2009 \|access-date=November 14, 2009 \| location=London}}{{dead link\|date=September 2024\|bot=medic}}{{cbignore\|bot=medic}} \|150px
{{Flagicon\|Ghana}} Ghana \|Accra, Cape Coast \|July 11 \|President Obama met with President John Atta Mills and made a speech to the Parliament of Ghana. He also toured a former departing point of the trans-Atlantic slave trade, the Cape Coast Castle. \|150px
{{Flagicon\|Missouri}} Missouri \|St. Louis \|July 14 \|President Obama threw out the ceremonial first pitch at the 2009 Major League Baseball All-Star Game. \|File:Prince Fielder Ryan Howard Barack Obama.jpg
{{Flagicon\|New Jersey}} New Jersey \|Holmdel \|July 16 \|President Obama spoke at the PNC Bank Arts Center in support of Governor Jon Corzine's re-election campaign.{{Cite news\|title=Obama visits N.J. to stump for Corzine \|url=http://www.philly.com/inquirer/local/nj/20090717_Obama_visits_N_J__to_stump_for_Corzine.html \|work=The Philadelphia Inquirer \|date=July 17, 2009 \|access-date=July 17, 2009 \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090720071349/http://www.philly.com/inquirer/local/nj/20090717_Obama_visits_N_J__to_stump_for_Corzine.html \|archive-date=July 20, 2009 }} \|
{{Flagicon\|New York}} New York \|New York City \|July 16 \|President Obama spoke to the NAACP in honor of the group's 100th anniversary.{{Cite news\|title=Obama Gives Fiery Address at N.A.A.C.P. \|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/17/us/politics/17obama.html \|work=The New York Times \|date=July 16, 2009 \|access-date=July 17, 2009}} \|
{{Flagicon\|Ohio}} Ohio \|Cleveland \|July 23 \|President Obama traveled to Cleveland to participate in a town hall on health care.{{cite news \|last1=Naymik \|first1=Mark \|title=President Barack Obama's Cleveland Clinic visit highlights role model of health care \|url=https://www.cleveland.com/metro/2009/07/president_barack_obamas_visit.html \|access-date=12 July 2020 \|publisher=cleveland.com \|date=July 23, 2009}} \|File:P072309PS-0249 (3818180284).jpg
{{Flagicon\|North Carolina}} North Carolina \|Raleigh \|July 29 \|President Obama traveled to Raleigh to participate in a town hall on health care.{{cite news \|last1=Meckler \|first1=Laura \|title=Support Slips for Health Plan \|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB124890178435291341 \|access-date=12 July 2020 \|publisher=Wall Street Journal \|date=July 30, 2009}} \|File:President Barack Obama holds a town hall meeting at Broughton High School in Raleigh, N.C. on July 29, 2009.jpg

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{{Flagicon|Virginia}} Virginia

|Annandale

|July 1

|President Obama hosted a town hall meeting on health care reform in Annandale, Virginia.{{Cite news|title=Obama Takes Health Care Pitch To Annandale, Virginia (VIDEO) |url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/07/01/obama-takes-health-care-p_n_223726.html |date=July 1, 2009 |access-date=July 1, 2010 |agency=Associated Press via The Huffington Post |first=Rachel |last=Weiner}}

{{Flagicon|Russia}} Russia

|Moscow

|July 6–8

|President Obama met with President Dmitry Medvedev to discuss global issues, including the War in Afghanistan. Obama delivered a speech to the New Economic School in Moscow.{{Cite news|title=As Obama wraps up Russia talks, White House cites subtle progress |url=http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fgw-obama-russia8-2009jul08,0,3024082.story |work=Los Angeles Times |date=July 7, 2009 |access-date=July 14, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090711095123/http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fgw-obama-russia8-2009jul08%2C0%2C3024082.story |archive-date=July 11, 2009 }}

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{{Flagicon|Italy}} Italy

|L'Aquila, Rome

|July 8–10

|President Obama was attending the 35th G8 summit. President Obama also met with President Giorgio Napolitano.{{Cite news|first=Steve |last=Chaggaris |title=Politics Today: Obama Wraps Up G-8, Heads to Ghana |url=http://www.cbsnews.com/blogs/2009/07/10/politics/politicalhotsheet/entry5149437.shtml |publisher=CBS News |date=July 10, 2009 |access-date=July 14, 2009}}

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{{Flagicon|Vatican City}} Vatican City

|Vatican City

|July 10

|President Obama met with Pope Benedict XVI, and discussed issues such as poverty, stem-cell research, peace in the Middle East, and the need to reach out to the Muslim world. Obama and the Pope also exchanged gifts.{{Cite news|first= Richard|last= Owen|title=Obama meets Pope for talk on abortions and stem-cell research |url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/faith/article6684340.ece |work=The Times |date=July 10, 2009 |access-date=November 14, 2009 | location=London}}{{dead link|date=September 2024|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}

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{{Flagicon|Ghana}} Ghana

|Accra, Cape Coast

|July 11

|President Obama met with President John Atta Mills and made a speech to the Parliament of Ghana. He also toured a former departing point of the trans-Atlantic slave trade, the Cape Coast Castle.

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{{Flagicon|Missouri}} Missouri

|St. Louis

|July 14

|President Obama threw out the ceremonial first pitch at the 2009 Major League Baseball All-Star Game.

|File:Prince Fielder Ryan Howard Barack Obama.jpg

{{Flagicon|New Jersey}} New Jersey

|Holmdel

|July 16

|President Obama spoke at the PNC Bank Arts Center in support of Governor Jon Corzine's re-election campaign.{{Cite news|title=Obama visits N.J. to stump for Corzine |url=http://www.philly.com/inquirer/local/nj/20090717_Obama_visits_N_J__to_stump_for_Corzine.html |work=The Philadelphia Inquirer |date=July 17, 2009 |access-date=July 17, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090720071349/http://www.philly.com/inquirer/local/nj/20090717_Obama_visits_N_J__to_stump_for_Corzine.html |archive-date=July 20, 2009 }}

{{Flagicon|New York}} New York

|New York City

|July 16

|President Obama spoke to the NAACP in honor of the group's 100th anniversary.{{Cite news|title=Obama Gives Fiery Address at N.A.A.C.P. |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/17/us/politics/17obama.html |work=The New York Times |date=July 16, 2009 |access-date=July 17, 2009}}

{{Flagicon|Ohio}} Ohio

|Cleveland

|July 23

|President Obama traveled to Cleveland to participate in a town hall on health care.{{cite news |last1=Naymik |first1=Mark |title=President Barack Obama's Cleveland Clinic visit highlights role model of health care |url=https://www.cleveland.com/metro/2009/07/president_barack_obamas_visit.html |access-date=12 July 2020 |publisher=cleveland.com |date=July 23, 2009}}

|File:P072309PS-0249 (3818180284).jpg

{{Flagicon|North Carolina}} North Carolina

|Raleigh

|July 29

|President Obama traveled to Raleigh to participate in a town hall on health care.{{cite news |last1=Meckler |first1=Laura |title=Support Slips for Health Plan |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB124890178435291341 |access-date=12 July 2020 |publisher=Wall Street Journal |date=July 30, 2009}}

|File:President Barack Obama holds a town hall meeting at Broughton High School in Raleigh, N.C. on July 29, 2009.jpg

August

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{{Flagicon\|Indiana}} Indiana \|Wakarusa \|August 5 \|President Obama gave remarks at the Monaco RV manufacturing facility in Wakarusa.{{cite news \|last1=Calmes \|first1=Jackie \|title=Obama Back in Indiana With Message and Aid \|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/06/us/politics/06obama.html \|access-date=12 July 2020 \|issue=August 5, 2009 \|work=New York Times}} \|File:Obama Wakarusa 2009.jpg
{{Flagicon\|Virginia}} Virginia \|Tysons Corner \|August 6 \|President Obama spoke at a campaign rally for gubernatorial candidate Creigh Deeds.{{cite news \|last1=Martin \|first1=Jonathan \|title=Rallying Va. for Deeds, Obama recalls '08 campaign \|url=https://www.politico.com/blogs/ben-smith/2009/08/rallying-va-for-deeds-obama-recalls-08-campaign-020490 \|access-date=12 July 2020 \|publisher=Politico \|date=August 7, 2009}} \|File:President Barack Obama speaks at a campaign rally for gubernatorial candidate Creigh Deeds, left, in Tyson's Corner Va., on Aug. 6, 2009. Current Virginia Gov. Tim Kaine is at right in background..jpg
{{Flagicon\|Mexico}} Mexico \|Guadalajara \|August 9–10 \|President Obama attended the annual North American Leaders' Summit.{{Cite news\|title=Obama to meet with Mexican, Canadian leaders \|url=http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/08/10/obama.mexico/ \|publisher=CNN \|date=August 10, 2009 \|access-date=August 10, 2009}} \|150px
{{Flagicon\|New Hampshire}} New Hampshire \|Portsmouth \|August 11 \|President Obama led a town hall meeting on health care reform. \|File:President Barack Obama speaks at Portsmouth High School in Portsmouth, N.H., at a town hall meeting about health care reform on Aug. 11, 2009.jpg
{{Flagicon\|Montana}} Montana \|Belgrade \|August 14 \|President Obama led a town hall meeting on health care reform. \|File:President Barack Obama addresses a town hall meeting on health care insurance reform inside a hangar at Gallatin Field in Belgrade, Mont., on Aug. 14, 2009.jpg
{{Flagicon\|Colorado}} Colorado \|Grand Junction \|August 15 \|President Obama led a town hall meeting on health care reform. \|File:Barack Obama at Central High School, Grand Junction, Colorado.jpg
{{Flagicon\|Arizona}} Arizona \|Phoenix \|August 17 \|President Obama addressed the annual Veterans of Foreign Wars convention.{{cite news \|last1=Sunnucks \|first1=Mike \|title=Obama's Phoenix VFW speech prompting health care protests \|url=https://www.bizjournals.com/phoenix/stories/2009/08/10/daily50.html \|access-date=12 July 2020 \|publisher=Phoenix Business Journal \|date=August 13, 2009}} \|File:P081709SA-0142 (3964715318).jpg
{{Flagicon\|Massachusetts}} Massachusetts \|Martha's Vineyard \|August 24-30 \|President Obama vacationed in Martha's Vineyard.{{cite news \|last1=PARSONS \|first1=CHRISTI \|last2=TANKERSLEY \|first2=JIM \|title=An Obama family vacation at Martha's Vineyard \|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2009-aug-24-na-obama-vacation24-story.html \|access-date=12 July 2020 \|issue=August 24, 2009 \|newspaper=LA Times}} \|File:President Barack Obama puts a little body English on his shot during a round of golf at Farm Neck golf course during his vacation on Martha's Vineyard.jpg

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{{Flagicon|Indiana}} Indiana

|Wakarusa

|August 5

|President Obama gave remarks at the Monaco RV manufacturing facility in Wakarusa.{{cite news |last1=Calmes |first1=Jackie |title=Obama Back in Indiana With Message and Aid |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/06/us/politics/06obama.html |access-date=12 July 2020 |issue=August 5, 2009 |work=New York Times}}

|File:Obama Wakarusa 2009.jpg

{{Flagicon|Virginia}} Virginia

|Tysons Corner

|August 6

|President Obama spoke at a campaign rally for gubernatorial candidate Creigh Deeds.{{cite news |last1=Martin |first1=Jonathan |title=Rallying Va. for Deeds, Obama recalls '08 campaign |url=https://www.politico.com/blogs/ben-smith/2009/08/rallying-va-for-deeds-obama-recalls-08-campaign-020490 |access-date=12 July 2020 |publisher=Politico |date=August 7, 2009}}

|File:President Barack Obama speaks at a campaign rally for gubernatorial candidate Creigh Deeds, left, in Tyson's Corner Va., on Aug. 6, 2009. Current Virginia Gov. Tim Kaine is at right in background..jpg

{{Flagicon|Mexico}} Mexico

|Guadalajara

|August 9–10

|President Obama attended the annual North American Leaders' Summit.{{Cite news|title=Obama to meet with Mexican, Canadian leaders |url=http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/08/10/obama.mexico/ |publisher=CNN |date=August 10, 2009 |access-date=August 10, 2009}}

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{{Flagicon|New Hampshire}} New Hampshire

|Portsmouth

|August 11

|President Obama led a town hall meeting on health care reform.

|File:President Barack Obama speaks at Portsmouth High School in Portsmouth, N.H., at a town hall meeting about health care reform on Aug. 11, 2009.jpg

{{Flagicon|Montana}} Montana

|Belgrade

|August 14

|President Obama led a town hall meeting on health care reform.

|File:President Barack Obama addresses a town hall meeting on health care insurance reform inside a hangar at Gallatin Field in Belgrade, Mont., on Aug. 14, 2009.jpg

{{Flagicon|Colorado}} Colorado

|Grand Junction

|August 15

|President Obama led a town hall meeting on health care reform.

|File:Barack Obama at Central High School, Grand Junction, Colorado.jpg

{{Flagicon|Arizona}} Arizona

|Phoenix

|August 17

|President Obama addressed the annual Veterans of Foreign Wars convention.{{cite news |last1=Sunnucks |first1=Mike |title=Obama's Phoenix VFW speech prompting health care protests |url=https://www.bizjournals.com/phoenix/stories/2009/08/10/daily50.html |access-date=12 July 2020 |publisher=Phoenix Business Journal |date=August 13, 2009}}

|File:P081709SA-0142 (3964715318).jpg

{{Flagicon|Massachusetts}} Massachusetts

|Martha's Vineyard

|August 24-30

|President Obama vacationed in Martha's Vineyard.{{cite news |last1=PARSONS |first1=CHRISTI |last2=TANKERSLEY |first2=JIM |title=An Obama family vacation at Martha's Vineyard |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2009-aug-24-na-obama-vacation24-story.html |access-date=12 July 2020 |issue=August 24, 2009 |newspaper=LA Times}}

|File:President Barack Obama puts a little body English on his shot during a round of golf at Farm Neck golf course during his vacation on Martha's Vineyard.jpg

September

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{{Flagicon\|New York}} New York \|New York City \|September 9 \|President Obama attended to memorial services of journalist Walter Cronkite held at the Lincoln Center. \|File:P090909PS-0277 (3994276528).jpg
{{Flagicon\|Virginia}} Virginia \|Arlington County \|September 11 \|President Obama attended a memorial ceremony at the Pentagon Memorial in Arlington County, Virginia, where he spoke on the eighth anniversary of the September 11 attacks. \|File:P091109PS-0022 (3994265674).jpg
{{Flagicon\|Minnesota}} Minnesota \|Minneapolis – Saint Paul \|September 12 \|President Obama addressed a rally for health care reform. \|
{{Flagicon\|Ohio}} Ohio \|Warren \|September 15 \|President Obama visited the General Motors Lordstown Assembly Plant.{{cite news \|last1=Tollefson \|first1=Jeff \|title=Obama proposes greenhouse-gas standards for vehicles \|url=https://www.nature.com/articles/news.2009.922 \|access-date=12 July 2020 \|agency=Nature \|date=September 15, 2009}} \|File:P091509PS-0181 (3994314268).jpg
{{Flagicon\|Pennsylvania}} Pennsylvania \|Philadelphia \|September 15 \|President Obama addressed a fundraiser for Senator Arlen Specter.{{cite news \|last1=Lee \|first1=Carol E. \|last2=Martin \|first2=Jonathan \|title=Obama and Specter, a D.C. bromance \|url=https://www.politico.com/story/2009/09/obama-and-specter-a-dc-bromance-027209 \|access-date=12 July 2020 \|publisher=Politico \|date=September 16, 2009}} \|File:P091509PS-0936 (3993536313).jpg
{{Flagicon\|Maryland}} Maryland \|College Park \|September 17 \|President Obama gave remarks on health insurance reform to the University of Maryland.{{cite news \|title=Obama Aims to Rally Young Adults for Health Care Reform \|url=https://www.pbs.org/newshour/health/health-july-dec09-collegepark_09-17 \|access-date=12 July 2020 \|agency=PBS NewsHour \|date=September 17, 2009}} \|File:P091709PS-0331 (3994558382).jpg
{{Flagicon\|New York}} New York \|New York City, Troy \|September 21-23 \|President Obama visited the Hudson Valley Community College, about a technology program and addressed the United Nations General Assembly. \|File:Barack Obama addresses the United Nations General Assembly.jpg
{{Flagicon\|Pennsylvania}} Pennsylvania \|Pittsburgh \|September 24–25 \|President Obama hosted members of the G20 for the G-20 summit meeting. \|150px
{{Flagicon\|Maryland}} Maryland \|Bethesda \|September 30 \|President Obama visited an oncology laboratory at the National Institutes of Health. \|File:P093009LJ-0036 (3993805075).jpg

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{{Flagicon|New York}} New York

|New York City

|September 9

|President Obama attended to memorial services of journalist Walter Cronkite held at the Lincoln Center.

|File:P090909PS-0277 (3994276528).jpg

{{Flagicon|Virginia}} Virginia

|Arlington County

|September 11

|President Obama attended a memorial ceremony at the Pentagon Memorial in Arlington County, Virginia, where he spoke on the eighth anniversary of the September 11 attacks.

|File:P091109PS-0022 (3994265674).jpg

{{Flagicon|Minnesota}} Minnesota

|Minneapolis – Saint Paul

|September 12

|President Obama addressed a rally for health care reform.

{{Flagicon|Ohio}} Ohio

|Warren

|September 15

|President Obama visited the General Motors Lordstown Assembly Plant.{{cite news |last1=Tollefson |first1=Jeff |title=Obama proposes greenhouse-gas standards for vehicles |url=https://www.nature.com/articles/news.2009.922 |access-date=12 July 2020 |agency=Nature |date=September 15, 2009}}

|File:P091509PS-0181 (3994314268).jpg

{{Flagicon|Pennsylvania}} Pennsylvania

|Philadelphia

|September 15

|President Obama addressed a fundraiser for Senator Arlen Specter.{{cite news |last1=Lee |first1=Carol E. |last2=Martin |first2=Jonathan |title=Obama and Specter, a D.C. bromance |url=https://www.politico.com/story/2009/09/obama-and-specter-a-dc-bromance-027209 |access-date=12 July 2020 |publisher=Politico |date=September 16, 2009}}

|File:P091509PS-0936 (3993536313).jpg

{{Flagicon|Maryland}} Maryland

|College Park

|September 17

|President Obama gave remarks on health insurance reform to the University of Maryland.{{cite news |title=Obama Aims to Rally Young Adults for Health Care Reform |url=https://www.pbs.org/newshour/health/health-july-dec09-collegepark_09-17 |access-date=12 July 2020 |agency=PBS NewsHour |date=September 17, 2009}}

|File:P091709PS-0331 (3994558382).jpg

{{Flagicon|New York}} New York

|New York City, Troy

|September 21-23

|President Obama visited the Hudson Valley Community College, about a technology program and addressed the United Nations General Assembly.

|File:Barack Obama addresses the United Nations General Assembly.jpg

{{Flagicon|Pennsylvania}} Pennsylvania

|Pittsburgh

|September 24–25

|President Obama hosted members of the G20 for the G-20 summit meeting.

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{{Flagicon|Maryland}} Maryland

|Bethesda

|September 30

|President Obama visited an oncology laboratory at the National Institutes of Health.

|File:P093009LJ-0036 (3993805075).jpg

October

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{{Flagicon\|Denmark}} Denmark \|Copenhagen \|October 2 \|President Obama was attending the 13th Olympic Congress, supporting the unsuccessful Chicago bid for the 2016 Summer Olympics. While in Denmark, President Obama met with Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen. He also met with Queen Margrethe II and Henrik, Prince Consort of Denmark.{{Cite news\|first=Dan\|last=Lothian \|title=Obama plans trip to Denmark to seek Olympics \|url=http://edition.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/09/28/obama.olympics/index.html \|publisher=CNN \|date=September 28, 2009 \|access-date=November 15, 2009}} \|File:P100209PS-0476 (4014483272).jpg
{{Flagicon\|Virginia}} Virginia \|Springfield \|October 14 \|President Obama visited highway construction project sites and discussed job creation programs.{{Cite news\|first=Christine \|last=Simmons \|title=Associated Press: Obama says he's looking at a way to create jobs \|url=https://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5g-JjHou3r7yaM5OB2eFAsyERFjtwD9BB2BUO1 \|date=October 14, 2009 \|access-date=October 14, 2009 \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091022011610/https://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5g-JjHou3r7yaM5OB2eFAsyERFjtwD9BB2BUO1 \|archive-date=October 22, 2009 }} \|File:President Barack Obama delivers remarks on the economic benefits of the Recovery Act after touring the Fairfax County Parkway Extension bridge construction site, a Recovery Act project, in Fairfax, Va., Oct. 14, 2009.jpg
{{Flagicon\|Louisiana}} Louisiana \|New Orleans \|October 15 \|President Obama traveled to New Orleans, Louisiana to survey reconstruction efforts in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, and held a town hall meeting at the University of New Orleans.{{Cite news\|first=Lynn\|last=Sweet\|title=President Obama official schedule and guidance, Oct. 15, 2009. New Orleans, San Francisco - Lynn Sweet.\|url=http://blogs.suntimes.com/sweet/2009/10/president_obama_official_sched_147.html\|work=Chicago Sun-Times\|date=October 15, 2009\|access-date=October 19, 2009\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091018134414/http://blogs.suntimes.com/sweet/2009/10/president_obama_official_sched_147.html\|archive-date=October 18, 2009\|url-status=dead\|df=mdy-all}} \|File:PresidentObamaMLKSchoolNOLAOct2009Handshakes.jpg
{{Flagicon\|California}} California \|San Francisco \|October 15 \|President Obama traveled to San Francisco, California. The President did not make any public appearances, although was present at a fundraiser for the Democratic National Committee.{{Cite news\|title=President Barack Obama in San Francisco for Democratic National Committee fundraiser - San Jose Mercury News\|url=http://www.mercurynews.com/breaking-news/ci_13571319?nclick_check=1 \|work=San Jose Mercury News \|date=October 15, 2009 \|access-date=October 19, 2009}} \|File:Barack Obama speaks at the Westin St. Francis Hotel in San Francisco, 2009.jpg
{{Flagicon\|Texas}} Texas \|College Station \|October 16 \|President Obama gave a speech on public service at the Texas A&M University, alongside former President George H. W. Bush.{{Cite news\|first=Todd \|last=Gillman \|title=At Texas A&M, Obama lauds elder Bush's dedication to public service \|url=http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/dn/latestnews/stories/101709dnmetobama.2207396c5.html \|work=The Dallas Morning News \|date=October 16, 2009 \|access-date=October 19, 2009}} \|File:Barack Obama says goodbye to former President George H. W. Bush and former Secretary of State James A. Baker, 2009.jpg
{{Flagicon\|Maryland}} Maryland \|Silver Spring \|October 19 \|President Obama traveled to Silver Spring, Maryland to visit the Viers Mills Elementary School, praising the school for mitigating the achievement gap between minorities and non-minority students.{{Cite news\|first=Julie \|last=Pace \|title=Associated Press: Obama spends time with students in Maryland \|url=https://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jVf6ZQg6sAlQ0H7BspbfOERBwtBAD9BEAFA80\|date=October 19, 2009 \|access-date=October 19, 2009}}{{dead link\|date=June 2024\|bot=medic}}{{cbignore\|bot=medic}} \|File:Barack Obama talks with third and fourth grade students, 2009.jpg
{{Flagicon\|New York}} New York \|New York City \|October 20 \|President Obama traveled to the headquarters of the Joint Terrorism Task Force in New York City.{{Cite news\|title=Associated Press: Obama visits Joint Terrorism Task Force in NYC \|url=https://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gQkbsHmuwLL87QixXlkh9Wh6WG9gD9BF241G0 \| date=October 20, 2009 \|access-date=October 21, 2009}}{{dead link\|date=June 2024\|bot=medic}}{{cbignore\|bot=medic}} \|File:A photo of President Barack Obama appears on a photographer's computer, 2009.jpg
{{Flagicon\|New Jersey}} New Jersey \|Hackensack \|October 21 \|President Obama traveled to Hackensack, New Jersey to support the unsuccessful re-election campaign of Governor Jon Corzine at Farleigh Dickinson University.{{Cite news\| first=Darlene \|last=Superville \|title=Associated Press: Obama hits campaign trail for NJ Gov Jon Corzine \|url=https://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hz13IY28A6Jx1XbBR7Cp1WIiCQGgD9BFPHH01 \|date=October 21, 2009 \|access-date=October 21, 2009}}{{dead link\|date=June 2024\|bot=medic}}{{cbignore\|bot=medic}} \|File:Barack Obama stands with Senior Advisor Pete Rouse backstage at the Rothman Center, 2009.jpg
{{Flagicon\|Massachusetts}} Massachusetts \|Boston, Cambridge \|October 23 \|President Obama visited the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, before attending a fundraiser for the re-election campaign of Governor Deval Patrick.{{Cite news\|first=Elizabeth \|last=Williamson \|title=Looking for the Big Theme of Obama's MIT Speech\|work=The Wall Street Journal \|url=https://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2009/10/23/looking-for-the-big-theme-of-obamas-mit-speech/ \|date=October 23, 2009 \|access-date=November 18, 2009}} \|File:P102309PS-0491 (4050371499).jpg
{{Flagicon\|Florida}} Florida \|Miami, Jacksonville, Arcadia \|October 26–27 \|President Obama spoke at a Democratic Party fundraiser in Miami at the Fontainebleau Hotel.{{Cite news\|first=Charles \|last=Babington \|title=Associated Press: Obama says 'now's the time' to pass health care \| url=https://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5iO1_jgPN6w5ugpAg9hhDfIxH4UOwD9BJ4EJO0 \|date=October 26, 2009 \|access-date= October 27, 2009}}{{dead link\|date=June 2024\|bot=medic}}{{cbignore\|bot=medic}} He also spoke at the Naval Air Station Jacksonville,{{Cite news \|title=Remarks by the President to Servicemen and Women in Jacksonville, FL \|url=https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/the-press-office/remarks-president-servicemen-and-women-jacksonville-fl \|date=October 26, 2009 \|access-date=October 27, 2009 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170216154552/https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/the-press-office/remarks-president-servicemen-and-women-jacksonville-fl \|archive-date=February 16, 2017 \|url-status=live \|via=National Archives \|work=whitehouse.gov \|df=mdy-all }} and toured the DeSoto Next Generation Solar Energy Center in Arcadia, describing the necessity of developing a national 'smart' power grid.{{Cite news\|first=Charles \|last=Babington \|title=Associated Press: Obama putting $3.4B toward a 'smart' power grid \|url=https://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5izGwvLCRQiJtXRnozp0Xwfgp2-bwD9BJJ1N00 \|date=October 27, 2009 \|access-date=October 27, 2009}}{{dead link\|date=June 2024\|bot=medic}}{{cbignore\|bot=medic}} \|File:P102609PS-0454 (4074569531).jpg
{{Flagicon\|Delaware}} Delaware \|Dover \|October 29 \|President Obama traveled to Dover Air Force Base to oversee the return of eighteen American soldiers killed in Afghanistan.{{Cite news\|first=Ben \|last=Feller \|title=Associated Press: Obama heading to Dover to honor fallen soldiers \|url=https://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gFsjOeKIYpEc5mF2nSDHtPt-EYFgD9BKH70G2 \|date=October 28, 2009 \|access-date=October 28, 2009}}{{dead link\|date=June 2024\|bot=medic}}{{cbignore\|bot=medic}}{{Cite news\|first=Michael \|last=Fletcher \|title=Obama to attend return of fallen soldiers, DEA agents \|url=http://voices.washingtonpost.com/44/2009/10/29/obama_to_attend_return_of_fall.html \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120927061437/http://voices.washingtonpost.com/44/2009/10/29/obama_to_attend_return_of_fall.html \|url-status=dead \|archive-date=September 27, 2012 \|newspaper=The Washington Post \|date=October 29, 2009 \|access-date=October 28, 2009}} \|File:Barack Obama and generals saluting U.S. personnel who died in Afghanistan.jpg

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{{Flagicon|Denmark}} Denmark

|Copenhagen

|October 2

|President Obama was attending the 13th Olympic Congress, supporting the unsuccessful Chicago bid for the 2016 Summer Olympics. While in Denmark, President Obama met with Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen. He also met with Queen Margrethe II and Henrik, Prince Consort of Denmark.{{Cite news|first=Dan|last=Lothian |title=Obama plans trip to Denmark to seek Olympics |url=http://edition.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/09/28/obama.olympics/index.html |publisher=CNN |date=September 28, 2009 |access-date=November 15, 2009}}

|File:P100209PS-0476 (4014483272).jpg

{{Flagicon|Virginia}} Virginia

|Springfield

|October 14

|President Obama visited highway construction project sites and discussed job creation programs.{{Cite news|first=Christine |last=Simmons |title=Associated Press: Obama says he's looking at a way to create jobs |url=https://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5g-JjHou3r7yaM5OB2eFAsyERFjtwD9BB2BUO1 |date=October 14, 2009 |access-date=October 14, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091022011610/https://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5g-JjHou3r7yaM5OB2eFAsyERFjtwD9BB2BUO1 |archive-date=October 22, 2009 }}

|File:President Barack Obama delivers remarks on the economic benefits of the Recovery Act after touring the Fairfax County Parkway Extension bridge construction site, a Recovery Act project, in Fairfax, Va., Oct. 14, 2009.jpg

{{Flagicon|Louisiana}} Louisiana

|New Orleans

|October 15

|President Obama traveled to New Orleans, Louisiana to survey reconstruction efforts in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, and held a town hall meeting at the University of New Orleans.{{Cite news|first=Lynn|last=Sweet|title=President Obama official schedule and guidance, Oct. 15, 2009. New Orleans, San Francisco - Lynn Sweet.|url=http://blogs.suntimes.com/sweet/2009/10/president_obama_official_sched_147.html|work=Chicago Sun-Times|date=October 15, 2009|access-date=October 19, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091018134414/http://blogs.suntimes.com/sweet/2009/10/president_obama_official_sched_147.html|archive-date=October 18, 2009|url-status=dead|df=mdy-all}}

|File:PresidentObamaMLKSchoolNOLAOct2009Handshakes.jpg

{{Flagicon|California}} California

|San Francisco

|October 15

|President Obama traveled to San Francisco, California. The President did not make any public appearances, although was present at a fundraiser for the Democratic National Committee.{{Cite news|title=President Barack Obama in San Francisco for Democratic National Committee fundraiser - San Jose Mercury News|url=http://www.mercurynews.com/breaking-news/ci_13571319?nclick_check=1 |work=San Jose Mercury News |date=October 15, 2009 |access-date=October 19, 2009}}

|File:Barack Obama speaks at the Westin St. Francis Hotel in San Francisco, 2009.jpg

{{Flagicon|Texas}} Texas

|College Station

|October 16

|President Obama gave a speech on public service at the Texas A&M University, alongside former President George H. W. Bush.{{Cite news|first=Todd |last=Gillman |title=At Texas A&M, Obama lauds elder Bush's dedication to public service |url=http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/dn/latestnews/stories/101709dnmetobama.2207396c5.html |work=The Dallas Morning News |date=October 16, 2009 |access-date=October 19, 2009}}

|File:Barack Obama says goodbye to former President George H. W. Bush and former Secretary of State James A. Baker, 2009.jpg

{{Flagicon|Maryland}} Maryland

|Silver Spring

|October 19

|President Obama traveled to Silver Spring, Maryland to visit the Viers Mills Elementary School, praising the school for mitigating the achievement gap between minorities and non-minority students.{{Cite news|first=Julie |last=Pace |title=Associated Press: Obama spends time with students in Maryland |url=https://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jVf6ZQg6sAlQ0H7BspbfOERBwtBAD9BEAFA80|date=October 19, 2009 |access-date=October 19, 2009}}{{dead link|date=June 2024|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}

|File:Barack Obama talks with third and fourth grade students, 2009.jpg

{{Flagicon|New York}} New York

|New York City

|October 20

|President Obama traveled to the headquarters of the Joint Terrorism Task Force in New York City.{{Cite news|title=Associated Press: Obama visits Joint Terrorism Task Force in NYC |url=https://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gQkbsHmuwLL87QixXlkh9Wh6WG9gD9BF241G0 | date=October 20, 2009 |access-date=October 21, 2009}}{{dead link|date=June 2024|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}

|File:A photo of President Barack Obama appears on a photographer's computer, 2009.jpg

{{Flagicon|New Jersey}} New Jersey

|Hackensack

|October 21

|President Obama traveled to Hackensack, New Jersey to support the unsuccessful re-election campaign of Governor Jon Corzine at Farleigh Dickinson University.{{Cite news| first=Darlene |last=Superville |title=Associated Press: Obama hits campaign trail for NJ Gov Jon Corzine |url=https://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hz13IY28A6Jx1XbBR7Cp1WIiCQGgD9BFPHH01 |date=October 21, 2009 |access-date=October 21, 2009}}{{dead link|date=June 2024|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}

|File:Barack Obama stands with Senior Advisor Pete Rouse backstage at the Rothman Center, 2009.jpg

{{Flagicon|Massachusetts}} Massachusetts

|Boston, Cambridge

|October 23

|President Obama visited the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, before attending a fundraiser for the re-election campaign of Governor Deval Patrick.{{Cite news|first=Elizabeth |last=Williamson |title=Looking for the Big Theme of Obama's MIT Speech|work=The Wall Street Journal |url=https://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2009/10/23/looking-for-the-big-theme-of-obamas-mit-speech/ |date=October 23, 2009 |access-date=November 18, 2009}}

|File:P102309PS-0491 (4050371499).jpg

{{Flagicon|Florida}} Florida

|Miami, Jacksonville, Arcadia

|October 26–27

|President Obama spoke at a Democratic Party fundraiser in Miami at the Fontainebleau Hotel.{{Cite news|first=Charles |last=Babington |title=Associated Press: Obama says 'now's the time' to pass health care | url=https://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5iO1_jgPN6w5ugpAg9hhDfIxH4UOwD9BJ4EJO0 |date=October 26, 2009 |access-date= October 27, 2009}}{{dead link|date=June 2024|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}} He also spoke at the Naval Air Station Jacksonville,{{Cite news |title=Remarks by the President to Servicemen and Women in Jacksonville, FL |url=https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/the-press-office/remarks-president-servicemen-and-women-jacksonville-fl |date=October 26, 2009 |access-date=October 27, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170216154552/https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/the-press-office/remarks-president-servicemen-and-women-jacksonville-fl |archive-date=February 16, 2017 |url-status=live |via=National Archives |work=whitehouse.gov |df=mdy-all }} and toured the DeSoto Next Generation Solar Energy Center in Arcadia, describing the necessity of developing a national 'smart' power grid.{{Cite news|first=Charles |last=Babington |title=Associated Press: Obama putting $3.4B toward a 'smart' power grid |url=https://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5izGwvLCRQiJtXRnozp0Xwfgp2-bwD9BJJ1N00 |date=October 27, 2009 |access-date=October 27, 2009}}{{dead link|date=June 2024|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}

|File:P102609PS-0454 (4074569531).jpg

{{Flagicon|Delaware}} Delaware

|Dover

|October 29

|President Obama traveled to Dover Air Force Base to oversee the return of eighteen American soldiers killed in Afghanistan.{{Cite news|first=Ben |last=Feller |title=Associated Press: Obama heading to Dover to honor fallen soldiers |url=https://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gFsjOeKIYpEc5mF2nSDHtPt-EYFgD9BKH70G2 |date=October 28, 2009 |access-date=October 28, 2009}}{{dead link|date=June 2024|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}{{Cite news|first=Michael |last=Fletcher |title=Obama to attend return of fallen soldiers, DEA agents |url=http://voices.washingtonpost.com/44/2009/10/29/obama_to_attend_return_of_fall.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120927061437/http://voices.washingtonpost.com/44/2009/10/29/obama_to_attend_return_of_fall.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=September 27, 2012 |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=October 29, 2009 |access-date=October 28, 2009}}

|File:Barack Obama and generals saluting U.S. personnel who died in Afghanistan.jpg

November

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{{Flagicon\|New Jersey}} New Jersey \|Camden, Newark \|November 1 \|President Obama was supporting the unsuccessful re-election campaign of Governor Jon Corzine.{{Cite news \|title=Obama campaigns for New Jersey gov \|url=http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2009/11/2/apworld/20091102080147&sec=apworld \|work=The Star \|date=November 2, 2009 \|access-date=November 2, 2009 \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110622024510/http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=%2F2009%2F11%2F2%2Fapworld%2F20091102080147&sec=apworld \|archive-date=June 22, 2011 \|df=mdy-all }} In Newark, he drew a crowd of approximately 11,000.{{Cite news\|title=Obama says NJ governor is key to his own agenda - Yahoo! News \|first=Philip \|last=Elliot \|agency=Associated Press \|publisher=Yahoo News \|url=https://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091101/ap_on_el_gu/us_obama_politics \|date=November 1, 2009 \|access-date=November 2, 2009 \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091103020746/http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091101/ap_on_el_gu/us_obama_politics \|archive-date=November 3, 2009 }} \|
{{Flagicon\|Wisconsin}} Wisconsin \|Madison \|November 4 \|President Obama traveled to Wright Middle School in Madison, Wisconsin to discuss America's public education strategies with Secretary of Education Arne Duncan.{{Cite news\|title=Associated Press: Obama offers school money for backing initiative \|first=Julie \|last=Pace \|url=https://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hP4d5PN98MLhS2azadTPjSMml6zAD9BP0BGO0 \|agency=Associated Press \|date=November 4, 2009 \|access-date=November 4, 2009}}{{dead link\|date=June 2024\|bot=medic}}{{cbignore\|bot=medic}} \|File:P110409PS-0420 (4186330701).jpg
{{Flagicon\|Texas}} Texas \|Killeen \|November 10 \|President Obama traveled to Fort Hood outside Killeen, Texas, to speak at a memorial for the victims of the Fort Hood shooting.{{Cite news\|title=Obama honors Fort Hood victims, condemns murder \|first=Benjamin \|last=Feller \|url=http://www.ajc.com/news/nation-world/obama-honors-fort-hood-191469.html \|agency=Associated Press \|work=The Atlanta Journal-Constitution \|date=November 10, 2009 \|access-date=November 10, 2009 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091113101536/http://www.ajc.com/news/nation-world/obama-salutes-fort-hood-191469.html \|archive-date=November 13, 2009 \|url-status=dead }}{{Cite news\|title=AFP: Obama as mourner-in-chief at Fort Hood Memorial \|first=Laurent \|last=Lozano \|author2=Benoit, Daphne \|url=http://www.ajc.com/news/nation-world/obama-honors-fort-hood-191469.html \|agency=Agence France-Presse \|date=November 10, 2009 \|access-date=November 10, 2009 \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091113101536/http://www.ajc.com/news/nation-world/obama-salutes-fort-hood-191469.html \|archive-date=November 13, 2009 }} \|
{{Flagicon\|Virginia}} Virginia \|Arlington County \|November 11 \|President Obama traveled to the Arlington National Cemetery on Veterans Day, laying a wreath on the Tomb of the Unknowns.{{Cite news\|title=Associated Press: Obama honors veterans at Arlington cemetery \|first=Julie \|last=Pace \|agency=Associated Press \|date=November 11, 2009 \|access-date=November 11, 2009 \|url=https://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hc8qtQjB9Pg7OhmOkoQcKC12kB5wD9BTM6Q80 }}{{dead link\|date=June 2024\|bot=medic}}{{cbignore\|bot=medic}}{{Cite news\|title=Obama makes Veterans Day pledge \|publisher=BBC \|date=November 11, 2009 \|access-date=November 11, 2009 \|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8355743.stm}} \|File:Barack Obama leaves a presidential coin at the gravesite of Ross McGinnis at Arlington Cemetery.jpg
{{Flagicon\|Alaska}} Alaska \|Anchorage \|November 12 \|President Obama made a brief trip to Elmendorf Air Force Base, speaking to military personnel there while en route to Tokyo.{{Cite news\|title=Obama in Alaska to visit troops before Asia trip \|agency=Associated Press \|work=The Atlanta Journal-Constitution \|date=November 12, 2009 \|access-date=November 12, 2009 \|url=http://www.ajc.com/news/nation-world/obama-in-alaska-to-195426.html }}{{dead link\|date=May 2016\|bot=medic}}{{cbignore\|bot=medic}}{{Cite news\|title=Obama's Asia itinerary revealed \|work=Foreign Policy \|date=November 9, 2009 \|access-date=November 18, 2009 \|url=http://thecable.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2009/11/09/obamas_asia_itinerary_revealed}} \|File:Barack Obama at Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska (4140462711).jpg
{{Flagicon\|Japan}} Japan \|Tokyo \|November 13–14 \|The trip was the first stop on a four-nation tour of Asia. While in Japan, President Obama met with Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama.{{Cite news\|title=Obama arrives in Japan at start of Asia trip \|publisher=Cable News Network \|date=November 13, 2009 \|access-date=November 13, 2009 \|url=http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/11/13/obama.asia.trip/}} Obama also visited the Tokyo Imperial Palace, meeting with Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko, and made a speech at the Suntory Hall{{cite web \|last=Allen\|first=Mike \|title=America's first Pacific president \|url=http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1109/29511.html \|work=POLITICO \|access-date=October 24, 2011 \|date=November 13, 2009}} in Tokyo. \|File:13usa1.jpg
{{Flagicon\|Singapore}} Singapore \|Singapore \|November 14–15 \|The trip was the second stop on a four-nation tour of Asia. Obama was attending the APEC summit meeting.{{Cite news\|first= Peter \|last= Nicholas \|title=Idea takes hold for 2-step climate pact \|work=Los Angeles Times \|date=November 15, 2009 \|access-date=November 15, 2009 \|url=http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-obama-asia15-2009nov15,0,4522118.story}}{{Cite news\|title=Apec leaders drop climate target \|publisher=BBC \|date=November 15, 2009 \|access-date=November 15, 2009 \|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/8360982.stm}} While in Singapore, Obama took part in bilateral meetings with Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong and Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono. \|File:P111509PS-0211 (4140450861).jpg
{{Flagicon\|China}} China \|Shanghai, Beijing \|November 15–18 \|The third stop on a four-nation tour of Asia. In Shanghai, President Obama met with Shanghai Party Secretary Yu Zhengsheng and Mayor Han Zheng. He also took part in a town-hall style meeting with Chinese students, addressing a range of issues such as internet censorship and U.S. arms deals with Taiwan.{{Cite news\|first=Tania\|last=Branigan\|title=Barack Obama meets Shanghai students in China \|work=The Guardian \|date=November 16, 2009 \|access-date=November 18, 2009 \|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2009/nov/16/barack-obama-shanghai-students-china \| location=London}}{{Cite news\|first=Caren \|last=Bohan \|title=Obama in China faces tensions on trade and Tibet \|work=Reuters\|date=November 15, 2009 \|access-date=November 15, 2009 \|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSTRE5AE15L20091115}} In Beijing, Obama took part in a bilateral meeting with President Hu Jintao, and met with Premier Wen Jiabao. Obama also met briefly with his half brother Mark Ndesandjo,{{Cite news\|first=Tini\|last=Tran\|title=Mark Ndesandjo: Obama Says He Met With Half Brother While In China \|agency=Associated Press \|work=The Huffington Post\|date=November 18, 2009 \|access-date=April 4, 2012 \|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/11/18/mark-ndesandjo-obama-says_n_361932.html}} and visited various cultural sights; these included the Forbidden City{{Cite news\|first=Sunlen\|last=Miller \|title=Tourist-in-Chief: Obama Visits The Forbidden City \|publisher=ABC News \|date=November 17, 2009 \|access-date=November 18, 2009 \|url=https://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2009/11/tourist-in-chief-obama-visits-the-forbidden-city/}}{{Cite news\|title=Obama Tours Forbidden City (PHOTOS) \|work=The Huffington Post \|date=November 17, 2009 \|access-date=April 4, 2012 \|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/11/17/obama-tours-forbidden-cit_n_360290.html}} and part of the Great Wall of China.{{Cite news\|title=Obama wraps up China visit\|agency=Xinhua News Agency \|date=November 18, 2009 \|access-date=April 4, 2012 \|url=http://www.china.org.cn/world/obamas_asia_tour/2009-11/18/content_18913310.htm}}{{Cite news\|title=Looking East Six decades of the United States in Asia, in photographs.\|work=Foreign Policy \|date=October 11, 2011\|access-date=April 6, 2012 \|url=https://foreignpolicy.com/articles/2011/10/11/looking_east#28}}{{cite news\|title=Turbulent history The United States and China have had a tangled relationship, full of highs and lows.\|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/turbulent-history/2012/02/10/gIQAuznX6Q_gallery.html#photo=9\|newspaper=The Washington Post\|access-date=April 24, 2012\|date=February 10, 2012}} \|File:Barack Obama on the Great Wall.jpg
{{Flagicon\|South Korea}} South Korea \|Seoul, Osan \|November 18–19 \|The trip was the final stop on a four-nation tour of Asia. President Obama met with President Lee Myung-bak at the Blue House, discussing such issues as the inactive South Korea – United States Free Trade Agreement.{{Cite news\|title=Obama Backs South Korea Trade Pact, but Congress Remains Wary \|work=The Wall Street Journal \|first1=Jonathan \|last1=Weisman \|first2=Peter\|last2=Fritsch\|date=November 20, 2009 \|access-date=April 4, 2012 \|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB125868655234456969}}{{Cite news\|title=Obama arrives in S Korea for 2-day visit \|agency=Xinhua News Agency\|date=November 20, 2009 \|access-date=April 4, 2012 \|url=http://www.china.org.cn/world/obamas_asia_tour/2009-11/19/content_18916137.htm}}{{Cite news \|title=Obama treated to warm welcome in South Korea \|agency=Associated Press \|publisher=kvoa.com \|first=Jennifer \|last=Loven \|date=November 18, 2009 \|access-date=November 18, 2009 \|url=http://www.kvoa.com/news/obama-treated-to-warm-welcome-in-south-korea/ \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140531124026/http://www.kvoa.com/news/obama-treated-to-warm-welcome-in-south-korea/ \|archive-date=May 31, 2014 \|df=mdy-all }} Obama also met with American soldiers stationed at Osan Air Base.{{Cite news\|title=President Obama Greets U.S. Troops in South Korea, Wraps Up Week in Asia \|agency=ABC News \|publisher=ABC News \|first=Karen\|last=Travers\|date=November 19, 2009 \|access-date=April 4, 2012 \|url=https://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2009/11/president-obama-greets-us-troops-in-south-korea-wraps-up-week-in-asia/}} \|File:US President Barack Obama visiting Korea in November 2009 (4347676321).jpg

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{{Flagicon|New Jersey}} New Jersey

|Camden, Newark

|November 1

|President Obama was supporting the unsuccessful re-election campaign of Governor Jon Corzine.{{Cite news |title=Obama campaigns for New Jersey gov |url=http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2009/11/2/apworld/20091102080147&sec=apworld |work=The Star |date=November 2, 2009 |access-date=November 2, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110622024510/http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=%2F2009%2F11%2F2%2Fapworld%2F20091102080147&sec=apworld |archive-date=June 22, 2011 |df=mdy-all }} In Newark, he drew a crowd of approximately 11,000.{{Cite news|title=Obama says NJ governor is key to his own agenda - Yahoo! News |first=Philip |last=Elliot |agency=Associated Press |publisher=Yahoo News |url=https://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091101/ap_on_el_gu/us_obama_politics |date=November 1, 2009 |access-date=November 2, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091103020746/http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091101/ap_on_el_gu/us_obama_politics |archive-date=November 3, 2009 }}

{{Flagicon|Wisconsin}} Wisconsin

|Madison

|November 4

|President Obama traveled to Wright Middle School in Madison, Wisconsin to discuss America's public education strategies with Secretary of Education Arne Duncan.{{Cite news|title=Associated Press: Obama offers school money for backing initiative |first=Julie |last=Pace |url=https://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hP4d5PN98MLhS2azadTPjSMml6zAD9BP0BGO0 |agency=Associated Press |date=November 4, 2009 |access-date=November 4, 2009}}{{dead link|date=June 2024|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}

|File:P110409PS-0420 (4186330701).jpg

{{Flagicon|Texas}} Texas

|Killeen

|November 10

|President Obama traveled to Fort Hood outside Killeen, Texas, to speak at a memorial for the victims of the Fort Hood shooting.{{Cite news|title=Obama honors Fort Hood victims, condemns murder |first=Benjamin |last=Feller |url=http://www.ajc.com/news/nation-world/obama-honors-fort-hood-191469.html |agency=Associated Press |work=The Atlanta Journal-Constitution |date=November 10, 2009 |access-date=November 10, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091113101536/http://www.ajc.com/news/nation-world/obama-salutes-fort-hood-191469.html |archive-date=November 13, 2009 |url-status=dead }}{{Cite news|title=AFP: Obama as mourner-in-chief at Fort Hood Memorial |first=Laurent |last=Lozano |author2=Benoit, Daphne |url=http://www.ajc.com/news/nation-world/obama-honors-fort-hood-191469.html |agency=Agence France-Presse |date=November 10, 2009 |access-date=November 10, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091113101536/http://www.ajc.com/news/nation-world/obama-salutes-fort-hood-191469.html |archive-date=November 13, 2009 }}

{{Flagicon|Virginia}} Virginia

|Arlington County

|November 11

|President Obama traveled to the Arlington National Cemetery on Veterans Day, laying a wreath on the Tomb of the Unknowns.{{Cite news|title=Associated Press: Obama honors veterans at Arlington cemetery |first=Julie |last=Pace |agency=Associated Press |date=November 11, 2009 |access-date=November 11, 2009 |url=https://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hc8qtQjB9Pg7OhmOkoQcKC12kB5wD9BTM6Q80 }}{{dead link|date=June 2024|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}{{Cite news|title=Obama makes Veterans Day pledge |publisher=BBC |date=November 11, 2009 |access-date=November 11, 2009 |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8355743.stm}}

|File:Barack Obama leaves a presidential coin at the gravesite of Ross McGinnis at Arlington Cemetery.jpg

{{Flagicon|Alaska}} Alaska

|Anchorage

|November 12

|President Obama made a brief trip to Elmendorf Air Force Base, speaking to military personnel there while en route to Tokyo.{{Cite news|title=Obama in Alaska to visit troops before Asia trip |agency=Associated Press |work=The Atlanta Journal-Constitution |date=November 12, 2009 |access-date=November 12, 2009 |url=http://www.ajc.com/news/nation-world/obama-in-alaska-to-195426.html }}{{dead link|date=May 2016|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}{{Cite news|title=Obama's Asia itinerary revealed |work=Foreign Policy |date=November 9, 2009 |access-date=November 18, 2009 |url=http://thecable.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2009/11/09/obamas_asia_itinerary_revealed}}

|File:Barack Obama at Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska (4140462711).jpg

{{Flagicon|Japan}} Japan

|Tokyo

|November 13–14

|The trip was the first stop on a four-nation tour of Asia. While in Japan, President Obama met with Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama.{{Cite news|title=Obama arrives in Japan at start of Asia trip |publisher=Cable News Network |date=November 13, 2009 |access-date=November 13, 2009 |url=http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/11/13/obama.asia.trip/}} Obama also visited the Tokyo Imperial Palace, meeting with Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko, and made a speech at the Suntory Hall{{cite web |last=Allen|first=Mike |title=America's first Pacific president |url=http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1109/29511.html |work=POLITICO |access-date=October 24, 2011 |date=November 13, 2009}} in Tokyo.

|File:13usa1.jpg

{{Flagicon|Singapore}} Singapore

|Singapore

|November 14–15

|The trip was the second stop on a four-nation tour of Asia. Obama was attending the APEC summit meeting.{{Cite news|first= Peter |last= Nicholas |title=Idea takes hold for 2-step climate pact |work=Los Angeles Times |date=November 15, 2009 |access-date=November 15, 2009 |url=http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-obama-asia15-2009nov15,0,4522118.story}}{{Cite news|title=Apec leaders drop climate target |publisher=BBC |date=November 15, 2009 |access-date=November 15, 2009 |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/8360982.stm}} While in Singapore, Obama took part in bilateral meetings with Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong and Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono.

|File:P111509PS-0211 (4140450861).jpg

{{Flagicon|China}} China

|Shanghai, Beijing

|November 15–18

|The third stop on a four-nation tour of Asia. In Shanghai, President Obama met with Shanghai Party Secretary Yu Zhengsheng and Mayor Han Zheng. He also took part in a town-hall style meeting with Chinese students, addressing a range of issues such as internet censorship and U.S. arms deals with Taiwan.{{Cite news|first=Tania|last=Branigan|title=Barack Obama meets Shanghai students in China |work=The Guardian |date=November 16, 2009 |access-date=November 18, 2009 |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2009/nov/16/barack-obama-shanghai-students-china | location=London}}{{Cite news|first=Caren |last=Bohan |title=Obama in China faces tensions on trade and Tibet |work=Reuters|date=November 15, 2009 |access-date=November 15, 2009 |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSTRE5AE15L20091115}} In Beijing, Obama took part in a bilateral meeting with President Hu Jintao, and met with Premier Wen Jiabao. Obama also met briefly with his half brother Mark Ndesandjo,{{Cite news|first=Tini|last=Tran|title=Mark Ndesandjo: Obama Says He Met With Half Brother While In China |agency=Associated Press |work=The Huffington Post|date=November 18, 2009 |access-date=April 4, 2012 |url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/11/18/mark-ndesandjo-obama-says_n_361932.html}} and visited various cultural sights; these included the Forbidden City{{Cite news|first=Sunlen|last=Miller |title=Tourist-in-Chief: Obama Visits The Forbidden City |publisher=ABC News |date=November 17, 2009 |access-date=November 18, 2009 |url=https://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2009/11/tourist-in-chief-obama-visits-the-forbidden-city/}}{{Cite news|title=Obama Tours Forbidden City (PHOTOS) |work=The Huffington Post |date=November 17, 2009 |access-date=April 4, 2012 |url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/11/17/obama-tours-forbidden-cit_n_360290.html}} and part of the Great Wall of China.{{Cite news|title=Obama wraps up China visit|agency=Xinhua News Agency |date=November 18, 2009 |access-date=April 4, 2012 |url=http://www.china.org.cn/world/obamas_asia_tour/2009-11/18/content_18913310.htm}}{{Cite news|title=Looking East Six decades of the United States in Asia, in photographs.|work=Foreign Policy |date=October 11, 2011|access-date=April 6, 2012 |url=https://foreignpolicy.com/articles/2011/10/11/looking_east#28}}{{cite news|title=Turbulent history The United States and China have had a tangled relationship, full of highs and lows.|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/turbulent-history/2012/02/10/gIQAuznX6Q_gallery.html#photo=9|newspaper=The Washington Post|access-date=April 24, 2012|date=February 10, 2012}}

|File:Barack Obama on the Great Wall.jpg

{{Flagicon|South Korea}} South Korea

|Seoul, Osan

|November 18–19

|The trip was the final stop on a four-nation tour of Asia. President Obama met with President Lee Myung-bak at the Blue House, discussing such issues as the inactive South Korea – United States Free Trade Agreement.{{Cite news|title=Obama Backs South Korea Trade Pact, but Congress Remains Wary |work=The Wall Street Journal |first1=Jonathan |last1=Weisman |first2=Peter|last2=Fritsch|date=November 20, 2009 |access-date=April 4, 2012 |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB125868655234456969}}{{Cite news|title=Obama arrives in S Korea for 2-day visit |agency=Xinhua News Agency|date=November 20, 2009 |access-date=April 4, 2012 |url=http://www.china.org.cn/world/obamas_asia_tour/2009-11/19/content_18916137.htm}}{{Cite news |title=Obama treated to warm welcome in South Korea |agency=Associated Press |publisher=kvoa.com |first=Jennifer |last=Loven |date=November 18, 2009 |access-date=November 18, 2009 |url=http://www.kvoa.com/news/obama-treated-to-warm-welcome-in-south-korea/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140531124026/http://www.kvoa.com/news/obama-treated-to-warm-welcome-in-south-korea/ |archive-date=May 31, 2014 |df=mdy-all }} Obama also met with American soldiers stationed at Osan Air Base.{{Cite news|title=President Obama Greets U.S. Troops in South Korea, Wraps Up Week in Asia |agency=ABC News |publisher=ABC News |first=Karen|last=Travers|date=November 19, 2009 |access-date=April 4, 2012 |url=https://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2009/11/president-obama-greets-us-troops-in-south-korea-wraps-up-week-in-asia/}}

|File:US President Barack Obama visiting Korea in November 2009 (4347676321).jpg

December

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{{Flagicon\|New York}} New York \|West Point \|December 1 \|President Obama traveled to the United States Military Academy (West Point), where he presented his new battle strategy for the War in Afghanistan.{{Cite news \|title=Remarks by the President in Address to the Nation on the Way Forward in Afghanistan and Pakistan \|date=December 1, 2009 \|access-date=December 4, 2009 \|url=https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/the-press-office/remarks-president-address-nation-way-forward-afghanistan-and-pakistan \|publisher=White House Office of the Press Secretary \|df=mdy-all }} \|File:Barack Obama greeting cadets in West Point.jpg
{{Flagicon\|Pennsylvania}} Pennsylvania \|Allentown \|December 4 \|President Obama traveled to Allentown, Pennsylvania, where he held a town-hall gathering discussing the proposed health care reform.{{Cite news\|title=Obama says health care reform means jobs \|agency=Associated Press \|date=December 4, 2009 \|access-date=December 4, 2009 \|url=https://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hITfom2rwHxvzXH9fMrN4pOUGrqQD9CCKIF81 }}{{dead link\|date=June 2024\|bot=medic}}{{cbignore\|bot=medic}} \|File:P120409PS-0905 (4190808349).jpg
{{Flagicon\|Norway}} Norway \|Oslo \|December 10 \|President Obama was accepting the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize.{{Cite news\|title=Obama lands in Oslo for Nobel prize \|publisher=Al Jazeera \|date=December 10, 2009 \|access-date=December 10, 2009 \|url=http://english.aljazeera.net/news/europe/2009/12/200912107543691306.html}} \|File:P121009SA-0879 (4177029407).jpg
{{Flagicon\|Denmark}} Denmark \|Copenhagen \|December 18 \|President Obama made a speech at the Bella Center to attendants of the United Nations Climate Change Conference. He also took part in a bilateral meeting with Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao,{{Cite news\|title=Live: minute-by-minute coverage of crunch day at Copenhagen \|work=The Times \|date=December 18, 2009 \|access-date=December 18, 2009 \|url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/environment/copenhagen/article6961367.ece \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100530184442/http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/environment/copenhagen/article6961367.ece \|url-status=dead \|archive-date=May 30, 2010 \| location=London \| first1=Philippe \| last1=Naughton \| first2=Nico \| last2=Hines}} and met with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev to discuss completing a nuclear disarmament treaty to replace START I, a 15-year treaty that entered into force on December 5, 1994.{{Cite news \|title=Obama and Medvedev Meet; New Arms Treaty Deadline Pushed to Next Year \|publisher=ABC News \|date=December 18, 2009 \|access-date=December 19, 2009 \|url=http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalpunch/2009/12/obama-and-medvedev-meet-new-arms-treaty-deadline-pushed-to-next-year.html \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100129040641/http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalpunch/2009/12/obama-and-medvedev-meet-new-arms-treaty-deadline-pushed-to-next-year.html \|archive-date=January 29, 2010 \|url-status=dead \|df=mdy-all }} \|File:P121809PS-0272 (4197460651).jpg

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{{Flagicon|New York}} New York

|West Point

|December 1

|President Obama traveled to the United States Military Academy (West Point), where he presented his new battle strategy for the War in Afghanistan.{{Cite news |title=Remarks by the President in Address to the Nation on the Way Forward in Afghanistan and Pakistan |date=December 1, 2009 |access-date=December 4, 2009 |url=https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/the-press-office/remarks-president-address-nation-way-forward-afghanistan-and-pakistan |publisher=White House Office of the Press Secretary |df=mdy-all }}

|File:Barack Obama greeting cadets in West Point.jpg

{{Flagicon|Pennsylvania}} Pennsylvania

|Allentown

|December 4

|President Obama traveled to Allentown, Pennsylvania, where he held a town-hall gathering discussing the proposed health care reform.{{Cite news|title=Obama says health care reform means jobs |agency=Associated Press |date=December 4, 2009 |access-date=December 4, 2009 |url=https://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hITfom2rwHxvzXH9fMrN4pOUGrqQD9CCKIF81 }}{{dead link|date=June 2024|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}

|File:P120409PS-0905 (4190808349).jpg

{{Flagicon|Norway}} Norway

|Oslo

|December 10

|President Obama was accepting the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize.{{Cite news|title=Obama lands in Oslo for Nobel prize |publisher=Al Jazeera |date=December 10, 2009 |access-date=December 10, 2009 |url=http://english.aljazeera.net/news/europe/2009/12/200912107543691306.html}}

|File:P121009SA-0879 (4177029407).jpg

{{Flagicon|Denmark}} Denmark

|Copenhagen

|December 18

|President Obama made a speech at the Bella Center to attendants of the United Nations Climate Change Conference. He also took part in a bilateral meeting with Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao,{{Cite news|title=Live: minute-by-minute coverage of crunch day at Copenhagen |work=The Times |date=December 18, 2009 |access-date=December 18, 2009 |url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/environment/copenhagen/article6961367.ece |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100530184442/http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/environment/copenhagen/article6961367.ece |url-status=dead |archive-date=May 30, 2010 | location=London | first1=Philippe | last1=Naughton | first2=Nico | last2=Hines}} and met with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev to discuss completing a nuclear disarmament treaty to replace START I, a 15-year treaty that entered into force on December 5, 1994.{{Cite news |title=Obama and Medvedev Meet; New Arms Treaty Deadline Pushed to Next Year |publisher=ABC News |date=December 18, 2009 |access-date=December 19, 2009 |url=http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalpunch/2009/12/obama-and-medvedev-meet-new-arms-treaty-deadline-pushed-to-next-year.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100129040641/http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalpunch/2009/12/obama-and-medvedev-meet-new-arms-treaty-deadline-pushed-to-next-year.html |archive-date=January 29, 2010 |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all }}

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References

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