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Obama set the record as the most-traveled president for any first year in office: he took the most trips, visited the most countries, and spent the most days abroad. Obama made ten trips to 21 countries (four countries were visited twice) and was out of the U.S. a total of 37 days.
Country/ U.S. state Areas visited Dates Details Image Nebraska: Omaha, Papillion: January 13 President Obama delivered a speech at the University of Nebraska Omaha's Baxter Arena discussing the economic progress the state had made under his leadership and the "agenda for his remaining year — and the years to come — to keep it going," following his final State of the Union Address. [1]
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During his eight years in office, President Obama spent about 14 percent of his time on foreign travel, which equates to about seven months. He became the first sitting U.S. president to visit ...
Obama will become the first sitting U.S. president to visit landlocked Laos, where the United States waged a 'secret war.'
Met with President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf. [5] Barack Obama: July 10–11, 2009 Ghana: Accra Met with President John Atta Mills. Delivered a speech to the Ghanaian Parliament. Toured a former departing point of the trans-Atlantic slave trade, the Cape Coast Castle. [6] June 26–28, 2013 Senegal: Dakar Met with President Macky Sall. [6] June 28 ...
Former President Trump offered rare praise of his White House predecessor Tuesday, calling former President Obama a “nice gentleman” before his speech at the Democratic National Convention in ...
On July 19, 2013, President Obama gave a speech in place of the usual White House daily briefing normally given by White House Press Secretary Jay Carney. In the 17-minute speech, President Obama spoke about public reaction to the conclusion of the George Zimmerman trial, racial profiling, and the state of race relations in the United States. [46]