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The 111th United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government from January 3, 2009, until January 3, 2011. It began during the last weeks of the George W. Bush administration , with the remainder spanning the first two years of Barack Obama's presidency .
The first inauguration of Barack Obama as the 44th president of the United States took place on Tuesday, January 20, 2009, at the West Front of the United States Capitol in Washington, D.C. The 56th inauguration, which set a record attendance for any event held in the city, marked the commencement of the first term of Barack Obama as president ...
In the 106th Congress, for example, the Committee on Commerce held a field hearing in Bellingham, Washington, on a liquid pipeline explosion in that city, and the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources held a field hearing in Albuquerque, New Mexico, on a bill to review the ability of the National Laboratories to meet Department of Energy ...
The speech was dubbed by John Esposito, Professor of religion, international affairs and Islamic studies at the Prince Alwaleed bin Talal Center for Muslim–Christian Understanding, Georgetown University as a good start in improving US–Muslim-world relations, but "as post Cairo so today, many will now be expecting bold and decisive policies ...
January 20, 2009 was a cold day in Washington D.C., with temperatures hovering right below freezing, but an estimated 1.8 million people flooded onto the National Mall to see incoming President ...
Obama addressing Congress. United States President Barack Obama delivered a speech to a joint session of the 111th United States Congress on February 24, 2009. [14] It was not an official State of the Union address. [15] Obama's first State of the Union Address was the 2010 State of the Union Address.
Watch as the US Congress revisits the topic of UFOs in a public hearing on Wednesday (13 November). The hearing has been named Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena: Exposing the Truth. It will be ...
During Wednesday’s hearing, he restated his claims from his June interview, telling Congress that it’s likely the U.S. has been aware of “nonhuman” activity as far back as the 1930s.