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YoungDemCA

(5,714 posts)
Fri Jul 24, 2015, 11:03 PM Jul 2015

Obama Arrives in Kenya, on Personal and Official Journey (NYT)

NAIROBI, Kenya — President Obama arrived on Friday in Kenya, his father’s home country, for the start of a four-day swing through East Africa, combining a personal journey with a geopolitical mission that reinforces a shared campaign against Islamist extremism while wrestling with tough messages about democracy and gay rights.

Mr. Obama, the first sitting American president to visit Kenya, arrived on Air Force One after dark to a deliberately low-key, even anticlimactic, reception, with none of the pomp that is being saved for daylight on Saturday. He was greeted on the tarmac by President Uhuru Kenyatta and an 8-year-old girl who handed him flowers. He then shook hands with dignitaries along a red carpet and signed a guest book before getting into his armored car.


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In choosing Kenya and Ethiopia for his fourth visit to sub-Saharan Africa, though, Mr. Obama opted to go where no president has gone before. In a continent rife with corruption and autocracy, visiting American presidents usually stick to a handful of what one analyst called “safe-bet countries” with largely functioning civil societies, like Ghana, South Africa, Senegal and Tanzania. They stayed away from places like Kenya and Ethiopia.

“That’s why this visit is so important, because he’s sort of breaking out of that mold, and I think that’s an important step,” said Witney Schneidman, a fellow at the Brookings Institution’s Africa Growth Initiative.


http://www.nytimes.com/2015/07/25/world/africa/obama-arrives-in-kenya-on-personal-and-official-journey.html?_r=0
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Obama Arrives in Kenya, on Personal and Official Journey (NYT) (Original Post) YoungDemCA Jul 2015 OP
Message auto-removed Name removed Jul 2015 #1
Obama and his family. sheshe2 Jul 2015 #2
And thanks, sheshe, for posting these wonderful photos. classof56 Jul 2015 #9
Good to see you, classof56. sheshe2 Jul 2015 #11
a half sister treestar Jul 2015 #10
Look at that little girl and how respectfully she is dressed. SleeplessinSoCal Jul 2015 #13
Kick sheshe2 Jul 2015 #3
Kick sheshe2 Jul 2015 #4
Hope he enjoys himself, and takes the time to troll the GOP Moliere Jul 2015 #5
That sweet little girl looks a little nervous... Princess Turandot Jul 2015 #6
Mahalo YoungDemCA!.. Some Tweets from Kenya.. "First time a POTUS has visited there.."! Cha Jul 2015 #7
That 2nd picture sheshe2 Jul 2015 #12
K&R classof56 Jul 2015 #8

Response to YoungDemCA (Original post)

sheshe2

(87,475 posts)
2. Obama and his family.
Fri Jul 24, 2015, 11:25 PM
Jul 2015

President Barack Obama has dinner with his sister Auma Obama, and the rest of his family


Step Grandmother and half Sister




@PeteSouza: President Obama arrives in Kenya

http://theobamadiary.com/

classof56

(5,376 posts)
9. And thanks, sheshe, for posting these wonderful photos.
Sat Jul 25, 2015, 09:40 AM
Jul 2015

No matter where he goes or what he does, he makes me proud and honored that he's my President. He never fails to bring a smile.

sheshe2

(87,475 posts)
11. Good to see you, classof56.
Sat Jul 25, 2015, 11:15 AM
Jul 2015

You are welcome, I just loved those pictures. He looks so happy and at ease there.

SleeplessinSoCal

(9,669 posts)
13. Look at that little girl and how respectfully she is dressed.
Sat Jul 25, 2015, 12:11 PM
Jul 2015

She looks like a very young bride. Just beautiful and our president is showing her real respect and delight. She had to be really nervous. I love how he knows that and helps to put her at ease while connecting with her.

Cha

(305,400 posts)
7. Mahalo YoungDemCA!.. Some Tweets from Kenya.. "First time a POTUS has visited there.."!
Sat Jul 25, 2015, 06:03 AM
Jul 2015

darlene superville
✔ ‎@dsupervilleap
.@POTUS woke up to this in #Kenya
6:51 PM - 24 Jul 2015



ST Foreign Desk ‎@STForeignDesk
Obama defends his multi-billion-dollar electricity initiative in Africa
http://str.sg/ZWzP #ObamaInKenya
12:11 AM - 25 Jul 2015


he Star, Kenya
✔ ‎@TheStarKenya
US to give Sh101 billion fund for women centres in Kenya, Zambia, Mali - Obama. http://ow.ly/Q4gnG
11:54 PM - 24 Jul 2015 15 15 Retweets


ktn
✔ ‎@KTNKenya
President Barack Obama listening to one of the youth entrepreneurs #GES2015Kenya

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