Barack Obama
Related: About this forumObama Arrives in Kenya, on Personal and Official Journey (NYT)
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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Thats why this visit is so important, because hes sort of breaking out of that mold, and I think thats an important step, said Witney Schneidman, a fellow at the Brookings Institutions 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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sheshe2
(87,475 posts)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)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)You are welcome, I just loved those pictures. He looks so happy and at ease there.
treestar
(82,383 posts)wow! She must be so thrilled. Maybe pissed she didn't get to grow up with him!
SleeplessinSoCal
(9,669 posts)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.
sheshe2
(87,475 posts)sheshe2
(87,475 posts)Thanks YoungDem!
Moliere
(285 posts)They're going to go batsh*t
Princess Turandot
(4,824 posts)you can see that the president is trying to put her at ease.
Cha
(305,400 posts)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
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he Star, Kenya
✔ @TheStarKenya
US to give Sh101 billion fund for women centres in Kenya, Zambia, Mali - Obama. http://ow.ly/Q4gnG
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ktn
✔ @KTNKenya
President Barack Obama listening to one of the youth entrepreneurs #GES2015Kenya
http://theobamadiary.com/2015/07/24/a-presidential-family-dinner/#comments
sheshe2
(87,475 posts)Is the best of the best, Cha.
classof56
(5,376 posts)And many thanks for posting.