The Obama Diary

@dougmillsnyt: @POTUS walks off Air Force One as he arrives at Joint Andrews Base, Md.

On This Day: President Barack Obama bends down to listen to the daughter of a departing U.S. Secret Service agent in the Oval Office, Oct. 28, 2013 (Photo by Lawrence Jackson)

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Today

9:35 CT: The President departs Chicago

3:05 ET: Meets with General John Allen, outgoing U.S. envoy for the fight against ISIS

3:50 ET: Meets with Prince Harry

* Prince Harry joins First Lady Michelle Obama and DR Jill Biden on a visit to Fort Belvoir to tour the USO Warrior and Family Center

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On This Day

Senator Obama speaks in heavy rain at a rally at Widener University, Chester, PA. October 28, 2025

President Barack Obama talks with Vice President Joe Biden in the Green Room of the White House prior to the signing ceremony for the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010, Oct. 28, 2009 (Photo by Pete Souza)

President Obama greets Louvon Harris, left, Betty Byrd Boatner, right, both sisters of James Byrd, Jr., and Judy Shepard, center, mother of Matthew Shepard, following his remarks at a reception commemorating the enactment of the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act in the East Room of the White House, Oct. 28, 2009. (Photo by Pete Souza)

Pete Souza: “Amanda Lucidon made this photograph of the First Lady as she participated in a Let’s Move! event on the South Lawn of the White House.” Oct. 28, 2013

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MoooOOOooorning!