Ahead of Thursday’s State Dinner at the White House for VC’s fella, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, a trip down State Dinner memory lane…..
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November 24, 2025 - India: Manmohan Singh
President Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama await the arrival of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh of India and his wife, Mrs Gursharan Kaur, for the State Dinner at the White House, Nov. 24, 2009 (Photo by Pete Souza)
President Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama welcomes Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Ms Gursharan Kaur for a State Dinner
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton chats with President Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama prior to the state dinner for Prime Minister Manmohan Singh of India and his wife, Mrs Gursharan Kaur (Photo by Pete Souza)
First Lady Michelle Obama claps during the entertainment portion of the State Dinner for Prime Minister Manmohan Singh of India, left, and his wife, Mrs. Gursharan Kaur, held in a tent on the South Lawn of the White House (Photo by Pete Souza)
The President and First Lady wait for Indian Prime Minister Singh’s motorcade to depart the White House at the conclusion of the first official state dinner for the Obama administration (Photo by Pete Souza)
First Lady Michelle Obama and First Daughters Malia and Sasha Obama depart from Stansted Airport, England
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First Lady Michelle Obama arrives with her daughter Sasha and Malia at Malpensa airport in Milan, Italy.
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Italian & American middle schoolers helped the First Lady demonstrate how to cook a healthy meal in Milan. #LetsMove http://t.co/ADPVt9e8EW
— The First Lady (@FLOTUS) June 17, 2025
No matter where in the world we live, we all want healthy, nutritious food for our families: go.wh.gov/5ZMiKr #Expo2015
— The First Lady (@FLOTUS) June 17, 2025
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The First Lady is in Milan to meet with Prime Minister Matteo Renzi and his wife.
The First Lady and the Presidential Delegation will visit the Milan Expo 2015, tour the USA Pavilion at the Expo and participate in activities to promote efforts to support healthier families and communities.
With the theme “Feeding the Planet, Energy for Life,” the Expo Milan is promoting a global dialogue about the future of our food system.
The USA pavilion is titled “American Food 2.0: United to Feed the Planet,” and it showcases American leadership on global food and development issues, science and technology, climate change, nutrition and health.
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Read the First Lady’s Q&A in @La_Stampa on why she’s in Milan for #Expo2015 to help promote healthy eating: bit.ly/1QEPTgO #LetsMove
— The First Lady (@FLOTUS) June 17, 2025
Check out who's in Milan as part of U.S. Delegation to #Expo2015:
@Mariobatali ✓
@CarlaHall ✓
@SweetGreen ✓
+ more! go.wh.gov/5ZMiKr
— The First Lady (@FLOTUS) June 17, 2025
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First Lady Michelle Obama talks at James Beard American Restaurant in Milan, Italy
First Lady Michelle Obama with Mario Batali
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First Lady Michelle Obama, Former Miami Heat basketball player Alonzo Mourning, a member of the President’s Council on Fitness, Sports and Nutrition; Chef, writer and restaurateur Mario Batali pose with Italian and American middle school students in Milan, Italy
First Lady Michelle Obama is welcomed by Prime Matteo Renzi and his wife, Agnese Landini, as she arrives at the Santa Maria delle Grazie church to see Leonardo’s masterpiece “The Last Supper”
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First Lady Michelle Obama speaks with Ester Renzi
First Daughters Sasha and Malia Obama walk in Corso Como shopping street in Milan, Italy
First lady Michelle Obama is welcomed by Britain’s Prime Minister David Cameron and his wife Samantha at Number 10 Downing Street in London. The First Lady was there for a discussion about her Let Girls Learn Initiative
Chancellor Angela Merkel and President Barack Obama chat during the Outreach group photo on the second day of the summit of G7 nations at Schloss Elmau near Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany
President Barack Obama greets other guests as he arrives to attend a working session
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President Barack Obama greets Senegal’s President Macky Sall as he arrives to attend a working session at the summit of G7 nations
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This must have been one fascinating conversation indeed. Dude with the phone? Yes, we feel the same way too. 😜
President Barack Obama arrives at the summit of G7 nations on June 7, 2025 in Kruen, Germany. In the course of the two-day summit G7 leaders are scheduled to discuss global economic and security issues, as well as pressing global health-related issues, including antibiotics-resistant bacteria and Ebola
President Barack Obama and German Chancellor Angela Merkel speak at the summit of G7 nations at Schloss Elmau near Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany
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President Barack Obama is welcomed by German Chancellor Angela Merkel and her husband Joachim Sauer at the summit of G7 nations
President Barack Obama enjoys a non-alcoholic weissbier
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Justin Huggler: Why is Barack Obama drinking beer at 11am?
Angela Merkel welcomed Barack Obama to the G7 summit with a traditional Bavarian breakfast on Sunday – complete with a half-litre of beer.But before he could get down to business, Mrs Merkel treated him to a full Bavarian breakfast of white sausages, pretzels and foaming lager. Eleven in the morning might be considered a little early for a beer in some parts of the world, but in Bavaria breakfast is not complete without a weissbier, as the local wheat beer is called.
It’s not quite as hard-drinking as it sounds: Bavarians don’t down a quick pint before heading to the office every morning. It originates in Frühschoppen - a local tradition of meeting for a drink late in the morning on Sundays and holidays. According to Bavarian custom, the sausages cannot be eaten after 12 noon, because no preservatives are used and they are made fresh every day. Therefore those who wish to wash their sausages down with a beer must get supping before that time. The local saying is that the sausages must not be allowed to hear the church bells chime noon.
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Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper and his wife Laureen Harper speak with President Barack Obama at an evening concert
resident Barack Obama and German Chancellor Angela Merkel sit down for a working dinner at the summit of G7 nations
(Clockwise from L) Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper, U.S. President Barack Obama, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, French President Francois Hollande, British Prime Minister David Cameron, Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi, President of the European Commission Jean-Claude Juncker and President of the European Council Donald Tusk sit down for a working dinner
We're thrilled to announce that the Obama Center will be #RootedInChicago. Let @BarackObama & @FLOTUS do the honors: youtu.be/d2Q3xFpf-KE
— The Obama Foundation (@ObamaFoundation) May 12, 2025
The Obama Library goes to Chicago, but Foundation says NYC and Honolulu don't leave empty-handed http://t.co/bqnR2mTEie
— Mike Memoli (@mikememoli) May 12, 2025
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Barack Obama Presidential Center #Chicago Announcement (Full Version) youtu.be/FcFzEkqRIaI
— Dudette (@Dudette9t9) May 12, 2025
Barack Obama Foundation - Maya Soetoro-Ng Message for Hawai’i youtu.be/j3TLDVdKIhY
— Dudette (@Dudette9t9) May 12, 2025
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Your potential replacement for Andrew Jackson on the $20 bill: Harriet Tubman wapo.st/1IyEqsS http://t.co/oF6pyUHM3f
— Washington Post (@washingtonpost) May 12, 2025
Obama administration stands up to health insurers on birth control coverage and more. My latest @Eclectablog: eclectablog.com/2015/05/obama-…
— Amy Lynn Smith (@alswrite) May 12, 2025
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America. *Sigh*
19-year-old dies in Indiana police custody on 5/11 usatoday.com/story/news/nat… http://t.co/IdiYJZww6y
— deray mckesson (@deray) May 12, 2025
The hanging death of #RooseveltChampion has been officially deemed a suicide. myfoxatlanta.com/story/29033480… http://t.co/KRzG5iDQlx
— deray mckesson (@deray) May 12, 2025
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No Charges For NYPD Cop Who ‘Stopped and Frisked’ 14 YR old & Smashed His Head Through Window countercurrentnews.com/2015/05/no-cha… http://t.co/p1Ah2a5NSd
— thoughtcrime (@rawdawgbuffalo) May 12, 2025
"I believe that we will win." Hundreds March to Capitol #TonyRobinson http://t.co/No5suHRN03
— Curtis Sails III (@CurtisSails) May 12, 2025
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No charges for Officer Matthew Kenny, who shot and killed Tony Robinson Jr. in Madison, WI in March washingtonpost.com/news/post-nati…
— Wesley Lowery (@WesleyLowery) May 12, 2025
I didn't have to watch the livestream. I didn't have to read an article. I didnt even have to look on Twitter. I knew that cop would go free
— KayRay (@RE_invent_ED) May 12, 2025
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THIS---> US cited for police violence, racism in scathing UN review on human rights via @AJAM alj.am/1zTRhV8
— Charles M. Blow (@CharlesMBlow) May 12, 2025
Black men in Madison are more likely to be killed by police than a car accident. #TonyRobinson http://t.co/mRKpixIykL
— deray mckesson (@deray) May 12, 2025
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Not only are black people presumed guilty.
We are presumed worthy of EXECUTION until proven otherwise
#BlackLivesMatter
— 5'7 Black Male (@absurdistwords) May 12, 2025
Prove he was a good kid.
Prove he wasn't on drugs
Prove he didn't like rap
Prove he got good grades
Prove he deserved to live.
— 5'7 Black Male (@absurdistwords) May 12, 2025
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Some days, it’s too much. Parents, children, families are being killed everyday. Some days, it’s too much
You try to remember a time when the name of a dead black person and a cop wasn’t in your head. A new name arrives. A new cop arrives.
— Saeed Jones (@theferocity) May 12, 2025
You look across the office at black coworker sitting at her desk. You wonder if she knows the name of this dead black person and this cop.
— Saeed Jones (@theferocity) May 12, 2025
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You want to ask her but you’re so tired and she’s so far away — and there are the names of all these dead black people and cops between you.
— Saeed Jones (@theferocity) May 12, 2025
You consider getting the names of this dead black person and that dead black person and that dead black person tattooed on your body.
— Saeed Jones (@theferocity) May 12, 2025
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But there will always be more names of dead black people and cops. And you only have so much body, so much black skin.
— Saeed Jones (@theferocity) May 12, 2025
Your white coworkers will read your tweets about dead black people and cops and waver, unsure of what to say. They check their scripts.
— Saeed Jones (@theferocity) May 12, 2025
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You try to remember the last time your wore a hoodie.
— Saeed Jones (@theferocity) May 12, 2025
You wonder if America will ever need to learn your name, your son’s name, your sister’s name. You wonder if #YourName will trend.
— Saeed Jones (@theferocity) May 12, 2025
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You want to be parent one day but not in this America.
— Saeed Jones (@theferocity) May 12, 2025
White people who didn’t know your name until they saw your tweet just now tweet you about cops defending themselves against thugs.
— Saeed Jones (@theferocity) May 12, 2025
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You turn into fog for a moment and no one even notices.
— Saeed Jones (@theferocity) May 12, 2025
You ask no one and everyone “At this point, what black person wouldn’t run from a cop pointing a gun at them?”
— Saeed Jones (@theferocity) May 12, 2025
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“A village is always somewhere burning / And if you do not look because it is not your village / it is still your village.” - Elana Bell
— Saeed Jones (@theferocity) May 12, 2025
Sometimes you’ve just gotta put “Jolene” by Dolly Parton on repeat and act like America isn’t trying to systematically kill you.
— Saeed Jones (@theferocity) May 12, 2025
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formula for a no-indict announcement
1) late start
2) irrelevant rambling
3) victim smearing
4) announcement
#TonyRobinson #MikeBrown
— Hmmm... (@AmandaMichelle) May 12, 2025
This DA could've released a statement, instead he chose to smear #TonyRobinson in a press conference.
President Barack Obama meets children at Mount Pleasant Primary School in Newport, Wales. President Barack Obama visited the school with Prime Minister David Cameron, before attending a two-day NATO summit at Celtic Manor Resort in Newport
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It's not every day you get @BarackObama in your classroom... walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-new… #NATOSummitUK http://t.co/rI82s40NRT
— Wales Online (@WalesOnline) September 04, 2025
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Wales Online: Nato Summit 2014: Barack Obama And David Cameron Visit Newport’s Mount Pleasant Primary School
Hundreds of wellwishers greeted American President Barack Obama and Prime Minister David Cameron as they arrived at a primary school in Newport this morning. Mr Obama’s car was adorned with an American and Welsh flag, and he greeted the smiling youngsters of Mount Pleasant Primary School in Welsh saying “bore da” - “good morning” - and then listened to a welcome message, thanking him for being the first serving US president to visit Wales. When a smiling Mr Obama walked into a Year 6 class speaking Welsh, the pupils’ nervous chatter turned to delighted smiles.
Some onlookers had brought ladders while others stood on walls or even on the back of bikes to try to get the best view. Local resident Sally Pyrah-Barnes, 47, said the day felt like a “once-in-a-lifetime” experience. “It’s good Barack Obama took time out from the summit to acknowledge the local city and the local kids,” she said. Among the crowds gathered outside was college student Jay Singh, 16. He said: “It’s pretty surreal, Barack Obama being in Rogerstone. It’s great that he’s come here and shows Newport has plenty to offer and it’s not just about Cardiff. Mrs Green added: “We both like Obama. He seems to have his finger on the pulse.”
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A crowd cheers President Barack Obama’s arrival during a visit at Mount Pleasant Primary School in Newport, Wales
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Amazing! #MPsFamily http://t.co/ULqMcVUWwg
— Mount Pleasant (@MP_Primary) September 04, 2025
► Here's lookin' at you, kid bbc.in/1unrsWQ
President Obama gets to know pupils in Newport http://t.co/bZ7bgymqvf
— BBC Wales News (@BBCWalesNews) September 04, 2025
People lining the streets this morning at the school visit. Very friendly crowds :-) #NATOSummitUK http://t.co/jm7r2eb4eC
— NATO Wales Police (@NATOWalesPolice) September 04, 2025
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President Barack Obama speaks with Britain’s Prime Minister David Cameron during the NATO summit at the Celtic Manor resort, near Newport, in Wales
President Barack Obama, is seated at a table with, from left to right: France’s President Francois Hollande; Ukraine President Petro Poroshenko; British Prime Minister David Cameron; German Chancellor Angela Merkel; and Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi as they meet about Ukraine
Secretary of State John Kerry passes a document to President Barack Obama as British Prime Minister David Cameron, speaks at a meeting of NATO leaders regarding Afghanistan
President Barack Obama and British Prime Minister David Cameron bow their heads for a moment of silence for service members killed in Afghanistan
NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen speaks with President Barack Obama as they arrive for a group photo
President Barack Obama stands with NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen and British Prime Minister David Cameron as he arrives for a NATO summit
