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...calls himself "America's first Pacific President," Obama's planned visit to Indonesia is being heralded as a homecoming. Millions of Indonesians consider Barry Soetoro, as he was once known by his Indonesian stepfather's surname, an honorary citizen. But even as Obama takes a trip down memory lane (followed by a visit to Australia), the fate of his boyhood likeness underscores his, and America's, growing image problem across Asia. Soon after Jakarta city workers used the cover of darkness to relocate the young Barry's statue, top U.S. diplomatic envoys were in Beijing to repair foundering relations with...
Upon returning to Bagram, Obama changed from his suit into a brown bomber jacket before addressing a makeshift hangar full of troops. "There is no visit I consider more important than this visit here," the President said. "Everyone back home is proud...
...visit to the war zone, Obama's first as president, was undertaken in secret for security reasons. "It is something he has wanted to do for a while," said Press Secretary Robert Gibbs, during an in-flight briefing for reporters. (See pictures of Obama's first year in the White House...
...president indicated that he felt President Karzai had made good progress on the issues discussed on the video conference," the senior official said. "As a result, [Obama] asked President Karzai to come visit...
After the rally, Obama met with McChrystal and Eikenberry. This was followed by a visit to the base hospital where the President met with the wounded. That was followed by a tour of a mess hall, where the President worked the room as Michigan State played Tennessee on the television screens hung around the walls. (Before Obama entered, White House aides had the channel changed on the television, from a motorcross event to the NCAA tournament.) "Let your families back home know that we know they are going through some sacrifices too," Obama said as he left the mess hall...