Jack & Jill Politics

NOVEMBER 2009 – PART IV

US President Barack Obama walks down the steps of Air Force One upon arrival at Elmendorf Air Force Base in Anchorage, Alaska, November 12, 2009. Obama is on an 8-day trip to Japan, Singapore, China and South Korea, his first visit to the region as President, with a brief stop in Alaska to meet with US troops.
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U.S. President Barack Obama waves to military service personnel and their families at Elmendorf Air Force Base in Alaska November 12, 2009. Obama is en route to Tokyo to begin his first trip to Asia as President.
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President Barack Obama, center, speaks during a rally with U.S. troops in Elmendorf Air Force Base in Anchorage, Alaska, Thursday, Nov. 12, 2009. Standing behind Obama is Gen. William Troy.
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U.S. President Barack Obama greets U.S. military service members and their families at Elmendorf Air Force Base in Alaska, November 12, 2009. Obama is en route to Tokyo to begin his first trip to Asia as president. Obama said on Thursday he planned to discuss a strategy with Asia Pacific leaders calling on their countries to import more U.S. goods and the world to rely less on exporting to the United States.
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U.S. President Barack Obama fist bumps with a member of the audience after he addressed military personnel and their families at Elmendorf Air Force Base in Alaska November 12, 2009. Obama is en route to Tokyo to begin his first trip to Asia as President. ————–REUTERS/Jason Reed

WASHINGTON – NOVEMBER 13: U.S. First Lady Michelle Obama delivers remarks during an East Room event November 13, 2009 at the White House in Washington, DC. The event focused on the issues older women are facing in the health insurance market. ——–Alex Wong/Getty Images

US First Lady Michelle Obama takes the podium to deliver remarks at an event on the difficulties older women face in the health insurance market in the East Room of the White House in Washington,DC on November 13, 2009.
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US First Lady Michelle Obama waits to deliver remarks at an event on the difficulties older women face in the health insurance market in the East Room of the White House in Washington on November 13, 2009.
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US President Barack Obama attends a joint press conference with Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama (unseen) at Kantei, the Prime Minister’s office and official residence, in Tokyo on November 13, 2009. Obama kicked off his first tour of Asia with a visit to Japan, Washington’s closest ally in a region increasingly dominated by rising giant China.
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U.S. President Barack Obama and Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama hold a joint news conference in Tokyo November 13, 2009. Obama arrived in Tokyo on Friday for a summit in which the two allies will seek to ease strained security ties as they adjust to a rising China, set to overtake Japan as the world’s No.2 economy.
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US President Barack Obama (L) shakes hands with Japanese Empress Michiko (R) as Emperor Akihito (C) looks on upon Obama’s arrival at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on November 14, 2009. Billing himself America’s first “Pacific president”, Barack Obama on November 14 said the United States did not seek to “contain” China and promised a full US role in charting Asia’s future.
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U.S. President Barack Obama bows as he is greeted by Japanese Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko as he arrives at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo, Saturday, Nov. 14, 2009.
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President Barack Obama, center left, and Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama, center right, walk in together before the start of their joint news conference at the prime minister’s official residence in Tokyo, Japan Friday, Nov. 13, 2009.
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Ceremonial Guard prepare to welcome US President Barack Obama at the Istana in Singapore on November 15, 2009 for the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) leaders meeting. Obama came under fire from Asia-Pacific leaders for backsliding on free trade at a regional summit devoted to driving the world economy out of crisis.
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