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The following is a timeline of the presidency of Barack Obama from his inauguration as the 44th president of the United States on January 20, 2009, to December 31, 2009. For his time as president-elect, see the presidential transition of Barack Obama; for a detailed account of his first months in office, see first 100 days of the Barack Obama presidency; for a complete itinerary of his travels, see list of presidential trips made by Barack Obama.

January

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Obama presents his first weekly address as President, discussing the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.

February

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Barack Obama visiting Fort Myers on February 10
Obama addresses a joint session of Congress, with Vice President Joe Biden and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.
Obama addresses the 111th United States Congress
Address Before a Joint Session of Congress (February 24, 2009) (52:20)
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March

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Obama meets with British Prime Minister Gordon Brown.
Obama meets with Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.
Obama answers questions in the first online town hall meeting.

April

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Barack and Michelle Obama meeting Queen Elizabeth II at Buckingham Palace.
Obama meets Iraqi President Nouri al-Maliki in Baghdad.
Obama with Calderon in Mexico City.

May

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  • May 4 – President Obama marks Cinco de Mayo a day early in a small speech to Latino Americans. President Obama was joined by First Lady Michelle Obama, Vice President Joe Biden, Second Lady Jill Biden, United States Ambassador to Mexico Arturo Sarukhan and his wife Veronica Valenca-Sarukhan.[182]
Obama and President Peres.
Obama at University of Notre Dame.
Obama meeting with Sotomayor.

June

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Obama speaking in Cairo, Egypt.
Obama with Prince Charles, PM Brown, PM Harper, and President Sarkozy.
  • June 4 – President Obama gives a speech in Cairo, Egypt, as a part of a worldwide attempt to repair the image of America around the world, a promise he made during his campaign for President of the United States. During the speech, President Obama notably references the Bible, the Torah, the Qur'an, and other Muslim texts in his address to the more than one thousand Cairo University students in attendance.[208] The President also announced that the U.S. Government would host a Summit on Entrepreneurship to identify how we can deepen ties between business leaders, foundations, and entrepreneurs in the United States and Muslim communities around the world.[209]
  • June 5 – President Obama visits Buchenwald, a former Nazi concentration camp used during World War II, with German Chancellor Angela Merkel and survivor and activist Elie Wiesel, during his trip through Germany.[210] President Obama then arrives in Paris, visits the Eiffel Tower with his family, and meets French President Sarkozy.[211]
  • June 6 – President Obama commemorates the 65th anniversary of D-Day in Normandy, France, along with Prime Minister Stephen Harper of Canada and Prime Minister Gordon Brown of the United Kingdom, Prince Charles and President Nicolas Sarkozy of France.[212][213]
  • June 11 – President Obama holds a town hall meeting in Green Bay, Wisconsin to discuss the issue of healthcare.[214]
  • June 12- Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai of Zimbabwe visits President Obama at the White House, inside the Oval Office.[215]
  • June 15 – Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi visits President Obama at the White House.[216] President Obama addresses the annual meeting of the American Medical Association in Chicago to discuss the rising cost of health care.[217]
  • June 17 – President Obama announces sweeping proposals to rework financial regulation[218] and move the country toward financial stability. President Obama also signs a memorandum extending certain benefits to federal employees involved in same sex partnerships.[219]
  • June 19 – Along with other prominent fathers, Obama holds a town hall meeting at the White House to commemorate Father's Day, and bring awareness to the relationship of American fathers and children. President Obama notably identified his father as one of the greatest influences in his own life, in the short time that they were together.[220]
  • June 22 – President Obama signs legislation granting authority over tobacco products to the United States Food and Drug Administration in the Rose Garden of the White House.[221] President Obama also announced an $80 billion, 10 year offer by drug manufacturers to close the gap between Medicare prescription drug coverage and comprehensive health care reform.[222]
  • June 23 – President Obama holds a press conference to discuss the issues of healthcare, as well as the recent Iranian election protests in Iran.[223]
  • June 26 – The President signs the "Cash-for-Clunkers bill" into law to increase national fuel efficiency, as well as stimulate the automobile industry, after both Chrysler and General Motors had filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy.[224]
  • June 27 – The removal of American combat troops from major Iraqi cities begins.[225]
  • June 28 – President Obama meets with President Álvaro Uribe of Colombia in the Oval Office. The President and First Lady also host a reception in the East Room for LGBT Pride Month.[226]
  • June 30 – The President delivers remarks at an event in the East Room to highlight programs that have been able to make a difference in communities across the country.[227]

July

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  • July 1 – President Obama holds an online townhall meeting to discuss health care reform. President Obama is joined by Senior Advisor Valerie Jarrett.[228]
  • July 2 – The President meets in the Roosevelt Room with leaders of companies that are creating jobs. The President also delivers remarks about innovation and jobs in the White House Rose Garden.[229]
President and First Lady Obama watch fireworks on Independence Day.
G-8 leaders in L'Aquila, Italy.
Obama with Dr. Regina Benjamin.
Obama with Apollo 11 crew.
Obama, Henry Louis Gates, and James Crowley at the "beer summit" on July 30.
  • July 4 – The White House celebrates Independence Day and honors military heroes and their families with a barbecue on the South Lawn. The celebrations conclude with fireworks on the White House grounds and at the Washington Memorial.[230]
  • July 6 – The President and First Lady arrive in Moscow to meet with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, to discuss diplomatic progress in regards to nuclear weapons, as well as the situation in Afghanistan.[231] President Obama also speaks at the graduation ceremony of the New Economic School in Moscow.[232]
  • July 7 – President Obama meets with Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, in a continuous attempt to restructure the U.S.–Russian relationship. President Obama also meets with former Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev in Gostinny Dvor, Russia.[233][234]
  • July 8 – President Obama meets with Italian President Giorgio Napolitano at the Quirinal Palace in Rome.[235] The President then attends the first day of the G8 Summit in L'Aquila, Italy, and tours the quake zone that was struck in April, 2009.[236]
  • July 9 – President Obama attends the second day of the G-8 Summit, and holds a bilateral meeting with Brazilian President Lula da Silva. The President also attends a working dinner hosted by Italian President Giorgio Napolitano later that day.[237]
  • July 10 – On the final day of the G-8 Summit, President Obama meets with South African President Jacob Zuma, President Obama also visits Pope Benedict XVI in Vatican City. The President then heads to Ghana in Africa, his first visit to any sub-saharan African nation since he was elected president.[238]
  • July 11 – President Obama gives a speech about Africa's hardships in regards to disease, as well as prospects for Africa's future, to the Ghanaian Parliament in Accra, Ghana.[239] The President also speaks at a "departure ceremony" at Kotoka International Airport in Accra, along with the Ghanaian President John Atta Mills.[240][241]
  • July 13 – The President nominates Dr. Regina Benjamin for the position of United States Surgeon General, noting her experience as a medical doctor in Alabama, and her multiple rebuildings of her office after natural disasters, in selecting her for the office.[242][243]
  • July 14 – President Obama meets with Dutch Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkenende in the Oval Office.[244] President Obama then speaks at Macomb Community College, and proposes a $12 billion effort to help two-year institutions to "train more people [...] for the jobs of the future."[245] President Obama also throws the first pitch at baseball's annual All-Star Game at Busch Stadium.[244]
  • July 15 – A milestone is achieved when a Senate committee approves a plan to revamp the U.S. health care system.[246] The Senate confirmed President Obama's nominations of retired astronaut Maj. Gen. Charles Bolden as administrator of NASA and Lori Garver as the assistant administrator.[247]
  • July 16 – President Obama gives a speech in New York City at the NAACP's 100th anniversary celebration.[248] The president also speaks at a Holmdel Township, New Jersey political rally in support of Governor Jon Corzine's re-election campaign.[249]
  • July 17 – President Obama gives a speech on healthcare reform, to help to pass a national healthcare bill in the Congress, and address concerns over a government run healthcare program.[250][251]
  • July 20 – The President meets with the Apollo 11 crew, Neil Armstrong, Michael Collins and Buzz Aldrin, in the Oval Office on the 40th Anniversary of the lunar landing.[252]
  • July 21 – The President and First Lady host an event celebrating country music, with performers Charley Pride, Brad Paisley and Alison Krauss and Union Station.[253]
  • July 22 – The President holds a primetime news conference to address concerns over the healthcare bill in Congress. President Obama also comments on the arrest of Henry Louis Gates, and the actions of the police in arresting Gates.[254] President Obama also meets with Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki in the Oval Office, and hold a joint news conference in the White House Rose Garden.[255]
  • July 23 – President Obama travels to Cleveland, Ohio to tour the Cleveland Clinic, as well as deliver further remarks about healthcare reform.[256]
  • July 27 – President Obama and Chinese leaders Wang Qishan, Chinese Vice Premier, and Chinese State Councilor Dai Bingguo, attend the U.S.–China Strategic and Economic Dialogue held in Washington, D.C.[257]
  • July 29 – President Obama holds a townhall meeting in Raleigh, North Carolina.[258]
  • July 30 – President Obama and Vice President Biden hold a "beer summit" at the White House with Harvard scholar Henry Louis Gates and the arresting officer Sgt. James Crowley of the Cambridge Police Department, in order to address the issue of race in America and discuss the arrest of Gates in his Massachusetts home on July 16, 2009.[259] Obama also discusses remarks he had made during his news conference on July 22, in which he stated that the police department had "acted stupidly" in arresting Gates.[260]
  • July 30 – President Obama meets with President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo of the Philippines in the Oval Office. The 2 leaders talk about the strong relationship between the Philippines and United States. They also discuss terrorism in the Southern Philippines and environmental issues. President Arroyo is the first Asian Leader to attend discussions at the White House during Obama's Presidency. [261]

August

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Obama with Sotomayor in the Oval Office.
Obama with Harper and Calderón during a joint press conference.
Obama at the Grand Canyon.

September

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Obama speech to joint session of Congress, September 2009
Obama with Late Show host David Letterman.

October

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Obama speaking in Copenhagen.
  • October 2 – President and First Lady, along with Oprah Winfrey, travel to Copenhagen, Denmark, to give a speech to the International Olympic Committee in a failed attempt to bring the 2016 Summer Olympics to Chicago.[303][304]
  • October 3 – The President and First Lady celebrate their 17th wedding anniversary at the Blue Duck Tavern in Washington, D.C. before heading back to the White House.[305]
  • October 5 – President Obama gives a speech to doctors about health care reform on the Rose Garden of the White House.[306] Obama also participates in a CEQ Executive Order signing in the Oval Office.[307]
  • October 6 – President Obama meets with the National Counter Terrorism Center leadership and analysts during a visit to the NCTC in McLean, Virginia.[308]
  • October 7 – The President presents 2008 Medals of Science and Medals of Technology and Innovation during a ceremony in the East Room of the White House.[309] President Obama also hosts an Astronomy Night on the South Lawn, with Sally Ride.[310]
  • October 9 – The 2009 Nobel Peace Prize is awarded to President Obama "for his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples".[311][312]
Obama speaking to the Human Rights Campaign.
Obama speaking to servicemen and women at Naval Air Station Jacksonville.
  • October 26 – President Obama gives a speech to servicemen and women at Naval Air Station Jacksonville, in Jacksonville, Florida.[330]
  • October 27 – President Obama speaks and tours the DeSoto Next Generation Solar Energy Center in Arcadia, Florida.[331]
  • October 28 – President Obama signs the Matthew Shepard Act in the East Room of the White House, expanding hate-crime law to include gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or disability.[332][333]
  • October 29 – President Obama travels to Dover Air Force Base to oversee the return of eighteen American soldiers killed in Afghanistan.[334][335]
  • October 30 – President Obama signs an executive order, lifting a 22-year-old immigration and travel ban on citizens of the United States with HIV.[336][337]
  • October 31 – The First Family hosts a Halloween party at the White House, and welcome more than two thousand children.[338]

November

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Obama meeting with Yukio Hatoyama.
Obama with Manmohan Singh in the East Room of the White House.
  • November 24 – The first state dinner of the Obama presidency honoring Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is held in a reception on the White House grounds.[370][371]
  • November 25 – President Obama officially pardons two turkeys in recognition of Thanksgiving in the United States.[372]
  • November 30 – President Obama and Secretary of State Clinton meet Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd.[373]

December

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