| First 111 Days of President Barack
Obama - March 11-20, 2009 |
PRESIDENT
BARACK OBAMA - MARCH
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| March 11, 2009 -
March 20, 2009 |
March
11, 2009
President Obama signs an Executive Order creating the Women and
Girls Council aimed at high level reform on women's issues.
The order was signed in the Eisenhower Executive Offices on the White
House campus. First Lady Michelle Obama attended the
earmark reform signing as did WNBA basketball star Lisa Leslie. |
| Watch
the YouTube of President Obama's Executive Order on Women's Issues
Signed on March 11/09 |
March
11, 2009
President Barack Obama talks with reporters in the Oval Office after
Obama's daily financial briefing from Treasury Secretary
Tim Geithner on March 11, 2009. |
March
11, 2009
First Lady Michelle Obama and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton
join in presenting the Secretary of State's International
Women of Courage awards to women recipients from around the world on
March 11, 2009. |
March
12, 2009
President Barack Obama speaks on the economy and the
administration's stimulus package at a business roundtable of an
association of leading US CEOs at a hotel in Washington, DC on March 12,
2009. |
March
12, 2009
First Lady Michelle Obama speaks to a group of community leaders at
the Arts Center in Fayetteville, North Carolina on her first
official trip outside Washington. First Lady Michelle Obama also visited
military children at the the Prager Children's Development
Center in Fayetteville, NC on March 12, 2009. |
March
12, 2009
President Barack Obama is joined by Secretary of Defense Robert
Gates and military leaders at the National Defense University
at Fort McNair in Washington, DC. President Obama also unveiled a
portrait of President Abraham Lincoln to dedicate the opening
of Abraham Lincoln Hall at the university on March 12, 2009. |
March
12, 2009
President Obama speaks at the American Recovery Act Implementation
Conference in the Eisenhower Executive Building on
the White House campus on March 12, 2009. |
March
13, 2009
President Barack Obama speaks to the media from the Oval Office of
the White House after meeting with Paul Volcker the
Chairman of the Economic Recovery Advisory Board Chairman on March 13,
2009. |
March
14, 2009
President Barack Obama meets with Brazilian President Luizinacio
Lula Da Silva in the Oval Office of the White House and later
escorts Da Silva across the South Lawn of the White House to a waiting
limousine. Brazil's President said that he represents a
unique opportunity to revive US ties to Latin American countries. Brazil
holds a large portion of the US Treasury's debt. |
| Watch
the White House YouTube of Your Weekly Address by President Obama
for March 14, 2009 |
March
16, 2009
President Barack Obama speaks to small business owners, community
lenders, and members of Congress in the East Room of
the White House on March 16, 2009. Earlier President Obama met with
Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner and business leaders in
the Roosevelt Room of the White House. President Obama scorned AIG for
plans to give AIG executives $165 million in bonuses
shortly after receiving over $173 billion in taxpayer bailout money.
Obama called the AIG bonuses an "outrage" and vowed to
take all necessary legal steps to prevent payout of the executive
bonuses. |
| Watch
the White House YouTube of President Obama's Remarks to Business Leaders
on March 16/09 |
March
17, 2009 - St. Patrick's Day
President Barack Obama is given a bowl of shamrocks by Irish Prime
Minister Brian Cowen at the annual Shamrock Ceremony
in the Roosevelt Room of the White House on St. Patrick's Day, March 17,
2009. President Obama, Secretary of State Hillary
Clinton, US National Security Adviser James Jones, Irish PM Cowen and
Northern Ireland's leaders later met with the media in
the Oval Office of the White House. President Obama appointed Dan
Rooney, the owner of the NFL's Pittsburgh Steelers, as
Ambassador to Ireland and praised Irish leaders for sustaining the peace
in Ireland despite recent Irish turmoil. |
| Watch
the White House YouTube of the Annual St. Patrick's Day Shamrock Ceremony
on March 17/09 |
March
17, 2009
President Barack Obama leaves the Capitol Building after a St.
Patrick's Day luncheon with Ireland's Prime Minister Brian Cowen.
President Obama. led by a bagpiper, walks down the Capitol Hill stairs
with PM Brian Cowen, and Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi. |
March
17, 2009
President Obama makes a statement on the budget after meeting with
congressional leaders and Budget Committee members
in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building in Washington, DC on March
17, 2009. President Obama walked between meetings
in the White House and The Eisenhower Office Building across from the
White House. |
| Watch
the White House YouTube of President Obama's Statement on the Budget on March
17/09 |
March
17, 2009
First Lady Michelle Obama visits the Youth Build USA organization
who are celebrating their 30th Anniversary. The group is building
an affordable and efficient home called the Green Home Building Project
to commemorate their anniversary on March 17, 2009. |
March
17, 2009
President Barack Obama, First Lady Michelle Obama, and Vice
President Joe Biden join Irish Prime Minister Brian Cowen
and leaders from Northern Ireland for a St. Patrick's Day reception in
the East Room of the White House on March 17, 2009. |
March
18, 2009
President Obama speaks on the economy and remarks with distain about
the AIG executive bonuses. President Obama is joined
on the South Lawn of the White House with Treasury Secretary Tim
Geithner, and Senior Economic Advisers Summers and Romer. |
March
18, 2009
President Obama departs Andrews Air Force Base on Air Force One
enroute to California for town hall meetings. President Obama
arrived at Long Beach Airport and visited supporters at the airport. The
CEO of AIG, Edward Liddy, was grilled by members of
the House Financial Services Committee on Capitol Hill while Obama was
aboard Air Force One. |
March
18, 2009
President Barack Obama holds a town hall meeting at the Orange
County Fairgrounds in Costa Mesa, California on March 18, 2009.
President Obama spoke about the economy, AIG executive bonuses, and
expressed optimism on the benefits of his stimulus plans. |
| Watch
the YouTube of President Obama's Town Hall Meeting in Costa Mesa, CA on March
18, 2009 |
March
19, 2009
First Lady Michelle Obama discusses career goals with students at
Anacostia High School in Washington, DC on March 19, 2009. |
March
19, 2009
First Lady Michelle Obama hosts a kickoff celebration for the Top 21
Women in Their Field at the White House on March 19, 2009.
White House Social Director Desiree Rogers helped to host the guests
which included Alicia Keys and Sheryl Crow in the
Diplomatic Room of the White House. |
March
19, 2009
First Lady Michelle Obama hosts a dinner in the East Room of the
White House to celebrate Women's History Month. |
March
19, 2009
President Barack Obama tours the Electric Vehicle Technical Center
in Pomona California. President Obama announced $2.4 billion
in federal funds for the development of electric vehicles. |
March
19, 2009
President Barack Obama speaks at a town hall meeting at the Miguel
Contreas Complex in Los Angeles on March 19, 2009.
President Obama was joined by California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger
and Los Angeles Mayor Villaraigosa. |
| Watch
the YouTube of President Obama's Town Hall Meeting in Los Angeles, CA on March
19, 2009 |
March
19, 2009
President Barack Obama is a guest on the The Tonight Show with Jay
Leno in Burbank, California on March 19, 2009.
President Obama discussed the economy and referred to his bowling as
special Olympic quality causing controversy.
President Obama quickly apologized for his comment. Obama was the first
active President to appear on the show. |
| Watch
the YouTube Video of President Obama on The Tonight Show with Jay
Leno on 3/19/09 |
March
19, 2009
President Barack Obama
returned to Washington late Friday night via Air Force One and Marine
One after two days in California. |
| Watch
the White House YouTube of Obama's Nowruz (New Day) Video Message to Iran on March
19/09 |
March
20, 2009
First Lady Michelle Obama plants a White House Kitchen Garden with
the help of 5th graders from Bancroft Elementary School in Washington
DC. The White House Chefs joined in the garden groundbreaking that
features 25 different fruits and vegetables
that will be used in White House meals when ready for harvest in June. |
March
20, 2009
President Barack Obama meets with Pennsylvania Governor Ed Rendell,
California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, New York
City mayor Michael Bloomberg, and Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood in
the Roosevelt Room of the White House. |
March
20, 2009
President Barack Obama remarks on the economy at the National
Conference of State Legislatures in the Eisenhower Executive
Office Building on the White House campus. President Obama said there is
no room for error in the economic stimulus plan. |
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