— Domani Spero
President Obama is traveling to Japan, the Republic of Korea, Malaysia, and the Philippines from April 22 to April 29. Below are some photos from his stops:
Japan
The President enjoyed the yabusame (流鏑馬 — horseback archery) demonstration. Thank you, Meiji Shrine! pic.twitter.com/8a1eBBJgXT
— 在日米国大使館 (@usembassytokyo) April 24, 2014
The US Embassy Tokyo folks also got a meet and greet with President Obama. We are pleased to hear that no one was strangled with the lanyard of some Top Secret Clearance badge despite all that standing around waiting to see POTUS. You all did not get up at 3 a.m., did you?
Republic of Korea
Meet&Greet with @USFKPAO troops! POTUS thanks soldiers for their service, marking his last official activity in Seoul pic.twitter.com/bzw96JsMRh
— U.S. Embassy Seoul (@usembassyseoul) April 26, 2014
Malaysia
Pres. @BarackObama meeting with @usembassykl staff & American families in special meet & greet session. #OBAMAinKL pic.twitter.com/k4jiFAbuxd
— U.S. Embassy KL (@usembassykl) April 27, 2014
“And I was just telling the Prime Minis…the…um…” MT @Khairykj: #OBAMAinKL pic.twitter.com/THhUyKTOZd
— darth™ (@darth) April 27, 2014
@darth @Khairykj um… why is that stinky durian staring right at me? — Diplopundit (@Diplopundit) April 27, 2014
Philippines
Shortly before President Obama arrived in Manila, the United States and the Philippines signed the Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement (EDCA). The agreement is designed to promote among other things, capacity building towards Philippine Army modernization, maritime security, maritime domain awareness and humanitarian assistance and disaster response.
Building collective defense capacities and meeting 21st century challenges- EDCA signed! #US #Philippines
— Ambassador Goldberg (@AMBGoldberg) April 28, 2014
For more of that, see links below:
- 5 Philippine Bases Where the U.S. Military Will Look to Gain a Footing (WSJ)
- Philippines, U.S. to Sign New Military Pact, Part of U.S. Pivot (NYT)
- U.S., Philippines Hail Military Pact (WSJ)
President Aquino watches as US President Obama signs the Palace Guest Book. #ObamaInPH Malacanang Photo pic.twitter.com/6EIcBlfjsI
— The Philippine Star (@PhilippineStar) April 28, 2014
President Barack Obama stretches to shake the hand of a young girl held aloft during a U.S. Embassy meet and greet at the Sofitel Hotel in Manila, Philippines, April 28, 2014. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)
Pres. Obama shakes the hand of a young girl at a US Embassy meet & greet in Manila. @usembassymanila #OBAMAinPHL pic.twitter.com/QEtY2RIB0Y
— U.S. Embassy KL (@usembassykl) April 29, 2014
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