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Timeline of the Barack Obama presidency (2013)

Timeline of the Barack Obama presidency (2013)

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The following is a timeline of the presidency of Barack Obama, from January 1, 2013 to December 31, 2013. 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 Barack Obama's presidency; for a complete itinerary of his travels, see list of presidential trips made by Barack Obama.

January

Second Inauguration of Barack Obama

February

March

April

  • April 2 – President Obama holds bilateral meeting with Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong of Singapore.[31]
  • April 3 – The President speaks at the Denver Police Academy promoting measures to control gun violence.[32]
  • April 11 – President Obama presents his proposed 2014 budget to Congress.[33]
  • April 11 – The President meets with United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon.[34]
  • April 15 – The President greets NCAA football champions the Alabama Crimson Tide.[35]
  • April 16 – President Obama and Crown Prince Mohammad Bin Zayed of the United Arab Emirates have a working lunch at the White House.[36]
  • April 18 – President Obama speaks at a prayer service for victims of the Boston Marathon bombing.[37]
  • April 23 – The President holds a bilateral meeting with Emir Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani of Qatar.[38] Later in the day, The President and First Lady attend the opening of the George W Bush Presidential Library, along with former presidents: George W Bush, Bill Clinton, George H.W. Bush, and Jimmy Carter- along with the former First Ladies
  • April 26 – The President meets for the second time in a month with Jordan's King Abdullah II.[39]

May

  • May 2 – President Obama visits Mexico and meets with President Enrique Peña Nieto to discuss immigration, energy and security.[40]
  • May 3 – President Obama spends time in Costa Rica with President Laura Chinchilla.[41]
  • May 7 – President Obama holds a bilateral meeting and a press conference with President Park Geun-hye of South Korea.[42]
  • May 8 – President Obama meets with a group of Asian-American and Pacific Islander national leaders.[43]
  • May 13 – President Obama holds a bilateral meeting and a press conference with Prime Minister David Cameron of the United Kingdom.[44]
  • May 15 – Senator John McCain has a private strategy meeting with the President.[45]
  • May 16 – President Obama holds a bilateral meeting and working dinner with Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan of Turkey.[46]
  • May 20 – President Obama holds a bilateral meeting with President Thein Sein of Burma.[47]
  • May 23 – President Obama delivers a speech at the National Defense University on the subject of his administrations counter-terrorism policy.[48]
  • May 24 – The President delivers the commencement address at the United States Naval Academy.[49]
  • May 31NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen meets with the President in the Oval Office.[50]

June

  • June 4 – President Obama holds a bilateral meeting with President Sebastián Piñera of Chile.[51]
  • June 5 – The President welcomes the Super Bowl champion Baltimore Ravens.[52]
  • June 7 – The President delivers a statement on the Affordable Care Act in San Jose, CA.[53]
  • June 10 – The President delivers remarks on the Equal Pay Act.[54]
  • June 11 – The President delivers remarks on Immigration Reform.[55]
  • June 11 – President Obama holds a bilateral meeting with President Ollanta Humala of Peru.[56]
  • June 13 – President Obama speaks at the LGBT Pride Month celebration in the East Room.[57]
  • June 15 - President Obama announces the Climate Action Plan to cut carbon pollution, prepare the Nation for the impacts of climate change, and lead international efforts to address climate change as a global challenge.[58]
  • June 17 – The President meets with EU leaders during the G-8 Summit in Lough Erne, Northern Ireland to discuss the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership.[59]
  • June 26 – The President outlines his second-term environmental strategy in a speech on climate change.[60] The President and First Lady arrive in Senegal where they begin a multi-country trip through Africa including South Africa and Tanzania.[61][62]

July

August

September

  • September 4 – The President has a bilateral meeting and holds a press conference in Stockholm with Prime Minister Reinfeldt of Sweden.[88] President Obama also meets with King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden to discuss the Syrian air strike plan.[89]
  • September 5 – President Obama arrives in St. Petersburg, Russia for the G-20 summit. The President conducts a bilateral meeting with Prime Minister Shinzō Abe of Japan to discuss the Syria air strike plan.[90]
  • September 6 – The President holds a bilateral meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping to discuss the Syrian air strike plan.[91] and, later in the day, holds a bilateral meeting with French President François Hollande to also discuss the Syrian air strike plan.[92]
  • September 10 – President Obama addresses the nation about Syrian use of chemical weapons.[93]
  • September 11 − The President attends September 11 Observance Ceremony at the Pentagon Memorial.[94]
  • September 13 – President Obama holds a bilateral meeting with Emir Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah of Kuwait.[95]
  • September 18 − President Obama delivers remarks to members of the Business Roundtable.[96]
  • September 23 – President Obama holds a bilateral meeting with President Goodluck Jonathan of Nigeria.[97]
  • September 24 – President Obama addresses the United Nations General Assembly.[98] Afterward, the President holds a bilateral meeting with President Michel Sleiman of Lebanon.[99] Later in the day, the President meets with Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon of the United Nations and separately with President Mahmoud Abbas of the Palestinian Authority.
  • September 26 − The President delivers remarks on the Affordable Care Act.[100]
  • September 27 – President Obama holds a bilateral meeting with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh of India.[101]
  • September 30 – President Obama holds a bilateral meeting and a working lunch with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel.[102]

October

November

December


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