LOOK! Obama Relinquishes Remaining U.S. Control of Internet
In today #39;s video, AMTV reports that Obama has given up U.S. control of the Internet. http://www.amtvmedia.com/re-direct-obama-relinquishes-remaining-u-s-cont...
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Obama helicopters seen over Amsterdam
3 Helicopters flew today in formation at 9.25 a.m. CET over Amsterdam. They went to the Museumsplein with Obama.
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Carrie Mathison is securing president Obama #Homeland
Carrie Mathison of Homeland security is with President Obama #39;s during his visit to the Rijksmuseum in the Netherlands. Watch closely! She weares a blue blaze...
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Politics Barack Obama U.S. President Barack Obama, left, shakes hands with Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte, right, in front of Dutch master Rembrandt's The Night Watch painting during a visit to the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam, Netherlands, on Monday, March 24, 2014. Frank AugsteinAP
This wont be the trip he planned.
President Barack Obama departed Sunday night for a six-day whirlwind tour through Europe and the Middle East that was supposed to be an ordinary trip to friendly countries to discuss nuclear security and trade while basking in the glow of the new Pope. Instead, as he visits the Hague, Brussels, Rome and Riyadh, Obama will be devoting his time to maintaining increasingly strained alliances with American allies across the globe, as global conflicts are placing the concerns of jittery partners on the front burner.
If theres a common theme to this trip, its the fundamental strength and importance of our alliances and partnerships, National Security Adviser Susan Rice said Friday. The strategic importance of this effort really cant be overstated. From Europe to Asia to the Middle East, our ability to lead strong coalitions is essential to making progress.
Obama is convening a meeting of the G-7s leaders on Monday in the Netherlands to discuss the ongoing crisis in Ukraine, conspicuously declining to invite G-8 member Russia. The meeting may well serve as a substitute for the scheduled May meeting of the G-8 in Sochi, which was placed on indefinite hold following Russias annexation of Crimea. Obama, who has promised costs for Russian actions, is facing a fractured caucus of allies, with Europeans simultaneously wary of President Vladimir Putins aggressive stance and concerned about the impact of U.S. sanctions (and U.S.-supported European sanctions) on their business interests and energy supplies. Unilateral American sanctions are only so costly to the Russian government, so Obama is seeking support for tougher sanctions in coordination with European leaders.
Obama will then meet with NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen on Wednesday to discuss not just the situation in Ukraine, but the steps that we are taking to reinforce the security of our allies in Eastern Europe, said Ben Rhodes, the deputy national-security adviser for strategic communications. Obama will then deliver a speech on trans-Atlantic relations and European security, and Ukraine will be a focus of his remarks, the White House said.
The nuclear summit will provide an indication for how well the U.S. and Russia can compartmentalize the Ukraine conflict while continuing to work on issues of shared interest, such as Irans nuclear program.
Asked Friday whether the U.S. has sensed any shift in Russias commitment to nuclear security, Rice told reporters, We havent seen any evidence to the contrary.
Obama will meet also meet trilaterally with President Park Geun-hye of South Korea and Prime Minister Shinzo Abe of Japan, each of whom is seeking U.S. reassurances over North Korea and China. Theyre particularly concerned about the latters imposition of an Air Defense Identification Zone in the East China Sea.
The final stop of the trip will be Riyadh, where Obama will meet with King Abdullah to discuss the Middle East peace process and the Iran nuclear talks. The Saudi Arabian government has been anxious about the level of support it receives from the American government since the Arab Spring, and the two countries have clashed over the Iran talks and the Syrian civil war. Saudi Arabia has armed the rebels opposing Syrian President Bashar Assad, while the U.S. government has taken a lower-key approach. The reverse is true on Iran, as Saudi Arabia looks warily on the nuclear talks with its regional rival.
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President Barack Obama delved into a day of delicate diplomacy Monday as he sought to rally the international community around efforts to isolate Russia following its incursion into Ukraine.
Hours after arriving in the Netherlands for a nuclear summit, Obama held one-on-one talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping. China has often sided with Russia in disputes with the West, but U.S. officials have been appealing to Beijing's well-known opposition to outside interference in other nation's domestic affairs.
Obama treaded carefully in statements with Xi before their meeting, saying only that they planned to discuss the situation in Ukraine.
"I believe ultimately, that by working together, China and the United States can help strengthen international law and respect for the sovereignty of nations and establish the kind of rules internationally that allow all peoples to thrive," Obama said in a subtle appeal for Chinese support.
He added that he and the Chinese leader would also seek to "work through frictions that exist in our relations" on matters like human rights and maritime disputes.
Xi, for his part, pointed to areas of potential cooperation with the U.S. as he settled in for what Obama described as a wide-ranging session. "It is like a menu and a rich one at that," Xi said through an interpreter.
Obama's meeting with Xi opened a week of international travel where crisis in Ukraine tops the agenda. After arriving in the Netherlands on a sunny and brisk Monday morning and meeting with Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte, Obama asserted that the U.S. and Europe stand together behind Ukraine.
No issue commands more of Obama's and Europe's attention than Russia's annexation of the Crimean Peninsula and the fear that Moscow could decide to expand further into Ukraine. But Obama also is attempting to use his weeklong trip to personally reconnect not only with Europe but Asia and the Middle East, all strategically crucial regions with their own tensions and qualms about the U.S.
Obama's meeting with Xi highlighted another tricky front in U.S. international relations and comes just a day after The New York Times and the German magazine Der Spiegel reported that the U.S. National Security Agency had hacked into the servers of Chinese telecommunications giant Huawei.
Meanwhile, China has been wary of Obama's efforts to increase U.S. influence in the Asia Pacific region. The U.S. has also called for restraint in China's maritime territorial disputes with Japan and its Southeast Asian neighbors.
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