White House says Obama will attend Asia-Pacific leaders’ summit in Singapore Nov. 14-15

October 7th, 2009 Obama's coming Asian tour will exclude IndonesiaWASHINGTON — President Barack Obama's first Asian trip as president will include Japan, Singapore, China and South Korea, but not Indonesia, where he spent four years of his life. Obama and his mother moved from Hawaii to Jakarta, Indonesia, when he was 6 years old.

September 26th, 2009 Obama, first lady watch daughter Malia play soccerWASHINGTON — After a week of meetings with world leaders, President Barack Obama is enjoying some family time. Obama left the White House on Saturday morning for a soccer field in northwest Washington where his 11-year-old daughter Malia was playing soccer.

September 25th, 2009 Obama spending day at G-20 summitWASHINGTON — President Barack Obama is spending the day in Pittsburgh, the site of the G-20 economic summit. The White House says the president will attend both morning and afternoon plenary sessions and will attend the G-20 leaders lunch.

August 9th, 2009 Obama to attend 3-nation summit in MexicoWASHINGTON —President Barack Obama will fly to Mexico for a two-day summit with the leaders of Mexico and Canada. The three men are expected to work on trade, immigration, drug trafficking and security issues, as well as clean energy.

August 9th, 2009 Obama to attend summit in MexicoWASHINGTON —President Barack Obama will fly to Mexico for a two-day summit with the leaders of Mexico and Canada. The three men are expected to work on trade, immigration, drug trafficking and security issues, as well as clean energy.

July 17th, 2009 Obama to visit Mexico in AugustWASHINGTON — The White House says President Barack Obama will travel to Mexico next month to meet with North American leaders. White House spokesman Robert Gibbs said Friday that Obama plans to meet with Mexican President Felipe Calderon and Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper on Aug.

July 9th, 2009 L'AQUILA, Italy — The White House says it is counting on Brazil to help convince Iran that it must keep its nuclear activities peaceful. White House spokesman Robert Gibbs told reporters that President Barack Obama noted Brazil's close trading ties with Iran when he met Thursday with Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.

July 9th, 2009 Obama, other G-8 leaders expand Italian summitL'AQUILA, Italy — President Barack Obama is in Italy, midway through the three-day G-8 economic summit that is heavily focused on climate change and world trade. His round of meetings today begins with one-on-one talks with the president of Brazil.

July 8th, 2009 ROME - Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh arrived in Rome on a four-day visit on Tuesday to attend the G-8 summit.

June 24th, 2009 Obama to visit pope during G-8 visitWASHINGTON — A White House spokesman says President Barack Obama and Pope Benedict XVI will talk about their shared belief in the dignity of all people at their meeting next month. The White House on Wednesday said the two leaders would meet while Obama visits Italy for the G-8 summit.

May 20th, 2009 LONDON - Rejecting Australian Defence White Paper's claims that the US supremacy is fading in the Asia-Pacific region, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has said that the US did not see the rise of China as "a zero-sum game" which would inevitably leave America weakened. Speaking to the foreign press corps in Washington DC overnight, Clinton rejected that the economic rise of China and other nations in the region would inevitably mean that US power would decline after 2030 - and that Australia needs to prepare for that world.

May 9th, 2009 Obama to attend dinner with White House reportersWASHINGTON — It'll be another night on the town for the president and first lady. President Barack Obama and his wife Michelle will attend the annual White House Correspondents Dinner Saturday night.

May 3rd, 2009 WASHINGTON - The United States is hoping that the forthcoming trilateral talks with Pakistan and Afghanistan will help in improving ties between the countries, specially between neighboring Afghanistan and Pakistan. Briefing media persons about the issues which would be discussed during the three day long summit, White House spokesperson, Robert Gibbs said that besides the trilateral talks, President Obama would also hold separate talks with Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari and Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai.

April 23rd, 2009 Obama to attend Holocaust ceremonyWASHINGTON — President Barack Obama is attending the Holocaust Days of Remembrance ceremony today at the Capitol. The White House says he plans to make remarks.

March 24th, 2009 WASHINGTON - US President Barack Obama met with former Soviet president Mikhail Gorbachev here last Friday, the White House has confirmed. The meeting was not on Obama's official daily schedule.