whitehouse.gov - 2/19/2009
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President Obama is on his first foreign trip today -- to Ottawa, Canada's capital city. White House New Media staffer Jason Djang will be liveblogging the trip from the road.
cbc.ca - 2/19/2009
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cbc.ca —
Gov. Gen. Michaëlle Jean welcomed U.S. President Barack
Obama to Canada Thursday for his first foreign trip...
since taking office in what is being billed as a six-hour no-nonsense working visit with Prime Minister Stephen Harper.
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Obama arrives in Ottawa
theglobeandmail.com - 2/19/2009
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theglobeandmail.com —
OTTAWA He's been relegated to the back
end of the presidential itinerary and gets only 15...
minutes of face time with Barack Obama at an aging aircraft hangar far from the splendour of Parliament Hill. But Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff may end up ...
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Ignatieff could emerge as real winner from Obama's visit
winnipegsun.com - 2/19/2009
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winnipegsun.com —
Gallery Image U.S. President Barack Obama (L) talks
with Canadian Governor General Michaelle Jean (R) after arriving...
in Ottawa Feb. 19, 2009. REUTERS/Jim Young 19th February 2009, 9:12am Gallery Image President Barack Obama is saluted by a Royal ...
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The inaugural White House liveblog
Ben Smith's Blog —
The Canada trip seems like a safe place to play around on the White House blog, outgoing links and all:
10:33 a.m.: As per the pool report, AF1 has just touched down on the frozen runway. Taxing to position. Royal Canadian mounted police (RCMP) are marching to the foot of stairs.
10:35 a.m.: (Ed. note: Looks like Canada's National Post is liveblogging, too. Check it out.)
10:36 a.m.: POTUS is greeted by Governor General Michaëlle Jean, His Excellency Jean-Danielle Lafond, US Charge d’Affaires ad interim Terry Breese, and Canadian ...
Clearing the Cache
techPresident —
... The White House's covert bloggers take a second stab at live-blogging with Obama's trip to Ottawa, rounded out with some Pete Souza photos like the one above. "9:20 a.m.: Canal Rideau is frozen over, and there are people ice skating on it." Brrrrr. ...
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