| President Felipe Calderon |
Mexico |
Met with President Bush and with President-Elect Obama. |
January 13, 2009 |
| President Alvaro Uribe |
Colombia |
Received the Presidential medal of Freedom along with former British Prime Minister Tony Blair and former Australian Prime Minister John Howard. |
January 13, 2009 |
| Prime Minister Taro Aso |
Japan |
Working Visit. |
February 24, 2009 |
| Prime Minister Gordon Brown |
United Kingdom |
Working Visit. Also addressed a joint session of Congress. |
March 3, 2009 |
| President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva |
Brazil |
Working visit. |
March 14, 2009 |
| Prime Minister Brian Cowen |
Ireland |
Working Visit. |
March 17, 2009 |
| Prime Minister Kevin Rudd |
Australia |
Working Visit. |
March 24, 2009 |
| King Abdullah II |
Jordan |
Working Visit. |
April 21, 2009 |
| President Shimon Peres |
Israel |
Working Visit. |
May 5, 2009 |
| President Hamid Karzai |
Afghanistan |
Working Visit. |
May 6, 2009 |
| President Asif Ali Zardari |
Pakistan |
Working Visit. |
May 6, 2009 |
| Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu |
Israel |
Working Visit. |
May 18, 2009 |
| President Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete |
Tanzania |
Working Visit. |
May 21, 2009 |
| Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai |
Zimbabwe |
Working Visit. |
June 12, 2009 |
| Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi |
Italy |
Working Visit. |
June 15, 2009 |
| President Lee Myung-bak |
Korea |
Working Visit. |
June 16, 2009 |
| President Michelle Bachelet |
Chile |
Working Visit. |
June 23, 2009 |
| Chancellor Angela Merkel |
Germany |
Working Visit. |
June 26, 2009 |
| President Alvaro Uribe |
Colombia |
Working Visit. |
June 29, 2009 |
| Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkenende |
Netherlands |
Working Visit. |
July 14, 2009 |
| Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki |
Iraq |
Working Visit. |
July 22, 2009 |
| President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo |
Philippines |
Working Visit. |
July 30, 2009 |
| Amir Sabah al-Ahmed al-Jabir al-Sabah |
Kuwait |
Working Visit. |
August 3, 2009 |
| President Hosni Mubarak |
Egypt |
Working Visit. |
August 17-19, 2009 |
| Prime Minister Stephen Harper |
Canada |
Working Visit. |
September 16, 2009 |
| Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu |
Israel |
Met with President Obama and with Palestinian Authority President Abbas at the UN General Assembly in New York City. |
September 22, 2009 |
| President Hu Jintao |
China, People’s Republic of |
Met with President Obama at the UN General Assembly in New York City. |
September 22, 2009 |
| Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama |
Japan |
Met with President Obama at the UN General Assembly in New York City. |
September 23, 2009 |
| President Dmitri Medvedev |
Russia |
Met with President Obama at the UN General Assembly in New York City. |
September 23, 2009 |
| President Asif Zardari |
Pakistan |
Attended a meeting of the Friends of Democratic Pakistan Summit in New York City |
September 24-25, 2009 |
| Prime Minister Gordon Brown |
United Kingdom |
Attended a meeting of the Friends of Democratic Pakistan Summit in New York City. |
September 24-25, 2009 |
| President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner |
Argentina |
Attended the G-20 Economic Summit in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. |
September 24-25, 2009 |
| Prime Minister Kevin Rudd |
Australia |
Attended the G-20 Economic Summit in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. |
September 24-25, 2009 |
| President Luiz Inacio Lula de Salva |
Brazil |
Attended the G-20 Economic Summit in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. |
September 24-25, 2009 |
| Prime Minister Stephen Harper |
Canada |
Attended the G-20 Economic Summit in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. |
September 24-25, 2009 |
| President Hu Jintao |
China, People’s Republic of |
Attended the G-20 Economic Summit in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. |
September 24-25, 2009 |
| President Nicolas Sarkozy |
France |
Attended the G-20 Economic Summit in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. |
September 24-25, 2009 |
| Chancellor Angela Merkel |
Germany |
Attended the G-20 Economic Summit in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. |
September 24-25, 2009 |
| Prime Minister Manmohan Singh |
India |
Attended the G-20 Economic Summit in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. |
September 24-25, 2009 |
| President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono |
Indonesia |
Attended the G-20 Economic Summit in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. |
September 24-25, 2009 |
| Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi |
Italy |
Attended the G-20 Economic Summit in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. |
September 24-25, 2009 |
| Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama |
Japan |
Attended the G-20 Economic Summit in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. |
September 24-25, 2009 |
| President Lee Myung-bak |
Korea |
Attended the G-20 Economic Summit in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. |
September 24-25, 2009 |
| President Felipe Calderon |
Mexico |
Attended the G-20 Economic Summit in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. |
September 24-25, 2009 |
| Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkenende |
Netherlands |
Attended the G-20 Economic Summit in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. |
September 24-25, 2009 |
| Presidetn Dmitri Medvedev |
Russia |
Attended the G-20 Economic Summit in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. |
September 24-25, 2009 |
| President Jacob Zuma |
South Africa |
Attended the G-20 Economic Summit in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. |
September 24-25, 2009 |
| President Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero |
Spain |
Attended the G-20 Economic Summit in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. |
September 24-25, 2009 |
| Prime Minister John Fredrik Reinfeldt |
Sweden |
Attended the G-20 Economic Summit in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. |
September 24-25, 2009 |
| Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan |
Turkey |
Attended the G-20 Economic Summit in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. |
September 24-25, 2009 |
| Prime Minister Gordon Brown |
United Kingdom |
Attended the G-20 Economic Summit in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. |
September 24-25, 2009 |
| President Jalal Talabani |
Iraq |
Working Visit. |
October 6, 2009 |
| President Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero |
Spain |
Working Visit. |
October 13, 2009 |
| Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki |
Iraq |
Working Visit. |
October 20, 2009 |
| Prime Minister John Fredrik Reinfeldt |
Sweden |
Visited as President of the European Council. |
November 2-3, 2009 |
| Chancellor Angela Merkel |
Germany |
Working Visit. Addressed joint session of Congress November 3. |
November 3, 2009 |
| President Seretse Khama Ian Khama |
Botswana |
Working Visit. |
November 5, 2009 |
| Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu |
Israel |
Working Visit. |
November 9, 2009 |
| Prime Minister Manmohan Singh |
India |
Official State visit. |
November 23-25, 2009 |
| Prime Minister Kevin Rudd |
Australia |
Working Visit. |
November 30, 2009 |
| Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan |
Turkey |
Working Visit. |
December 7, 2009 |
| President Michael Sleiman |
Greece |
Working Visit. |
December 14, 2009 |
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