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

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

October

November

December

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See also

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