Showing posts with label Barack Obama. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Barack Obama. Show all posts

Thursday, September 20, 2012

Suu Kyi meets Obama on landmark U.S. visit

President Barack Obama meets with Myanmar democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi in the Oval Office of the White House on Wednesday, Sept. 19, 2012, in Washington. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

The Associated Press
Wednesday, Sep. 19, 2012


WASHINGTON -- Lawmakers united by their respect of Myanmar democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi on Wednesday presented her with Congress' highest civilian honour in a ceremony in the Capitol Rotunda, ahead of a meeting with President Barack Obama.

Suu Kyi described it as "one of the most moving days of my life."

She was awarded the Congressional Gold Medal in 2008 while under a 15-year house arrest for her peaceful struggle against military rule.

Tuesday, September 04, 2012

Will the US allow an Obama-viction?

Paving the way for an OBAMA-VICTION?
4 September 2012
KI-Media

The Cambodia Daily reported in today’s edition that more than 180 families living next to the Phnom Penh International Airport are told to move out of their homes to make way for a new road for US President Obama’s visit to Cambodia in November. The road is to provide safety for the US president. “We were told that Phnom Penh plans to extend the airport to provide a safety road for Obama,” The Cambodia Daily quoted Chray Nin, the representative of the 182 families facing the alleged Obama-viction, as saying.

The families are now complaining this case to the Phnom Penh city hall to demand for compensation for the eviction which is also confirmed by Var Sarang, the deputy chief of Chom Chao commune.

Friday, June 15, 2012

Obama administration won't seek deportation of young illegal immigrants


"Our nation's immigration laws must be enforced in a firm and sensible manner," said Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano, seen here with President Barack Obama in a May 15, 2012 file photo. Mandel Ngan / AFP - Getty Images


15 June 2012
By Michael O'Brien, msnbc.com

Updated 10:58 a.m. - The Obama administration announced on Friday that it would no longer seek the deportation of most young illegal immigrants, and would instead allow them to apply for work permits, a significant policy shift with potentially major electoral implications.

The Department of Homeland Security said that, effective immediately, the government would no longer seek the deportation of illegal immigrants who were brought to the United States as children, and would allow them to apply for work permits if they meet certain criteria.

“Our nation’s immigration laws must be enforced in a firm and sensible manner,” said Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano in a statement Friday.

A senior administration official said in a conference call with reporters that as many as 800,000 undocumented immigrants stand to benefit from this change. Napolitano said that the shift represented neither immunity nor amnesty -- buzzwords for conservatives who oppose illegal immigration -- but instead represented an instance of "prosecutorial discretion" in which the government had re-evaluated its priorities in enforcing the law.

Monday, May 28, 2012

Obama visit on track [-In Dictator Hun Xen the US trust???]

"To those who cling to power through corruption and deceit and the silencing of dissent, know that you are on the wrong side of history; but that we will extend a hand if you are willing to unclench your fist. EVEN if you are NOT willing to unclench your fist." - Obama's inaugural speech
Obama shaking hand with Cambodia's Dictator Hun Xen

Monday, 28 May 2012
Kristin Lynch
The Phnom Penh Post

Another senior United States official has said that President Barack Obama will visit Cambodia in November for the East Asia Summit and the US-ASEAN summit.

Sean McIntosh, spokesman for the US Embassy in Phnom Penh, told the Post yesterday that US Assistant Secretary of State Kurt Campbell “communicated his expectations that President Obama would be here in November” during a closed-door meeting with Foreign Minister Hor Namhong on Friday.

However, the embassy has not yet received official word from the White House, McIntosh added.

Thursday, May 24, 2012

Hillary, Obama Looking forward to Visiting Cambodia


CRIENGLISH.COM, Web Editor: Zhang, May 24, 2012        


The U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and President Barack Obama are looking forward to visiting Cambodia this year in order to attend ASEAN meetings, U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for East Asia and Pacific Affairs Kurt Campbell said Thursday.

His remarks were made during a meeting with Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen at the Peace Palace, Eang Sophallet, spokesman for Hun Sen, told reporters after the meeting.

Kurt said Hillary will attend the ASEAN Regional Forum in July and Obama will join the East Asia Summit in November.

During the meeting, Kurt also promised the United States will try to encourage more U.S. investors to Cambodia and to the whole ASEAN region to cement ties between the United States and the ASEAN.

Hun Sen said that the upcoming visits of Hillary and Obama will bring closer ties between Cambodia and the United States and their visits will help build more confidence among U.S. investors in Cambodia's political and economic situation.

The United States is the fifth largest investor in Cambodia. According to the figures of the Council for the Development of Cambodia, from 1994 to 2011, the country has received a promised investment of 1.3 billion U.S. dollars from the United States.

Thursday, January 19, 2012

Obama Visit Would Boost US Regional Influence: Analysts

Wednesday, 18 January 2012
Sok Khemara, VOA Khmer | Washington, DC
“The US also sees the importance of Cambodia for enlarging its potential power to balance against China in the region.”
Political analysts say a visit to Cambodia by US President Barack Obama would greatly boost US influence here, where China holds much sway.

A US official said this week that Obama could participate in an Asean summit to be hosted in Cambodia in November.

The president and other US officials say they want to improve the US position in the Asia-Pacific region.

Ou Virak, head of the Cambodian Center for Human Rights, said Tuesday the US can have strong partners in the region by supporting Asean and the 10 countries it represents.

Tuesday, January 17, 2012

Obama, Clinton visits set

"foreign states will tolerate, or even positively assist, a dictatorship" to serve the foreign states' "own economic or political interests." - Gene Sharp

Tuesday, 17 January 2012
Vong Sokheng and Kristin Lynch
The Phnom Penh Post

In a sign of “improving” relations between Cambodia and the United States, the Kingdom will host US President Barack Obama and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton this year, officials confirmed yesterday. The visit would be the first by a sitting US president.

Joseph Yun, the US deputy assistant secretary for East Asian and Pacific affairs, said yesterday that Clinton and Obama would make separate visits in July and November, respectively.

“We expect to have our Secretary of State here in July, as well as our President for the [ASEAN-US] summit,” he said, following a closed-door meeting with Ouch Borith, secretary of state at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Ouch Borith confirmed his counterpart’s statement.

Sacrava's Political Cartoon: The President & a Cute Hyena

Cartoon by Sacrava (on the web at http://sacrava.blogspot.com)

US President Could Attend Asean Summit Later This Year - លោក អូបាម៉ា ​គ្រោង​ទៅ​ចូលរួម​ប្រជុំ​អាស៊ាន​នៅ​ប្រទេស​កម្ពុជា​ក្នុង​ខែ​វិច្ឆិកា

(Photo: AP)

Monday, 16 January 2012
Heng Reaksmey, VOA Khmer | Phnom Penh
“So we have a really exciting year ahead.”
President Barack Obama is expected to attend an Asean summit in Phnom Penh in November, officials said Monday.

Following a meeting between Joseph Yun, the US State Department’s chief of East Asia and Pacific, and Ministry of Foreign Affairs officials, Yun said the US expects to have the president at the Asean summit in November, as well as Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.

“So we have a really exciting year ahead,” Yun said.

Cambodia is currently serving a rotating presidency for Asean.

Yes... We Can!

Monday, January 16, 2012

Obama and Clinton to visit the "Banana Kingdom" ... hail the monkeys!!!

Welcome to the BANANA KINGDOM by the county's TOP MONKEYS
U.S. secretary of state, president to visit Cambodia this year: officials

PHNOM PENH, Jan. 16 (Xinhua) -- The United States'Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and President Barack Obama will visit Cambodia in July and November respectively to attend summits as Cambodia chairs ASEAN this year, senior officials said on Monday.

"Our Secretary of State will be here in July as well as our President will be in November," Joseph Y. Yun, deputy assistant secretary of the Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs of the U. S. Department of State, told reporters after a meeting with Ouch Borith, secretary of state for Cambodia's Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

He said that the meeting is to inform Cambodia about the upcoming U.S. leaders' visits and to discuss how to build U.S.- Cambodia relationship in 2012 through these high-level visits.

Saturday, November 26, 2011

Russian newscaster who 'flipped Obama off' quits - interview

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cZKtysjDF1I

The newscaster told RIA Novosti that her gesture had nothing to do with Obama but was addressed to her colleagues and was meant to ask them to raise the text she was reading.

MOSCOW, November 25
(RIA Novosti)

Russian newsreader fired after 'giving Obama the finger'

Russian anchor Tatyana Limanova told RIA Novosti she was leaving the Ren TV news channel following an indecent gesture that world media said was directed toward U.S. President Barack Obama.

Limanova showed her middle finger when reading U.S. President Barack Obama’s name during a November 14 item on the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) conference. Online footage of the incident has since gone viral.

The newscaster told RIA Novosti that her gesture had nothing to do with Obama but was addressed to her colleagues and was meant to ask them to raise the text she was reading.

Friday, October 21, 2011

Obama: Gaddafi death is warning to iron-fist rulers [-Don't forget: There one iron-first left in Cambodia!]

Strongman Hun Xen aka Iron-fist (កណ្តាប់ដៃដែក) Hun Xen


Thu Oct 20, 2011
By Matt Spetalnick and Laura MacInnis

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama hailed Muammar Gaddafi's death on Thursday as a warning to authoritarian leaders across the Middle East that iron-fisted rule "inevitably comes to an end," and as vindication for his cautious strategy toward Libya.

Obama joined U.S. politicians and ordinary Americans in welcoming the demise of Gaddafi, who was for decades regarded as a nemesis of American presidents, and also claimed some of the credit for the Libyan strongman's downfall.

But he also appeared to distance Washington from deeper entanglement in the North African oil-producing nation at a time of economic woes at home, placing responsibility for Libya's future squarely on the shoulders of the fractious interim leadership in Tripoli.

Thursday, October 20, 2011

Forget that Obama's visit to the Kingdom of Wonder! It was a Kuong Koy's prank

Khuong Khoy aka Koy Kuong aka Dam Chek - Cambodia's official prankster-in-chief
Thursday, October 20, 2011
Letter sent to The Phnom Penh Post

Dear Editor,

I WISH to make some clarifications in response to the article published in The Phnom Penh Post on October 18 under the headline: “Obama set for first official visit, official says”, written by Mom Kunthear and Kristin Lynch.

The article totally misquoted me during the press briefing after the meeting between HE Deputy Prime Minister Hor Namhong, the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Co-operation, and HE David Carden, the US ambassador to ASEAN, on October 17, this year.

In fact, I told reporters Mr Carden had told HE Deputy Prime Minister Hor Namhong that President Barack Obama would attend EAS during the ASEAN summits in Bali, Indonesia, next month.

Referring to Cambodia's chairmanship of ASEAN in 2012, Mr Carden said the US would hold presidential elections in early November, 2012 too.

So if ASEAN summits and related summits occur after the US presidential elections, he hoped that the US president would be able to attend the related summits on the sidelines of the ASEAN summits in November, 2012 in Cambodia.

I wish to request you to kindly publish these clarifications in your newspaper in full.

Yours truly,

Koy Kuong,
Spokesman,
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
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Wednesday, 19 October 2011 12:01
កុយ គួង
The Phnom Penh Post

ជូន​ចំពោះ​លោក Alan Parkhouse

ខ្ញុំ​ចង់​ធ្វើការ​បញ្ជាក់​មួយ​ចំនួន​ឆ្លើយ​តប​នឹង​អត្ថបទ​សារ​ព័ត៌មាន​ដែលបាន​ចុះ​ផ្សាយ​លើ​ទំព័រ​កាសែត​ភ្នំពេញ​ប៉ុស្តិ៍​កាល​ពី​ថ្ងៃ​ទី១៨ ខែ​តុលា ឆ្នាំ ២០១១ ក្រោម​ចំណោម​ជើង​ថា​«ក្រុម​មន្ត្រី៖ លោក​អូបាម៉ា​គ្រោង​នឹង​បំពេញ​ទស្សន​កិច្ច​លើក​ដំបូង»ដែល​និពន្ធ​ឡើង​ដោយ​កញ្ញា មុំ គន្ធា និង​ Kristin Lynch។ អត្ថបទ​នេះ​បាន​ដក​ស្រង់​សម្តី​ខ្ញុំ​ខុស​ទាំង​ស្រុង​នៅ​ក្នុង​អំឡុង​ពេល​នៃ​សន្និសីទ​ផ្តល់​ព័ត៌មាន​រយៈ​ពេល​ខ្លី​មួយ​បន្ទាប់​ពី​ជំនួប​រវាង​ឯក​ឧត្តម​ឧប​នាយក​រដ្ឋ​មន្ត្រី ហោ ណាំហុង រដ្ឋ​មន្ត្រី​ក្រសួង​ការ​បរទេស និង​កិច្ច​សហ​ប្រតិបត្តិ​ការ​អន្តរ​ជាតិ និង​ឯក​ឧត្តម David Carden ឯក​អគ្គ​រដ្ឋ​ទូត​អាមេរិក​ប្រចាំ​អាស៊ាន​កាល​ពី​ថ្ងៃ​ទី១៧ ខែ​តុលា ឆ្នាំ ២០១១។

តាម​ការ​ពិត ខ្ញុំ​បាន​ថ្លែង​ប្រាប់​អ្នក​យក​ព័ត៌មាន​ថា លោក David Carden បាន​ថ្លែង​ប្រាប់​ឯក​ឧត្តម​ឧប​នាយក​រដ្ឋ​មន្ត្រី ហោ ណាំហុង ថា លោក​ប្រធានា​ធិបតី Barack Obama នឹង​ចូល​រួម EAS ក្នុង​អំឡុង​ពេល​នៃ​ជំនួប​កំពូល​អាស៊ាន​នៅ​កោះ​បាលី ប្រទេស​ឥណ្ឌូនេស៊ី​នា​ខែ​ក្រោយ។ ដោយ​និយាយ​សំដៅ​លើ​ការ​ធ្វើ​ជា​ប្រធាន​អាស៊ាន​នៅ​ឆ្នាំ ២០១២ របស់​កម្ពុជា លោក David Carden បាន​ថ្លែង​ថា សហរដ្ឋ​អាមេរិក​នឹង​រៀប​ចំ​ធ្វើ​ការ​បោះ​ឆ្នោត​ប្រធានា​ធិបតី​នៅ​ដើម​ខែ​វិច្ឆិកា ឆ្នាំ ២០១២ ដែរ ដូច្នេះ​បើ​កិច្ច​ប្រជុំ​កំពូល​អាស៊ាន និង​កិច្ច​ប្រជុំ​ពាក់​ព័ន្ធ​ដទៃ​ទៀត​​ធ្វើ​ឡើង​ក្រោយ​ការ​បោះ​ឆ្នោត​ប្រធានា​ធិបតី​អាមេរិក លោក​សង្ឃឹម​ថា លោក​ប្រធានា​ធិបតី​អាមេរិក​នឹង​អាច​ចូល​រួម​កិច្ច​ប្រជុំ​ពាក់​ព័ន្ធ​ក្រៅ​កិច្ច​ប្រជុំ​កំពូល​អាស៊ាន​នៅ​ខែ​វិច្ឆិកា ឆ្នាំ ២០១២ នៅ​ប្រទេស​កម្ពុជា។

ខ្ញុំ​សូម​មេត្តា​លោក​ចុះ​ផ្សាយ​សេចក្តី​បញ្ជាក់​ទាំង​នេះ​ទាំង​ស្រុង​នៅ​ក្នុង​កាសែត​របស់​លោក​ផង។

សូម​ទទួល​នូវ​ការ​គោរព​ពី​ខ្ញុំ។

កុយ គួង

អ្នក​នាំ​ពាក្យ​ក្រសួង​ការបរទេស​

Tuesday, October 18, 2011

Obama set for first visit, official says

Tuesday, 18 October 2011
Mom Kunthear and Kristin Lynch
The Phnom Penh Post

United States President Barack Obama plans to visit Cambodia late next year for a regional summit, Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesman Koy Kuong said yesterday.

Speaking to reporters after a meeting between Foreign Minister Hor Namhong and David Carden, the US Ambassador to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, Koy Kuong said that Cambodia expects to welcome Obama at the ASEAN-US summit next November in Phnom Penh.

“The President of the United States, Barack Obama, will visit Cambodia for next year’s ASEAN-US summit,” he said. The US Embassy in Phnom Penh, however, said it had not been informed of the visit.

Monday, October 17, 2011

Obama to visit the Kingdom of Extraordinary Wonder (KEW) next year

U.S. President to Visit Cambodia for First Time Next Year

2011-10-17
Xinhua

Cambodia is expected to welcome the visit of the incumbent President of the United States for the first time in history next year when the country chairs ASEAN, officials said.

Speaking to reporters after meeting with Cambodia's Deputy Prime Minister Hor Namhong, minister of foreign affairs, on Monday, visiting Ambassador of the United States to ASEAN David Carden said the U.S. congratulated Cambodia for hosting the ASEAN next year and said the U.S. was ready to assist Cambodia to chair the ASEAN successfully.

"The U.S. fully supports ASEAN to establish an ASEAN community by 2015," he said. "Our president will be given the opportunity to attend the ASEAN-U.S. Summit and related meeting here next year."

Koy Kuong, the spokesman for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, said the ASEAN-U.S. Summit will be held in late November, 2012 in Phnom Penh, and the U.S. presidential election will be held in early November 2012, so, probably, the incumbent U.S. President Barack Obama will take part in the summit as the new elected U.S. President in the next year's election will take office in December.

Oh, Mama! Obama to visit Cambodia? [-Obama patting the back of dick-tator?]

"To those who cling to power through corruption and deceit and the silencing of dissent, know that you are on the wrong side of history ..." - Obama's inaugural speech
17 October 2011
By Ratana
Cambodia Express News

Synopsis: During a meeting between David Cardan, the US ambassador to ASEAN, and Hor 5 Hong, the Cambodian minister of Foreign Affairs, on 17 October 2011, David Cardan told Hor 5 Hong that during the ASEAN Summit Meeting in Bali, Indonesia, in November, the US President will also join this meeting. Koy Kuong, the spokesman of the ministry of Foreign Affairs, added that in the future, US President Barack Obama plan to perform an official visit to Cambodia also.

ភ្នំពេញ: លោក David Cardan ឯកអគ្គរដ្ឋទូតអាមេរិក ប្រចាំអាស៊ាន បានទទួលការអនុញ្ញាតឲ្យចូលជួបសម្តែងការគួរសមជាមួយលោកឧបនាយករដ្ឋមន្ត្រីហោ ណាំហុង រដ្ឋមន្ត្រីក្រសួងការបរទេស កាលពីព្រឹកថ្ងៃទី១៧ ខែតុលា ឆ្នាំ២០១១ នៅទីស្តីការក្រសួងការបរទេស។ ក្នុងជំនួបនោះ មានការពិភាក្សាគ្នាលើកិច្ចការសំខាន់ៗជាច្រើនរវាងកម្ពុជា និងសហរដ្ឋអាមេរិក ជាពិសេសពីគម្រោងរបស់លោក បារ៉ាក អូបាម៉ា ប្រធានាធិបតីអាមេរិក មកកាន់ប្រទេសកម្ពុជា នាពេលខាងមុខ។

លោក កុយ គួង អ្នកនាំពាក្យក្រសួងការបរទេស បានមានប្រសាសន៍ប្រាប់ក្រុមអ្នករាយការណ៍ព័ត៌មាន បន្ទាប់ពីជំនួបនោះថា នៅក្នុងជំនួបនោះ លោកឧបនាយករដ្ឋមន្ត្រី ហោ ណាំហុង បានជម្រាបលោក David Cardan ឯកអគ្គរដ្ឋទូតអាមេរិក ប្រចាំអាស៊ាន ពីការរៀបចំដើម្បីប្រារព្ធខួបលើកទី៣៥ រវាងទំនាក់ទំនងសហរដ្ឋអាមេរិក និងអាស៊ាន នាពេលខាងមុខ និងជំរុញឲ្យមានកិច្ចប្រជុំឥស្សរៈជនឆ្នើម រវាងសហរដ្ឋអាមេរិក និងអាស៊ាន ឲ្យបានឆាប់ៗ ដើម្បីពង្រឹងកិច្ចសហប្រតិបត្តិការរវាងអាមេរិក និងអាស៊ានឲ្យកាន់តែល្អ។

Sunday, July 17, 2011

China accuses US of damaging diplomatic relations after President Barack Obama meets Dalai Lama

The Dalai Lama, centre, prays before performing a blessing ceremony at the Anacostia River in Washington Photo: AP

China has accused the United States of "grossly" interfering in its internal affairs and damaging relations after President Barack Obama met the Dalai Lama at the White House.

Sunday 17 July 2011
The Telegraph (UK)

Barack Obama met the Nobel Prize laureate for about 45 minutes on Saturday, praising him for embracing non-violence while reiterating that the US did not support independence for Tibet.

China, which accuses the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader of being a separatist who supports the use of violence to set up an independent Tibet, said Obama's meeting had had a "baneful" impact.

Xinhua, the Chinese government press agency, quoted Ma Zhaoxu, the Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman, as saying: "Such an act has grossly interfered in China's internal affairs, hurt the feelings of Chinese people and damaged the Sino-American relations.

"We demand the US side to consider seriously China's stance, to immediately adopt measures to wipe out the baneful impact, to stop interfering in China's internal affairs and to cease to connive and support anti-China separatist forces that seek 'Tibet independence'."