Sunday, November 13, 2011

The President and First Lady Host APEC 2011 in Hawaii

hat tips-The Obama Diary, 3CHICSPOLITICO.COM:



President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama hosted the countries of APEC in Hawaii. Here are some pictures and videos:









Dinner in Honor of APEC Leaders and Spouses




President Obama Toasts Leaders at APEC Summit Dinner




President Obama Hosts a Cultural Performance at APEC Summit




President Obama at the APEC Business Summit










U.S. President Barack Obama shakes hands with Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda during the APEC Summit in Honolulu, Hawaii, November 12, 2011.
----REUTERS/Larry Downing



First Lady Michelle Obama and unidentified youth flash the local greeting sign after a tour of MA?O Organic Farms located in the Waianae area, the largest Native Hawaiian community, on November 12, 2011.MA?O is a 24.5 acre certified organic farm that grows 35-45 different varieties of produce and primarily run by area youth who participate in a Youth Leadership Training (YLT) internship. The First Lady is in Hawaii to accompany President Barack Obama as the United States hosts this year's Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum for the first time since 1993, with leaders from the 21 member economies convening on the island of Oahu.
---- SAUL LOEB/AFP/Getty Images


Isn't this just a wonderful picture that shows our First Lady's inner beauty?







First Lady Michelle Obama is taken on a tour of MA?O Organic Farms located in the Waianae area, the largest Native Hawaiian community in the world, on November 12, 2011.MA?O is a 24.5 acre certified organic farm that grows 35-45 different varieties of produce and primarily run by area youth who participate in a Youth Leadership Training (YLT) internship. The First Lady is in Hawaii to accompany President Barack Obama as the United States hosts this year's Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum for the first time since 1993, with leaders from the 21 member economies convening on the island of Oahu.
----SAUL LOEB/AFP/Getty Images



US President Barack Obama smiles as he attends the CEO Summit during the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit in Honolulu, Hawaii, on November 12, 2011. The United States is hosting this year's APEC forum for the first time since 1993, with leaders from the 21 member economies convening on the island of Oahu on November 12-13.
---- EMMANUEL DUNAND/AFP/Getty Images
































Tim Mathieson, partner of Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard, shows the First Lady his cowboy boots. The First Lady is hosting a luncheon, serving all organic food from MA’O organic farm, for spouses of the APEC leaders at Kualoa Ranch, Hawaii.


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