OBAMA @ the UN 9/22/09
Aside from having to wade through the barricades of CIA, police officers, body guards, reporters, and UN police... working at the UN has been SWEET
This week has been the beginning of the General Assembly which will continue to about December.
In his speech he highlighted the new tone that would be brought to the U.S. foreign policy, stressing co-operation and consultation over the blatant unilateralism (one-sided ) of his predecessor, George W. Bush (Boo!!!) He also spoke about confronting global challenges and urged other countries "to live up to their responsibility to act as well."
He was such great orator. I love to hear him speak. There were a lot of famous faces in the audience and some of the people I work with got to take pics (unfortunately I wasn't able to). One day I WILL meet Obama.
Today, I missed Obama's speech but I caught Iran's Ahmadinejad which was extra long for no reason but it definitely wasn't boring... At one point he ripped the charter, similar antics can be seen by past speakers like Castro; I would love to see him speak.
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