Timeline of the presidency of Barack Obama (2013)
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Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. 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.
Contents
January
- January 2 – President Obama signs the 2013 National Defense Authorization Act (H.R. 4310)[1][2] and the American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012 (H.R. 8) into law.[3]
- January 2 – President Obama praises lawmakers after the House of Representatives votes to pass a Senate "fiscal cliff" measure, which included permanence for middle-class Bush tax cuts.[4]
- January 11 – President Obama holds a joint press conference in Washington, D.C., with Afghan President Hamid Karzai to discuss the eventual withdrawal of U.S. forces from Afghanistan.[5]
- January 14 – The President holds the last press conference of his first term.[6]
- January 16 – President Obama outlines his gun-control proposals.[7]
- January 19 – The President and First Lady take part in the national day of service by volunteering at Burrville Elementary School in Northeast, Washington, D.C.[8]
- January 20 – Barack Obama is sworn into his second term as President of the United States by Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts at the White House.[9]
- January 21 – The President, Vice President, and other senior government officials participate in ceremonies related to the second inauguration of Barack Obama.[10]
- January 28 – The President and the Vice President meet with representatives from the Major Cities Chiefs Association and Major County Sheriffs Association to discuss reducing gun violence.[11]
- January 29 – Speaking at Del Sol High School in Las Vegas, President Obama addresses the issue of comprehensive immigration reform.[12]
February
- February 4 – No Budget, No Pay Act of 2013 (H.R. 325) is signed into law by President Obama.[13]
- February 4 – The President holds a roundtable discussion and delivers an address in Minneapolis outlining his gun control campaign.[14]
- February 6 – President Obama attends the Senate Democratic Issues Conference retreat in Annapolis, Maryland.[15]
- February 7 – The President and First Lady attend the annual National Prayer Breakfast at the Washington Hilton in Washington, D.C.[16]
- February 12 – President Obama delivers the State of the Union address and announces a drawdown of 34,000 troops from Afghanistan.[17]
- February 15 – Completing a three-city tour, the President addresses students at Chicago's Hyde Park Academy.[18]
- February 22 – The President holds a bilateral meeting with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe of Japan.[19]
- February 25 – President Obama speaks to the National Governors Association.[20]
March
- March 1 – President Obama meets with Congressional Leadership on the sequester.[21]
- March 1 – The President signs an order initiating the 2013 Sequestration [22]
- March 7 – The President signs Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2013.[23][24]
- March 20 – President Obama arrives in Israel, meets with Israeli President Shimon Peres and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and holds a press conference.[25]
- March 21 – President Obama visits Ramallah in the West Bank, holds a joint news conference with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas [26] and, later in the day, speaks at the Jerusalem International Convention Center.[27]
- March 22 – President Obama arrives in Amman, Jordan for extended bilateral meetings with King Abdullah II of Jordan.[28]
- March 26 – Stanley Cup victors the LA Kings and MLS Cup victors the LA Galaxy visit the White House and meet with the President.[29]
April
- April 2 – President Obama holds bilateral meeting with Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong of Singapore.[30]
- April 3 – The President speaks at the Denver Police Academy promoting common-sense measures to control gun violence.[31]
- April 11 – President Obama presents his proposed 2014 budget to Congress.[32]
- April 11 – The President meets with United Nation's Secretary General Ban Ki-moon.[33]
- April 15 – The President greets NCAA football champions the Alabama Crimson Tide.[34]
- April 16 – President Obama and Crown Prince Mohammad Bin Zayed of the United Arab Emirates have a working lunch at the White House.[35]
- April 18 – President Obama speaks at a prayer service for victims of the Boston Marathon bombings.[36]
- April 23 – The President holds a bilateral meeting with Emir Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani of Qatar.[37]
- April 26 – The President meets for the second time in a month with Jordan's King Abdullah II.[38]
May
- May 2 – President Obama visits Mexico and meets with President Enrique Pena Nieto to discuss immigration, energy and security.[39]
- May 3 – President Obama spends time in Costa Rica with President Laura Chinchilla.[40]
- May 7 – President Obama holds a bilateral meeting and a press conference with President Park Geun-hye of South Korea.[41]
- May 8 – President Obama meets with a group of Asian-American and Pacific Islander national leaders.[42]
- May 13 – President Obama holds a bilateral meeting and a press conference with Prime Minister David Cameron of the United Kingdom.[43]
- May 15 – Senator John McCain has a private strategy meeting with the President.[44]
- May 16 – President Obama holds a bilateral meeting and working dinner with Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan of Turkey.[45]
- May 20 – President Obama holds a bilateral meeting with President Thein Sein of Burma.[46]
- May 23 – President Obama delivers a speech at the National Defense University on the subject of his administrations counter-terrorism policy.[47]
- May 24 – The President delivers the commencement address at the United States Naval Academy.[48]
- May 31 – NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen meets with the President in the Oval Office.[49]
June
- June 4 – President Obama holds a bilateral meeting with President Sebastián Piñeraof Chile.[50]
- June 5 – The President welcomes the Super Bowl champion Baltimore Ravens.[51]
- June 7 – The President delivers a statement on the Affordable Care Act in San Jose, CA.[52]
- June 10 – The President delivers remarks on the Equal Pay Act.[53]
- June 11 – The President delivers remarks on Immigration Reform.[54]
- June 11 – President Obama holds a bilateral meeting with President Ollanta Humala of Peru.[55]
- June 13 – President Obama speaks at the LGBT Pride Month celebration in the East Room.[56]
- 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.[57]
- 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.[58]
- June 26 – The President outlines his second-term environmental strategy in a speech on climate change.[59] The President and First Lady arrive in Senegal where they begin a multi-country trip through Africa including South Africa and Tanzania.[60][61]
July
- July 2 – The President and First Lady conclude their African trip in Tanzania. President Obama has bilateral meeting with President Kikwete.[62]
- July 9 – The President meets with members of the Congressional Black Caucus.[63]
- July 10 – The President meets with members of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus.[64]
- July 11 – President Obama meets with Senator John McCain and Senator Charles Schumer to discuss commonsense immigration reform.[65]
- July 11 – Chinese Vice-Premier Wang Yang and state councilor Yang Jiechi meet with President Obama to discuss the US-China Strategic and Economic Dialogue.[66]
- July 17 – President Obama makes a statement on confirmation of Richard Cordray as director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.[67]
- July 19 – Following the not guilty verdict in the George Zimmerman trial, President Obama gives a speech in the White House Press Room, in which he addresses the shooting of Trayvon Martin, racial profiling, and the state of race relations in the United States.[68]
- July 22 – President Obama honors the 2013 NCAA Men's Basketball champion Louisville Cardinals.[69]
- July 25 – President Obama holds a bilateral President Truong Tan Sang of Vietnam.[70]
- July 29 – President Obama honors the World Series champion San Francisco Giants.[71]
- July 31 – President Obama honors the NCAA UConn Huskies Women's basketball champion.[72]
August
- August 1 – The President meets with bipartisan members of Congress to discuss the National Security Agency.[73] and, later in the day, holds a bipartisan meeting with President Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi of Yemen.[74]
- August 7 – President Obama is interviewed by Jay Leno on The Tonight Show.[75]
- August 8 – President Obama holds a bilateral meeting with Prime Minister Antonis Samaras of Greece.[76]
- August 9 – The Bipartisan Student Loan Certainty Act of 2013 (H.R. 1911) [77][78] and the Reverse Mortgage Stabilization Act of 2013, amending the National Housing Act to safeguard homeowners, are signed into law by the President.[79]
- August 15 – The President remarks on the situation in Egypt.[80]
- August 19 – The Dodd–Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (H.R. 4173) is discussed by the President and a group of independent financial regulators.[81]
- August 26 − President Obama awards the Medal of Honor to Staff Sergeant Ty M. Carter of the U.S. Army.[82]
- August 27 – The President meets with mayors of 18 major US cities to discuss reducing youth violence.[83]
- August 28 − President Obama delivers remarks at the Lincoln Memorial "Let Freedom Ring" ceremony commemorating the 50th Anniversary of the March on Washington.[84]
- August 30 – President Obama meets with President Toomas Hendrik Ilves of Estonia, President Dalia Grybauskaitė of Lithuania and Andris Bērziņš of Latvia.[85]
- August 31 – President Obama speaks on the recent chemical attacks in Syria and asks Congress to authorize military action.[86]
September
- September 4 – The President has a bilateral meeting and holds a press conference in Stockholm with Prime Minister Reinfeldt of Sweden.[87] President Obama also meets with King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden to discuss the Syrian air strike plan.[88]
- September 5 – President Obama arrives in St. Petersburg, Russia for the G-20 summit. The President conducts a bilateral meeting with Prime Minister Shinzō Abe of Japan to discuss the Syria air strike plan.[89]
- September 6 – The President holds a bilateral meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping to discuss the Syrian air strike plan.[90] and, later in the day, holds a bilateral meeting with French President François Hollande to also discuss the Syrian air strike plan.[91]
- September 10 – President Obama addresses the nation about Syrian use of chemical weapons.[92]
- September 11 − The President attends September 11 Observance Ceremony at the Pentagon Memorial.[93]
- September 13 – President Obama holds a bilateral meeting with Emir Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah of Kuwait.[94]
- September 18 − President Obama delivers remarks to members of the Business Roundtable.[95]
- September 23 – President Obama holds a bilateral meeting with President Goodluck Jonathan of Nigeria.[96]
- September 24 – President Obama addresses the United Nations General Assembly.[97] Afterward, the President holds a bilateral meeting with President Michel Sleiman of Lebanon.[98] Later in the day, the President meets with Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon of the United Nations and separately with President Mahmoud Abbas of the Palestinian Authority.
- September 26 − The President delivers remarks on the Affordable Care Act.[99]
- September 27 – President Obama holds a bilateral meeting with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh of India.[100]
- September 30 – President Obama holds a bilateral meeting and a working lunch with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel.[101]
October
- October 1 – President Obama remarks on the United States government shutdown and congressional attempts at defunding the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.[102]
- October 9 – President Obama meets with the House Democratic Caucus.[103]
- October 10 – President Obama meets with the Senate Democratic Caucus.[104] and, later in the day, with House Republican leadership.[105]
- October 15 – The President presents the Medal of Honor to former Army Captain William D. Swenson.[106]
- October 17 – The Continuing Appropriations Act, 2014 H.R. 2775, containing a continuing resolution ending both the United States federal government shutdown of 2013 and the United States debt-ceiling crisis of 2013 are signed into law by the President.[107] Later in the day, the President holds a bilateral meeting and a working lunch with Prime Minister Enrico Letta of Italy.[108]
- October 18 – Jeh Johnson is presented as President Obama's nominee to become the next Department of Homeland Security secretary.[109]
- October 21 − The President delivers remarks on the Affordable Care Act.[110]
- October 23 − President Obama holds a bilateral meeting with Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif of Pakistan.
- October 24 – The President speaks on the issue of Immigration Reform.[111]
November
- November 1 – President Obama holds a bilateral meeting with Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki of Iraq.[112] Later that day, the President signs an executive order preparing the United States for the impacts of climate change.[113]
- November 4 – President Obama welcomes the Stanley Cup champion Chicago Blackhawks to the White House.[114]
- November 5 − President Obama visits the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland.[115]
- November 13 − The President delivers remarks at the 2013 Tribal Nations Conference.[116]
- November 14 − President Obama remarks about the Affordable Care Act.[117]
- November 20 – President Obama honors sixteen Presidential Medal of Freedom recipients [118] and participates in a wreath-laying ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery.
- November 21 − The President signs H.R. 2747: Streamlining Claims Processing for Federal Contractor Employees Act, S. 330: HIV Organ Policy Equity Act, and S. 893: Veterans' Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act of 2013 into law.[119]
- November 22 − President Obama holds a bilateral meeting with King Mohammed VI of Morocco.
- November 25 – President Obama delivers a speech on Immigration Reform in San Francisco.[120]
December
- December 3 – President Obama holds a bilateral meeting and a working lunch with President Juan Manuel Santos of Columbia.[121]
- December 3 – President Obama remarks about the Affordable Care Act.[122]
- December 5 – Chris Matthews interviews the President before a student audience at American University.[123]
- December 10 – President Obama joins other world leaders at the state memorial service for Nelson Mandela in Johannesburg, South Africa.[124]
- December 20 – President Obama holds his final press conference of 2013.[125]
See also
- First 100 days of Barack Obama's presidency
- List of presidential trips made by Barack Obama during 2013
- Presidency of Barack Obama
- Timeline of the presidency of Barack Obama (2009)
- Timeline of the presidency of Barack Obama (2010)
- Timeline of the presidency of Barack Obama (2011)
- Timeline of the presidency of Barack Obama (2012)
- Timeline of the presidency of Barack Obama (2014)
- Timeline of the presidency of Barack Obama (2015)
- Timeline of the presidency of Barack Obama (2016)
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