President George W. Bush
President George W. Bush made a secret trip to Iraq on Thanksgiving 2003 to dine with the troops. His father had made a similar visit to the U.S. troops in Saudi Arabia just after receiving the new VC-25 planes just before Thanksgiving 1990.
Like President Clinton, President Bush made two separate trips to Sub-Saharan Africa. On one trip he visited three of the poorest countries in the world: Liberia, Rwanda, and Benin.
According to the State Department only two of Bush's overseas presidential visits were deemed state visits. One invitation was by Queen Elizabeth II, which Buckingham Palace claimed was the only state visit from an American president. All the other visits were at the invitation of the prime minister who is not the head of state. The second state visit was to Poland.
On 15–20 November 2006, President Bush made the third round the world presidential flight (after LBJ and Nixon). He went to Russia, Singapore, Vietnam, and Indonesia.
| T | # | Start | End | Country | Cities | Reason |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 16-Feb-2001 | 16-Feb-2001 | Mexico | San Cristobal | Meeting with President Vicente Fox. |
| 2 | 2 | 20-Apr-2001 | 22-Apr-2001 | Canada | Quebec | Attended the 3rd Summit of the Americas. |
| 3 | 3 | 12-Jun-2001 | 13-Jun-2001 | Spain | Madrid | Met with King Juan Carlos I and Prime Minister José María Aznar. |
| 4 | 13-Jun-2001 | 14-Jun-2001 | Belgium | Brussels | Attended NATO Summit Meeting. | |
| 5 | 14-Jun-2001 | 15-Jun-2001 | Sweden | Gothenburg | Attended U.S.-European Union Summit Meeting; met with King Carl XVI Gustaf and Prime Minister Göran Persson. | |
| 6 | 15-Jun-2001 | 16-Jun-2001 | Poland | Warsaw | State visit. Met with President Aleksander Kwaśniewski. | |
| 7 | 16-Jun-2001 | 16-Jun-2001 | Slovenia | Kranj | Met with Prime Minister Janez Drnovšek and Russian President Vladimir Putin. | |
| 4 | 8 | 18-Jul-2001 | 20-Jul-2001 | United Kingdom | London, Chequers, Halton, Brize Norton | Met with Prime Minister Tony Blair and Queen Elizabeth II. |
| 9 | 20-Jul-2001 | 24-Jul-2001 | Italy | Genoa, Castel Gandolfo, Rome | 27th G8 summit; Met with Pope John Paul II at Castel Gandolfo and with Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi and President Carlo Azeglio Ciampi in Rome. | |
| 10 | 24-Jul-2001 | 24-Jul-2001 | Kosovo | Camp Bondsteel | Addressed U.S. military personnel. | |
| 5 | 11 | 18-Oct-2001 | 21-Oct-2001 | China | Shanghai | Attended the APEC Summit Meeting. |
| 6 | 12 | 16-Feb-2002 | 19-Feb-2002 | Japan | Tokyo | Met with Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi and Emperor Akihito. Addressed the Diet. |
| 13 | 19-Feb-2002 | 21-Feb-2002 | South Korea | Seoul, Dorasan, Osan | Met with President Kim Dae-jung, visited the Demilitarized Zone, addressed U.S. military personnel. | |
| 14 | 21-Feb-2002 | 22-Feb-2002 | China | Beijing | Met with President Jiang Zemin and Premier Zhu Rongji. | |
| 7 | 15 | 21-Mar-2002 | 22-Mar-2002 | Mexico | Monterrey | Attended the International Conference on Financing for Development and met with President Vicente Fox. |
| 16 | 23-Mar-2002 | 24-Mar-2002 | Peru | Lima | Met with the Presidents of Peru, Colombia, and Bolivia, and with the Vice President of Ecuador. | |
| 17 | 24-Mar-2002 | 24-Mar-2002 | El Salvador | San Salvador | Attended a summit meeting with Central American heads of state. | |
| 8 | 18 | 22-May-2002 | 23-May-2002 | Germany | Berlin | Met with Chancellor Gerhard Schröder and addressed the Bundestag. |
| 19 | 23-May-2002 | 26-May-2002 | Russia | Moscow, St. Petersburg | Summit meeting with President Vladimir Putin. Signed Strategic Offensive Reductions Treaty. | |
| 20 | 26-May-2002 | 27-May-2002 | France | Paris, St. Mere-Eglise, Colleville | Met with President Jacques Chirac and delivered a Memorial Day address in Normandy. | |
| 21 | 27-May-2002 | 28-May-2002 | Italy | Rome | Met with President Carlo Azeglio Ciampi and Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi. Attended NATO Summit Meeting and inaugurated the NATO-Russia Council. | |
| 22 | 28-May-2002 | 28-May-2002 | Vatican City | Audience with Pope John Paul II. | ||
| 9 | 23 | 25-Jun-2002 | 27-Jun-2002 | Canada | Kananaskis | 28th G8 summit |
| 10 | 24 | 26-Oct-2002 | 27-Oct-2002 | Mexico | Los Cabos | Attended APEC Summit Meeting. |
| 11 | 25 | 19-Nov-2002 | 22-Nov-2002 | Czech Republic | Prague | Attended NATO and EAPC Summit Meetings. |
| 26 | 22-Nov-2002 | 22-Nov-2002 | Russia | St. Petersburg | Met with President Vladimir Putin. | |
| 27 | 22-Nov-2002 | 23-Nov-2002 | Lithuania | Vilnius | Met with the Presidents of the Baltic States. | |
| 28 | 23-Nov-2002 | 23-Nov-2002 | Romania | Bucharest | Met with President Ion Iliescu. | |
| 12 | 29 | 16-Mar-2003 | 16-Mar-2003 | Portugal | Terceira | Discussed the Iraq crisis with British Prime Minister Tony Blair, Spanish Prime Minister José María Aznar, and Portuguese Prime Minister José Manuel Barroso. |
| 13 | 30 | 7-Apr-2003 | 8-Apr-2003 | United Kingdom | Belfast, Hillsborough | Met with Prime Minister Blair to discuss the reconstruction of Iraq. Also met with Taoiseach Bertie Ahern and Northern Irish political leaders. |
| 14 | 31 | 31-May-2003 | 31-May-2003 | Poland | Kraków, Oświęcim | Met with President Aleksander Kwaśniewski and Prime Minister Leszek Miller; visited former Nazi-German concentration camp Auschwitz-Birkenau in the town of Oświęcim. |
| 32 | 31-May-2003 | 1-Jun-2003 | Russia | St. Petersburg | Met with President Vladimir Putin and attended ceremonies commemorating the city's 300th anniversary. | |
| 33 | 1-Jun-2003 | 2-Jun-2003 | France | Evian-les-Bains | 29th G8 summit; met with Chinese President Hu Jintao. | |
| 34 | 2-Jun-2003 | 3-Jun-2003 | Egypt | Sharm el-Sheikh | Attended "Red Sea Summit" with the leaders of Bahrain, Egypt, Jordan, and Saudi Arabia, and with Palestinian Prime Minister Mahmoud Abbas. | |
| 35 | 4-Jun-2003 | 4-Jun-2003 | Jordan | Aqaba | Attended meetings with Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and Palestinian Prime Minister Mahmoud Abbas. Met with King Abdullah II. | |
| 36 | 4-Jun-2003 | 5-Jun-2003 | Qatar | Doha | Met with Emir Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, visited U.S. Central Command headquarters and addressed U.S. military personnel. Overflew Baghdad en route to Qatar. | |
| 15 | 37 | 8-Jul-2003 | 8-Jul-2003 | Senegal | Dakar, Goree Island | Met with President Abdoulaye Wade. |
| 38 | 8-Jul-2003 | 11-Jul-2003 | South Africa | Pretoria | Met with President Thabo Mbeki. | |
| 39 | 10-Jul-2003 | 10-Jul-2003 | Botswana | Gabarone | Met with President Festus Mogae. Toured Mokoldi Nature Reserve. | |
| 40 | 11-Jul-2003 | 11-Jul-2003 | Uganda | Kampala | Met with President Yoweri Museveni. | |
| 41 | 11-Jul-2003 | 12-Jul-2003 | Nigeria | Abuja | Met with President Olusegun Obasanjo. | |
| 16 | 42 | 17-Oct-2003 | 18-Oct-2003 | Japan | Tokyo | Met with Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi. |
| 43 | 18-Oct-2003 | 19-Oct-2003 | Philippines | Manila | Addressed a joint session of the Philippine Congress and met with President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo. | |
| 44 | 18-Oct-2003 | 21-Oct-2003 | Thailand | Bangkok | Attended the APEC Summit Meeting. | |
| 45 | 21-Oct-2003 | 22-Oct-2003 | Singapore | Met with Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong. | ||
| 46 | 22-Oct-2003 | 22-Oct-2003 | Indonesia | Denpasar | Met with President Megawati Sukarnoputri and Muslim religious leaders. | |
| 47 | 22-Oct-2003 | 22-Oct-2003 | Australia | Canberra | Met with Prime Minister John Howard and addressed Parliament. | |
| 17 | 48 | 18-Nov-2003 | 21-Nov-2003 | United Kingdom | London, Sedgefield | State Visit. |
| 49 | 27-Nov-2003 | 27-Nov-2003 | Iraq | Baghdad | Met with members of the Coalition Provisional Authority and the Iraqi Governing Council and addressed U.S. military personnel. | |
| 18 | 50 | 12-Jan-2004 | 13-Jan-2004 | Mexico | Monterrey | Attended the Monterrey Special Summit of the Americas. |
| 19 | 51 | 4-Jun-2004 | 5-Jun-2004 | Italy | Rome | Met with President Ciampi and Prime Minister Berlusconi. |
| 52 | 4-Jun-2004 | 4-Jun-2004 | Vatican City | Met with Pope John Paul II. | ||
| 53 | 5-Jun-2004 | 6-Jun-2004 | France | Paris, Colleville, Caen, Arromanches | Met with President Chirac and commemorated the 60th anniversary of D-Day. | |
| 20 | 54 | 25-Jun-2004 | 26-Jun-2004 | Ireland | Shannon, Dromoland Castle | Attended U.S.-EU Summit meeting and met with Taoiseach Ahern. |
| 55 | 26-Jun-2004 | 29-Jun-2004 | Turkey | Ankara, Istanbul | Met with President Ahmet Necdet Sezer and Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and attended NATO Summit meeting in Istanbul. | |
| 21 | 56 | 19-Nov-2004 | 22-Nov-2004 | Chile | Santiago | Attended APEC Summit Meeting. |
| 57 | 22-Nov-2004 | 22-Nov-2004 | Colombia | Cartagena | Met with President Álvaro Uribe. | |
| 22 | 58 | 30-Nov-2004 | 1-Dec-2004 | Canada | Ottawa, Gatineau, Halifax | Met with Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia Myra Freeman and Prime Minister Paul Martin. |
| 23 | 59 | 20-Feb-2005 | 23-Feb-2005 | Belgium | Brussels | Attended NATO and EU Summit Meetings. |
| 60 | 23-Feb-2005 | 23-Feb-2005 | Germany | Mainz, Wiesbaden | Met with Chancellor Gerhard Schröder and visited U.S. military personnel. | |
| 61 | 23-Feb-2005 | 24-Feb-2005 | Slovakia | Bratislava | Met with Prime Minister Mikuláš Dzurinda and Russian President Putin. | |
| 62 | 6-Apr-2005 | 8-Apr-2005 | Vatican City | Attended the funeral of Pope John Paul II. | ||
| 63 | 6-Apr-2005 | 8-Apr-2005 | Italy | Rome | Met with President Ciampi and Prime Minister Berlusconi. | |
| 24 | 64 | 6-May-2005 | 7-May-2005 | Latvia | Riga | Met with the presidents of the Baltic States. |
| 65 | 7-May-2005 | 8-May-2005 | Netherlands | Maastricht, Valkenburg, Margraten | Met with Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkenende and gave an address at a U.S. military cemetery. | |
| 66 | 8-May-2005 | 9-May-2005 | Russia | Moscow | Met with President Putin and attended ceremonies commemorating VE Day. | |
| 67 | 9-May-2005 | 10-May-2005 | Georgia | Tbilisi | Met with President Mikheil Saakashvili. | |
| 25 | 68 | 5-Jul-2005 | 6-Jul-2005 | Denmark | Kastrup, Fredensborg, Copenhagen | Met with Queen Margrethe II and Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen. |
| 69 | 6-Jul-2005 | 8-Jul-2005 | United Kingdom | Gleneagles | 31st G8 summit | |
| 26 | 70 | 3-Nov-2005 | 5-Nov-2005 | Argentina | Mar del Plata | Attended the 4th Summit of the Americas. |
| 71 | 5-Nov-2005 | 6-Nov-2005 | Brazil | Brasília | Met with President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. | |
| 72 | 6-Nov-2005 | 7-Nov-2005 | Panama | Panama City | Met with President Martín Torrijos. | |
| 27 | 73 | 15-Nov-2005 | 16-Nov-2005 | Japan | Kyoto | Met with Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi. |
| 74 | 16-Nov-2005 | 20-Nov-2005 | South Korea | Pusan, Gyeongju, Osan | Attended APEC Summit meeting, met with Russian President Putin and addressed U.S. military personnel. | |
| 75 | 20-Nov-2005 | 21-Nov-2005 | China | Beijing | Met with President Hu Jintao and Premier Wen Jiabao. | |
| 76 | 21-Nov-2005 | 21-Nov-2005 | Mongolia | Ulan Bator | Met with President Nambaryn Enkhbayar and Prime Minister Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj. | |
| 28 | 77 | 28-Feb-2006 | 28-Feb-2006 | Ireland | Shannon | Met with U.S. Marines who were en route to Iraq. |
| 78 | 1-Mar-2006 | 1-Mar-2006 | Afghanistan | Bagram, Kabul | Met with President Hamid Karzai, dedicated new U.S. Embassy, and addressed U.S. military personnel. | |
| 79 | 1-Mar-2006 | 3-Mar-2006 | India | New Delhi, Hyderabad | Met with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. Signed U.S.-India Civil Nuclear Agreement. | |
| 80 | 3-Mar-2006 | 4-Mar-2006 | Pakistan | Islamabad | Met with President Pervez Musharraf. | |
| 29 | 81 | 30-Mar-2006 | 31-Mar-2006 | Mexico | Cancun, Chichen-Itza | President Fox and Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper North American Leaders' Summit |
| 30 | 82 | 13-Jun-2006 | 13-Jun-2006 | Iraq | Baghdad | Met with Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki and addressed U.S. military personnel. |
| 31 | 83 | 20-Jun-2006 | 21-Jun-2006 | Austria | Vienna | Attended the U.S.-EU Summit. |
| 84 | 21-Jun-2006 | 22-Jun-2006 | Hungary | Budapest | Met with President László Sólyom, Prime Minister Ferenc Gyurcsány and commemorated the 50th anniversary of the Hungarian Uprising. | |
| 32 | 85 | 12-Jul-2006 | 14-Jul-2006 | Germany | Stralsund, Trinwillershagen | Met with Chancellor Angela Merkel. |
| 86 | 14-Jul-2006 | 17-Jul-2006 | Russia | St. Petersburg | 32nd G8 summit; Met with President Hu of China, July 16; and President Lula of Brazil and Prime Minister Singh of India, July 17. | |
| 33 | 87 | 15-Nov-2006 | 15-Nov-2006 | Russia | Moscow | Met with President Putin |
| 88 | 16-Nov-2006 | 17-Nov | Singapore | Met with Acting President Pillay and Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong. Addressed National University of Singapore. | ||
| 89 | 17-Nov-2006 | 20-Nov-2006 | Vietnam | Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City | Attended APEC Leaders' Meeting. | |
| 90 | 20-Nov-2006 | 20-Nov-2006 | Indonesia | Jakarta, Bogor | Met with President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono. | |
| 34 | 91 | 27-Nov-2006 | 28-Nov-2006 | Estonia | Tallinn | Met with President Toomas Hendrik Ilves. |
| 92 | 28-Nov-2006 | 29-Nov-2006 | Latvia | Riga | Attended NATO Summit Meeting. | |
| 93 | 29-Nov-2006 | 30-Nov-2006 | Jordan | Amman | Met with King Abdullah II and Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki. | |
| 35 | 94 | 8-Mar-2007 | 9-Mar-2007 | Brazil | São Paulo | Met with President Lula da Silva. |
| 95 | 9-Mar-2007 | 11-Mar-2007 | Uruguay | Montevideo | Met with President Tabaré Vázquez. | |
| 96 | 11-Mar-2007 | 11-Mar-2007 | Colombia | Bogota | Met with President Álvaro Uribe. | |
| 97 | 11-Mar-2007 | 12-Mar-2007 | Guatemala | Guatemala City, Santa Cruz Balanyá, Iximche | Met with President Óscar Berger. | |
| 98 | 12-Mar-2007 | 14-Mar-2007 | Mexico | Mérida, Uxmal | Met with President Felipe Calderón. Visited Mayan ruins. | |
| 36 | 99 | 4-Jun-2007 | 5-Jun-2007 | Czech Republic | Prague | Met with President Václav Klaus and Prime Minister Mirek Topolánek. Addressed Conference on Democracy and Security. |
| 100 | 5-Jun-2007 | 8-Jun-2007 | Germany | Heiligendamm | 33rd G8 summit; Also met with Chinese President Hu Jintao. | |
| 101 | 8-Jun-2007 | 8-Jun-2007 | Poland | Gdansk, Jurata | Landed at Lech Walesa Airport in Gdansk, met with President Lech Kaczyński at the presidential resort in Jurata on the Baltic Coast. | |
| 102 | 8-Jun-2007 | 10-Jun-2007 | Italy | Rome | Met with Prime Minister Romano Prodi and President Giorgio Napolitano. | |
| 103 | 9-Jun-2007 | 9-Jun-2007 | Vatican City | Audience with Pope Benedict XVI. | ||
| 104 | 10-Jun-2007 | 10-Jun-2007 | Albania | Tirana | Met with President Alfred Moisiu and Prime Minister Sali Berisha. | |
| 105 | 10-Jun-2007 | 11-Jun-2007 | Bulgaria | Sofia | Met with President Georgi Parvanov and Prime Minister Sergei Stanishev. | |
| 37 | 106 | 20-Aug-2007 | 21-Aug-2007 | Canada | Montebello | North American Leaders' Summit with Mexican President Calderon and Canadian Prime Minister Harper |
| 38 | 107 | 3-Sep-2007 | 3-Sep-2007 | Iraq | Al Asad Airbase | Met with Gen. David Petraeus, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, Secretary of Defense Robert Gates, senior U.S. officials, Iraqi political leaders and addressed U.S military personnel . |
| 108 | 3-Sep-2007 | 8-Sep-2007 | Australia | Sydney | Attended APEC Leaders' Meeting. | |
| 39 | 109 | 9-Jan-2008 | 11-Jan-2008 | Israel | Tel Aviv, Jerusalem | Met with Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and President Shimon Peres. Visited Yad Vashem. |
| 110 | 10-Jan-2008 | 10-Jan-2008 | Palestinian National Authority | Ramallah, Bethlehem | Met with President Mahmoud Abbas and visited the Church of the Nativity. | |
| 111 | 11-Jan-2008 | 12-Jan-2008 | Kuwait | Kuwait City, Camp Arifjan | Attended Roundtable on Democracy and Development. Met with Gen. David Petraeus and United States Ambassador to Iraq Ryan Crocker at Camp Arifjan and addressed U.S. military personnel. | |
| 112 | 12-Jan-2008 | 13-Jan-2008 | Bahrain | Manama | Met with King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa. Addressed U.S. military personnel. | |
| 113 | 13-Jan-2008 | 14-Jan-2008 | United Arab Emirates | Abu Dhabi, Dubai | Met with President Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan and Prime Minister Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum. | |
| 114 | 14-Jan-2008 | 16-Jan-2008 | Saudi Arabia | Riyadh, Al-Janadriyah | Met with King Abdullah. | |
| 115 | 16-Jan-2008 | 16-Jan-2008 | Egypt | Sharm el-Sheikh | Met with President Hosni Mubarak. | |
| 40 | 116 | 16-Feb-2008 | 16-Feb-2008 | Benin | Porto Novo | Met with President Yayi Boni. |
| 117 | 16-Feb-2008 | 19-Feb-2008 | Tanzania | Dar es Salaam, Arusha | Met with President Jakaya Kikwete, signed Millenimum Challenge agreement. | |
| 118 | 19-Feb-2008 | 19-Feb-2008 | Rwanda | Kigali | Met with President Paul Kagame and dedicated new Embassy. | |
| 119 | 19-Feb-2008 | 21-Feb-2008 | Ghana | Accra | Met with President John Kufuor. | |
| 120 | 21-Feb-2008 | 21-Feb-2008 | Liberia | Monrovia | Met with President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf. | |
| 41 | 121 | 1-Apr-2008 | 1-Apr-2008 | Ukraine | Kiev | |
| 122 | 2-Apr-2008 | 4-Apr-2008 | Romania | Bucharest | Attended NATO Summit Meeting. | |
| 123 | 4-Apr-2008 | 5-Apr-2008 | Croatia | Zagreb | Met with President Stjepan Mesić. | |
| 124 | 5-Apr-2008 | 6-Apr-2008 | Russia | Sochi | Met with President Vladimir Putin and President-elect Dmitry Medvedev. | |
| 42 | 125 | 14-May-2008 | 16-May-2008 | Israel | Tel Aviv, Jerusalem, Masada | Met with President Peres and Prime Minister Olmert. Addressed the Knesset. Commemorated Israel's 60th anniversary. |
| 126 | 16-May-2008 | 17-May-2008 | Saudi Arabia | Riyadh, al-Janadriyah | Met with King Abdullah. | |
| 127 | 17-May-2008 | 18-May-2008 | Egypt | Sharm el-Sheikh | Met with President Mubarak, King Abdullah II of Jordan, Palestinian Authority President Abbas and Prime Minister Salam Fayyad, Afghan President Karzai and Pakistani Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gillani. Addressed the World Economic Forum. | |
| 43 | 128 | 9-Jun-2008 | 10-Jun-2008 | Slovenia | Ljubljana | Met with President Danilo Türk and Prime Minister Janez Janša. Attended the EU-US Summit Meeting. |
| 129 | 10-Jun-2008 | 11-Jun-2008 | Germany | Meseberg | Met with Chancellor Angela Merkel. | |
| 130 | 11-Jun-2008 | 13-Jun-2008 | Italy | Rome | Met with President Napolitano and Prime Minister Berlusconi. | |
| 131 | 13-Jun-2008 | 13-Jun-2008 | Vatican City | Met with Pope Benedict XVI. | ||
| 132 | 13-Jun-2008 | 15-Jun-2008 | France | Paris | Met with President Nicolas Sarkozy. Addressed the OECD. Attended wreath-laying ceremonies at Suresnes and Fort Mont-Valérien. | |
| 133 | 15-Jun-2008 | 16-Jun-2008 | United Kingdom | London, Belfast | Met with Queen Elizabeth II at Windsor Castle. Met with Prime Minister Blair and Quartet Representative Blair. In Belfast, met with First Minister Peter Robertson and Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness. | |
| 44 | 134 | 6-Jul-2008 | 9-Jul-2008 | Japan | Tōyako | 34th G8 summit; Also met with Tanzanian President Kikwete, Indian Prime Minister Singh, Chinese President Hu, and South Korean President Lee Myung-bak. |
| 45 | 135 | 5-Aug-2008 | 6-Aug-2008 | South Korea | Seoul | Met with President Lee Myung-bak and addressed U.S. military personnel. |
| 136 | 6-Aug-2008 | 7-Aug-2008 | Thailand | Bangkok | Met with Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej. | |
| 137 | 7-Aug-2008 | 11-Aug-2008 | China | Beijing | Met with President Hu Jintao, Premier Wen Jiabao, and Vice President Xi Jinping; Attended the opening ceremonies of the Olympics and Olympic events | |
| 46 | 138 | 21-Nov-2008 | 23-Nov-2008 | Peru | Lima | Attended the 20th APEC Summit |
| 47 | 139 | 14-Dec-2008 | 14-Dec-2008 | Iraq | Baghdad | Met with President Jalal Talabani and Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki. Signed Strategic Framework and Security Agreements. Visited U.S. military personnel. |
| 140 | 14-Dec-2008 | 15-Dec-2008 | Afghanistan | Kabul | Met with President Karzai and visited U.S. military personnel. |
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