December
- December 1 – President Barack Obama travels to the United States Military Academy, where he presents his new battle strategy for the War in Afghanistan.
- December 3 – The first family lights the National Christmas Tree.
- December 4 – Obama goes to Allentown, Pennsylvania, to give a speech.
- December 10 – Obama accepts the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize at Oslo City Hall in Norway. He also meets with Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg, King Harald V, and Queen Sonja.
- December 14 – Obama meets with members of the financial industry including JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon and PNC Financial Services CEO Jim Rohr, to discuss economic recovery, and later meets with President of Lebanon Michel Suleiman.
- December 18 – Obama attends the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen.
- December 24 – The Obama family arrives in Oahu, Hawaii, for a 10-day holiday vacation at Plantation Estate.
- December 28 – Obama makes his first public remarks on the Christmas Day attempted bombing of Northwest Airlines Flight 253.
Read more about this topic: Timeline Of The Presidency Of Barack Obama (2009)
Famous quotes containing the word december:
“For I have lost the race I never ran,
A rathe December blights my lagging May;”
—Hartley Coleridge (1796–1849)