November
- November 1 – President Barack Obama travels to Camden and Newark, New Jersey to support the reelection campaign of Governor Jon Corzine.
- November 2 – Obama meets with Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt of Sweden to discuss climate change before the United Nations Climate Change Conference 2009.
- November 3 – Obama hosts several European leaders, meeting with German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Patriarch Bartholomew I, President of the European Commission Jose Manuel Barroso and the High Representative for the Common Foreign and Security Policy Javier Solana.
- November 4 – President Obama and Secretary of Education Arne Duncan travel to James C. Wright Middle School in Madison, Wisconsin to discuss overhauls to the American education system.
- November 5 – President Obama meets with the President of Botswana Ian Khama in the Oval Office. Obama also meets with the Congressional Hispanic Caucus to discuss Hispanic relations in the United States.
- November 6 – Obama visits Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, D.C., to award two Purple Hearts.
- November 9 – Barack Obama welcomes Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the Oval Office. Obama also signs an executive order establishing the Council on Veterans Employment.
- November 10 – President Barack Obama gives a eulogy at the Fort Hood ceremony honoring those killed in the shooting rampage on November 5, 2009, by Major Nidal Malik Hasan.
- November 11 – President Obama travels to Arlington National Cemetery on Veterans Day, to lay a ceremonial wreath on the Tomb of the Unknowns.
- November 12 – President Obama meets with military personnel at the Elmendorf Air Force Base, near Anchorage, Alaska.
- November 13 – President Barack Obama arrives in Tokyo to meet with Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama, and holds a bilateral meeting.
- November 14 – Obama delivers a major address regarding Asia's relationship with the United States, at Suntory Hall in Minato, Tokyo, Japan.
- November 15 – President Obama attends the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Singapore 2009 conference in the Republic of Singapore, along with United States Trade Representative Ron Kirk. Obama also meets with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong.
- November 16 – President Barack Obama meets mayor Han Zheng in Shanghai, and holds a town hall to meet with students at the Shanghai Science and Technology Museum. Obama also attends a state dinner with President Hu Jintao in Beijing.
- November 17 – Obama holds a series of meetings with President Hu Jintao, to discuss issues regarding U.S.-China relations. President Obama also tours the Forbidden City in Beijing.
- November 18 – Barack Obama meets with Premier Wen Jiabao and visits the Great Wall of China before leaving for Seoul, South Korea.
- November 19 – Obama meets and holds an arrival ceremony with South Korean President Lee Myung-bak in Seoul, South Korea.
- November 23 – President Obama presents the Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Award to Magadonga Mahlangu, Jenni Williams, and their organization known as WOZA, in a ceremony in the East Room of the White House.
- November 24 – The first state dinner of the Obama presidency honoring Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is held in a reception on the White House grounds.
- November 25 – President Barack Obama officially pardons two turkeys in recognition of Thanksgiving in the United States.
- November 30 – Obama and Clinton meet Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd.
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