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• Barack Obama
Press Release: President-Elect Obama Calls Foreign Leaders Today
November 17, 2008
President-elect Barack Obama today returned phone calls to three world leaders and expressed his appreciation for their congratulations on his election. President-elect Obama spoke with:
  • President Saakashvili of Georgia;
  • President Macapagal-Arroyo of the Philippines; and
  • President Gul of Turkey
Citation: Barack Obama: "Press Release: President-Elect Obama Calls Foreign Leaders Today", November 17, 2008. Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project. http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/?pid=84846.
 
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