Posted on 11/16/2011 7:48:03 AM PST by traumer
Cheek-to-cheek and hand-in-hand as they met on a wind-swept airport runway, they only had eyes for each other. And if Australia's prime minister Julia Gillard was half-hearted when she welcomed the Queen to her country last month, she certainly did not hold back with Barack Obama.
The pair exchanged a warm embrace on the tarmac at Canberra airport as the president flew in for a whirlwind visit before heading on to Indonesia.
They later held a joint press conference in which they unveiled plans to deepen the U.S. military presence in the Asia-Pacific, with 2,500 U.S. marines operating out of a de facto base in northern Australia. U.S. troops and aircraft will operate out of the tropical city of Darwin, only 820 kms from Indonesia, able to respond quickly to any humanitarian and security issues in Southeast Asia, where disputes over sovereignty of the South China Sea are causing rising tensions.
'With my visit to the region, I am making it clear that the United States is stepping up its commitment to the entire Asia-Pacific region,' Mr Obama said. 'It is appropriate for us to make sure...that the security architecture for the region is updated for the 21st century and this initiative is going to allow us to do that.'
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I’d bet he has one of those fanny purses to carry his accessories in, too. I’m also guessing he doesn’t need a repair tool in the first place!
I really doubt that he hits a wedge high enough to even need that tool.
They look like they just finished...something, and he’s zipping up.
Weird.
...and probably never hits a green from outside 140.
Yeah, I was going to say that I doubt this dope could hit a green from far enough away to bruise the grass.
8 Ball from FMJ. LOL.
"Baby, I am not from Havana."
Maybe an early Alzheimer - and was reminded his fly was open....
So, no one in his taxpayer funded posse knows enough about the game to keep the President of the United States from dressing like an idiot on the golf course?
Apparently not. It seems that with golf, like the rest of his endeavors, it is his habit just to fake it.
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