Level Three: Foreign Policy

“When our brothers and sisters are in need, we roll up our sleeves and get to work .” President Barack Obama, Weekly Address, November 22, 2012.

President Barack Obama and Prime Minister Mark Rutte of the Netherlands in the Oval Office at the White House, Washington, D.C., 2011. National Archives, Obama Presidential Library.

President Barack Obama and world leaders seated on a patio during the G-8 Summit in L’Aquila, Italy. 2009. National Archives, Obama Presidential Library.

President Barack Obama and world leaders during a working session of the G-8 at Camp David, MD., 2012. National Archives, Obama Presidential Library.

President Barack Obama and President Felipe Calderón of Mexico in a joint press conference at the White House, Washington, D.C., 2010. National Archives, Obama Presidential Library.

First Lady Michelle Obama tours Haiti following a devastating earthquake, 2010. National Archives, Obama Presidential Library.

President Barack Obama speaks from a podium during the Fifth Summit of the Americas, Port of Spain, Trinidad, 2009. National Archives, Obama Presidential Library.

President Barack Obama meets with African Leaders at the White House, Washington, D.C., 2011. National Archives, Obama Presidential Library.

President Barack Obama during the U.S.- Africa Leaders Summit at the Department of State, Washington, D.C., 2014. U.S. Department of State.

President Barack Obama and USAID Administrator Rajiv "Raj" Shah take a tour of the Feed the Future Agricultural Technology Expo in Dakar, Senegal, 2013. National Archives, Obama Presidential Library.

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton provides a U.S. foreign policy address at the Council on Foreign Relations in Washington, D.C., 2009. U.S. Department of State. 

Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama aboard a plane, 2008. Jonathan Torgovnik/Getty Images.

President Barack Obama attends a terrorism threat briefing in the Situation Room of the White House, Washington, D.C., 2010. National Archives, Obama Presidential Library.

Susan Rice and Néstor Osorio visit refugee camp, Zwedru, Liberia, 2012. UN Photo/Patricia Esteve.

John Kerry foreign policy speech, Charlottesville, VA, 2013. U.S. Department of State.

President Barack Obama and President Lee Myung-bak of the Republic of Korea greet people during the State Visit Arrival Ceremony on the South Lawn of the White House, Washington, D.C., 2011. National Archives, Obama Presidential Library.

First Lady Michelle Obama and First Lady Peng Liyuan of China watch a calligraphy demonstration during a tour of No. 2 High School in Beijing, China, 2014. National Archives, Obama Presidential Library.

CDC deputy director Steve Monroe looks over a map showing global health issues under the agency’s surveillance, Atlanta, GA, 2014. AP Photo/David Goldman

CDC meeting to discuss the Ebola outbreak, Atlanta, GA, 2014. AP Photo/David Goldman.

First Lady Michelle Obama speaks to students of the Liceo Bicentario Instituto Cumbre de Condores with Chile's First Lady Cecilia Morell in Santiago, Chile, 2011. Reuters/Eliseo Fernandez.

President Barack Obama meets with world leaders, 2011. National Archives, Obama Presidential Library.

First Lady Michelle Obama meets students in Beijing, China, 2014. National Archives, Obama Presidential Library.

First Lady Michelle Obama and Mrs. Sophie Grégoire-Trudeau of Canada listen to students from Kent Gardens Elementary School sing songs during a program to highlight Let Girls Learn at the United States Institute of Peace in Washington, D.C., 2016. National Archives, Obama Presidential Library.

First Lady Michelle Obama delivers remarks at the Martin Luther King, Jr., school in Dakar, Senegal, 2013. National Archives, Obama Presidential Library.

First Lady Michelle Obama, Meryl Streep and Freida Pinto participate in a CNN interview with Isha Sesay, in support of the Let Girls Learn initiative, at Dar Diafa Restaurant in Marrakech, Morocco, 2016. National Archives, Obama Presidential Library.

First Lady Michelle Obama greets students while attending the Japan-US Joint Girls Education Event at the Iikura Guest House in Tokyo, Japan, 2015. National Archives, Obama Presidential Library.

First Lady Michelle Obama, in support of the Let Girls Learn initiative, takes a tour of the WISE Summit Learning Labs during the 2015 World Innovation Summit for Education at the Qatar National Convention Centre in Doha, Qatar, 2015. National Archives, Obama Presidential Library.

 President Obama speaks to faculty, staff and students of Hankuk University in Seoul, Korea, 2012. National Archives, Obama Presidential Library.

President Barack Obama joins 2014 Nuclear Security Summit leaders for a family group photo at the World Forum, The Hague, the Netherlands, 2014. National Archives, Obama Presidential Library.

President Barack Obama speaks to President Nursultan Nazarbayev of Kazakhstan, President Dmitry Medvedev of Russia, and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, during the second plenary session of the Nuclear Security Summit at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, D.C., 2010. National Archives, Obama Presidential Library.

President Obama delivers a statement in the Cabinet Room of the White House on the impact of U.S. leadership in Iran, Washington, D.C., 2016. National Archives, Obama Presidential Library.

President Barack Obama and world leaders during the G8 Summit at Camp David, MD, 2012. National Archives, Obama Presidential Library.

President Barack Obama meets with the U.N. Security Council, 2016. National Archives, Obama Presidential Library.

Susan Rice attends a United Nations nuclear non-proliferation meeting, New York City, NY, 2010. UN Photo/Paulo Filgueiras.

President Barack Obama greets children in San Pedro, Cartagena, Columbia, 2012. National Archives, Obama Presidential Library.

First Lady Michelle Obama and Dr. Lok Chumteay Kittiprittbandit Bun Rany Hun Sen, First Lady of Cambodia, participates in a Let Girls Learn initiative event at Hun Sen Prasat Bakorng High School in Siem Reap, Cambodia, 2015. National Archives, Obama Presidential Library.

President Barack Obama attends a nuclear security summit, Seoul, Korea, 2012. National Archives, Obama Presidential Library.

President Barack Obama eats green tea ice cream during his visit to the Great Buddha of Kamakura at the Kotoku-in Temple in Kamakura, Japan, 2010. National Archives, Obama Presidential Library.

Cabinet meeting following the death of Osama Bin Laden at the White House, Washington, D.C. 2011. National Archives, Obama Presidential Library.

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