Timeline of the presidency of Barack Obama (2013)

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The following is a timeline of the Presidency of Barack Obama, from January 1, 2013 to December 31, 2013. For his time as President-elect, see the Presidential transition of Barack Obama; for a detailed account of his first months in office, see First 100 days of Barack Obama's presidency; for a complete itinerary of his travels, see List of presidential trips made by Barack Obama.

January

Second Inauguration of Barack Obama

• January 2 – President Obama signs the 2013 National Defense Authorization Act (H.R. 4310)^[1][2] and the American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012 (H.R. 8) into law.^[3]
• January 2 – President Obama praises lawmakers after the House of Representatives votes to pass a Senate "fiscal cliff" measure, which included permanence for middle-class Bush tax cuts.^[4]
• January 11 – President Obama holds a joint press conference in Washington, D.C., with Afghan President Hamid Karzai to discuss the eventual withdrawal of U.S. forces from Afghanistan.^[5]
• January 14 – The President holds the last press conference of his first term.^[6]
• January 16 – President Obama outlines his gun-control proposals.^[7]
• January 19 – The President and First Lady take part in the national day of service by volunteering at Burrville Elementary School in Northeast, Washington, D.C.^[8]
• January 20 – Barack Obama is sworn into his second term as President of the United States by Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts at the White House.^[9]
• January 21 – The President, Vice President, and other senior government officials participate in ceremonies related to the second inauguration of Barack Obama.^[10]
• January 28 – The President and the Vice President meet with representatives from the Major Cities Chiefs Association and Major County Sheriffs Association to discuss reducing gun violence.^[11]
• January 29 – Speaking at Del Sol High School in Las Vegas, President Obama addresses the issue of comprehensive immigration reform.^[12]

February

• February 4 – No Budget, No Pay Act of 2013 (H.R. 325) is signed into law by President Obama.^[13]

• February 4 – The President holds a roundtable discussion and delivers an address in Minneapolis outlining his gun control campaign.^[14]
• February 6 – President Obama attends the Senate Democratic Issues Conference retreat in Annapolis, Maryland.^[15]
• February 7 – The President and First Lady attend the annual National Prayer Breakfast at the Washington Hilton in Washington, D.C.^[16]
• February 12 – President Obama delivers the State of the Union address and announces a drawdown of 34,000 troops from Afghanistan.^[17]
• February 15 – Completing a three-city tour, the President addresses students at Chicago's Hyde Park Academy.^[18]
• February 22 – The President holds a bilateral meeting with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe of Japan.^[19]
• February 25 – President Obama speaks to the National Governors Association.^[20]

March

• March 1 – President Obama meets with Congressional Leadership on the sequester.^[21]
• March 1 – The President signs an order initiating the 2013 Sequestration ^[22]
• March 7 – The President signs Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2013.^[23][24]
• March 20 – President Obama arrives in Israel, meets with Israeli President Shimon Peres and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and holds a press conference.^[25]
• March 21 – President Obama visits Ramallah in the West Bank, holds a joint news conference with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas ^[26] and, later in the day, speaks at the Jerusalem International Convention Center.^[27]
• March 22 – President Obama arrives in Amman, Jordan for extended bilateral meetings with King Abdullah II of Jordan.^[28]
• March 26 – Stanley Cup victors the LA Kings and MLS Cup victors the LA Galaxy visit the White House and meet with the President.^[29]

April

• April 2 – President Obama holds bilateral meeting with Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong of Singapore.^[30]
• April 3 – The President speaks at the Denver Police Academy promoting common-sense measures to control gun violence.^[31]
• April 11 – President Obama presents his proposed 2014 budget to Congress.^[32]
• April 11 – The President meets with United Nation's Secretary General Ban Ki-moon.^[33]
• April 15 – The President greets NCAA football champions the Alabama Crimson Tide.^[34]
• April 16 – President Obama and Crown Prince Mohammad Bin Zayed of the United Arab Emirates have a working lunch at the White House.^[35]
• April 18 – President Obama speaks at a prayer service for victims of the Boston Marathon bombings.^[36]
• April 23 – The President holds a bilateral meeting with Emir Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani of Qatar.^[37]
• April 26 – The President meets for the second time in a month with Jordan's King Abdullah II.^[38]

May

• May 2 – President Obama visits Mexico and meets with President Enrique Pena Nieto to discuss immigration, energy and security.^[39]
• May 3 – President Obama spends time in Costa Rica with President Laura Chinchilla.^[40]
• May 7 – President Obama holds a bilateral meeting and a press conference with President Park Geun-hye of South Korea.^[41]
• May 8 – President Obama meets with a group of Asian-American and Pacific Islander national leaders.^[42]
• May 13 – President Obama holds a bilateral meeting and a press conference with Prime Minister David Cameron of the United Kingdom.^[43]
• May 15 – Senator John McCain has a private strategy meeting with the President.^[44]
• May 16 – President Obama holds a bilateral meeting and working dinner with Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan of Turkey.^[45]
• May 20 – President Obama holds a bilateral meeting with President Thein Sein of Burma.^[46]
• May 23 – President Obama delivers a speech at the National Defense University on the subject of his administrations counter-terrorism policy.^[47]
• May 24 – The President delivers the commencement address at the United States Naval Academy.^[48]
• May 31 – NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen meets with the President in the Oval Office.^[49]

June

• June 4 – President Obama holds a bilateral meeting with President Sebastián Piñeraof Chile.^[50]
• June 5 – The President welcomes the Super Bowl champion Baltimore Ravens.^[51]
• June 7 – The President delivers a statement on the Affordable Care Act in San Jose, CA.^[52]
• June 10 – The President delivers remarks on the Equal Pay Act.^[53]
• June 11 – The President delivers remarks on Immigration Reform.^[54]
• June 11 – President Obama holds a bilateral meeting with President Ollanta Humala of Peru.^[55]
• June 13 – President Obama speaks at the LGBT Pride Month celebration in the East Room.^[56]
• June 15 - President Obama announces the Climate Action Plan to cut carbon pollution, prepare the Nation for the impacts of climate change, and lead international efforts to address climate change as a global challenge. ^[57]
• June 17 – The President meets with EU leaders during the G-8 Summit in Lough Erne, Northern Ireland to discuss the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership.^[58]
• June 26 – The President outlines his second-term environmental strategy in a speech on climate change.^[59] The President and First Lady arrive in Senegal where they begin a multi-country trip through Africa including South Africa and Tanzania.^[60][61]

July

• July 2 – The President and First Lady conclude their African trip in Tanzania. President Obama has bilateral meeting with President Kikwete.^[62]
• July 9 – The President meets with members of the Congressional Black Caucus.^[63]
• July 10 – The President meets with members of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus.^[64]
• July 11 – President Obama meets with Senator John McCain and Senator Charles Schumer to discuss commonsense immigration reform.^[65]
• July 11 – Chinese Vice-Premier Wang Yang and state councilor Yang Jiechi meet with President Obama to discuss the US-China Strategic and Economic Dialogue.^[66]
• July 17 – President Obama makes a statement on confirmation of Richard Cordray as director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.^[67]
• July 19 – Following the not guilty verdict in the George Zimmerman trial, President Obama gives a speech in the White House Press Room, in which he addresses the shooting of Trayvon Martin, racial profiling, and the state of race relations in the United States.^[68]
• July 22 – President Obama honors the 2013 NCAA Men's Basketball champion Louisville Cardinals.^[69]
• July 25 – President Obama holds a bilateral President Truong Tan Sang of Vietnam.^[70]
• July 29 – President Obama honors the World Series champion San Francisco Giants.^[71]
• July 31 – President Obama honors the NCAA UConn Huskies Women's basketball champion.^[72]

August

• August 1 – The President meets with bipartisan members of Congress to discuss the National Security Agency.^[73] and, later in the day, holds a bipartisan meeting with President Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi of Yemen.^[74]
• August 7 – President Obama is interviewed by Jay Leno on The Tonight Show.^[75]
• August 8 – President Obama holds a bilateral meeting with Prime Minister Antonis Samaras of Greece.^[76]
• August 9 – The Bipartisan Student Loan Certainty Act of 2013 (H.R. 1911) ^[77][78] and the Reverse Mortgage Stabilization Act of 2013, amending the National Housing Act to safeguard homeowners, are signed into law by the President.^[79]
• August 15 – The President remarks on the situation in Egypt.^[80]
• August 19 – The Dodd–Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (H.R. 4173) is discussed by the President and a group of independent financial regulators.^[81]
• August 26 − President Obama awards the Medal of Honor to Staff Sergeant Ty M. Carter of the U.S. Army.^[82]
• August 27 – The President meets with mayors of 18 major US cities to discuss reducing youth violence.^[83]
• August 28 − President Obama delivers remarks at the Lincoln Memorial "Let Freedom Ring" ceremony commemorating the 50th Anniversary of the March on Washington.^[84]
• August 30 – President Obama meets with President Toomas Hendrik Ilves of Estonia, President Dalia Grybauskaitė of Lithuania and Andris Bērziņš of Latvia.^[85]
• August 31 – President Obama speaks on the recent chemical attacks in Syria and asks Congress to authorize military action.^[86]

September

• September 4 – The President has a bilateral meeting and holds a press conference in Stockholm with Prime Minister Reinfeldt of Sweden.^[87] President Obama also meets with King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden to discuss the Syrian air strike plan.^[88]
• September 5 – President Obama arrives in St. Petersburg, Russia for the G-20 summit. The President conducts a bilateral meeting with Prime Minister Shinzō Abe of Japan to discuss the Syria air strike plan.^[89]
• September 6 – The President holds a bilateral meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping to discuss the Syrian air strike plan.^[90] and, later in the day, holds a bilateral meeting with French President François Hollande to also discuss the Syrian air strike plan.^[91]
• September 10 – President Obama addresses the nation about Syrian use of chemical weapons.^[92]
• September 11 − The President attends September 11th Observance Ceremony at the Pentagon Memorial.^[93]
• September 13 – President Obama holds a bilateral meeting with Emir Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah of Kuwait.^[94]
• September 18 − President Obama delivers remarks to members of the Business Roundtable.^[95]
• September 23 – President Obama holds a bilateral meeting with President Goodluck Jonathan of Nigeria.^[96]
• September 24 – President Obama addresses the United Nations General Assembly.^[97] Afterward, the President holds a bilateral meeting with President Michel Sleiman of Lebanon. ^[98]Later in the day, the President meets with Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon of the United Nations and separately with President Mahmoud Abbas of the Palestinian Authority.
• September 26 − The President delivers remarks on the Affordable Care Act.^[99]
• September 27 – President Obama holds a bilateral meeting with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh of India.^[100]
• September 30 – President Obama holds a bilateral meeting and a working lunch with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel.^[101]

October

• October 1 – President Obama remarks on the United States government shutdown and congressional attempts at defunding the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.^[102]
• October 9 – President Obama meets with the House Democratic Caucus.^[103]
• October 10 – President Obama meets with the Senate Democratic Caucus.^[104] and, later in the day, with House Republican leadership.^[105]
• October 15 – The President presents the Medal of Honor to former Army Captain William D. Swenson.^[106]
• October 17 – The Continuing Appropriations Act, 2014 H.R. 2775, containing a continuing resolution ending both the United States federal government shutdown of 2013 and the United States debt-ceiling crisis of 2013 are signed into law by the President.^[107] Later in the day, the President holds a bilateral meeting and a working lunch with Prime Minister Enrico Letta of Italy.^[108]
• October 18 – Jeh Johnson is presented as President Obama's nominee to become the next Department of Homeland Security secretary.^[109]
• October 21 − The President delivers remarks on the Affordable Care Act.^[110]
• October 23 − President Obama holds a bilateral meeting with Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif of Pakistan.
• October 24 – The President speaks on the issue of Immigration Reform.^[111]

November

• November 1 – President Obama holds a bilateral meeting with Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki of Iraq.^[112] Later that day, the President signs an executive order preparing the United States for the impacts of climate change.^[113]
• November 4 – President Obama welcomes the Stanley Cup champion Chicago Blackhawks to the White House.^[114]
• November 5 − President Obama visits the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland.^[115]
• November 13 − The President delivers remarks at the 2013 Tribal Nations Conference. ^[116]
• November 14 − President Obama remarks about the Affordable Care Act.^[117]
• November 20 – President Obama honors sixteen Presidential Medal of Freedom recipients ^[118] and participates in a wreath-laying ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery.
• November 21 − The President signs H.R. 2747: Streamlining Claims Processing for Federal Contractor Employees Act, S. 330: HIV Organ Policy Equity Act, and S. 893: Veterans' Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act of 2013 into law.^[119]
• November 22 − President Obama holds a bilateral meeting with King Mohammed VI of Morocco.
• November 25 – President Obama delivers a speech on Immigration Reform in San Francisco.^[120]

December

• December 3 – President Obama holds a bilateral meeting and a working lunch with President Juan Manuel Santos of Columbia.^[121]

• December 3 – President Obama remarks about the Affordable Care Act.^[122]
• December 5 – Chris Matthews interviews the President before a student audience at American University.^[123]

• December 10 – President Obama joins other world leaders at the state memorial service for Nelson Mandela in Johannesburg, South Africa.^[124]
• December 20 – President Obama holds his final press conference of 2013.^[125]

See also

• First 100 days of Barack Obama's presidency
• List of presidential trips made by Barack Obama during 2013
• Presidency of Barack Obama
• Timeline of the presidency of Barack Obama (2009)
• Timeline of the presidency of Barack Obama (2010)
• Timeline of the presidency of Barack Obama (2011)
• Timeline of the presidency of Barack Obama (2012)
• Timeline of the presidency of Barack Obama (2014)
• Timeline of the presidency of Barack Obama (2015)
• Timeline of the presidency of Barack Obama (2016)

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