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Camp David is a 125-acre (51 ha) country retreat for the president of the United States.It lies in the wooded hills of Catoctin Mountain Park, in Frederick County, Maryland, near the towns of Thurmont and Emmitsburg, about 62 miles (100 km) north-northwest of the national capital city, Washington, D.C. [1] [2] [3] It is code-named Naval Support Facility Thurmont.
The 38th G8 summit was held in Camp David, Maryland, United States, on 18–19 May 2012. [1]The event occurred just before the year's NATO summit. [1] The G8 summit was moved from Chicago, where it was going to be held back-to-back with the NATO summit, possibly due to fears of a large convergence of protestors.
President Obama, along with First Lady Michelle Obama and daughter Sasha Obama, traveled to Panama City, Florida, swimming in the Gulf of Mexico off the Panama City Beach. ( Malia Obama , who was away at summer camp, did not attend.) [ 99 ] [ 100 ]
This is a list of presidential trips made by Barack Obama during 2011, the third year of his presidency as the 44th president of the United States.. This list excludes trips made within Washington, D.C., the U.S. federal capital in which the White House, the official residence and principal workplace of the president, is located.
This page is subject to the extended confirmed restriction related to the Arab-Israeli conflict. U.S. President Bill Clinton, Israeli prime minister Ehud Barak and Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat at Camp David, July 2000 The 2000 Camp David Summit was a summit meeting at Camp David between United States president Bill Clinton, Israeli prime minister Ehud Barak and Palestinian Authority ...
Camp David – originally dubbed Shangri-La – was created by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1942 during World War II. He wanted a secure presidential hideaway outside of DC, and quickly gave ...
Khalidi analyses three key moments in the recent history of the conflict: the Camp David Accords in 1978, the Madrid Conference of 1991, and President Barack Obama's retreat from his initially firm stance on the settlement issue in the early years of his presidency. Throughout the book, Khalidi argues that the United States, which claims to be ...
At Camp David on 18 August 2023, Biden announced the pact, [11] marking the first time that international leaders visited the retreat since 2015, when then-president Barack Obama held a Gulf Cooperation Council summit there. The summit was the first time in Biden's presidency that journalists were allowed on Camp David's grounds. [12]