Looking Back on Obama's Overseas Trips

President Barack Obama (L) shakes hands with France's President Nicolas Sarkozy during a bilateral meeting at the Prefecture of Caen June 6, 2009.
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Honor
"You are why we come back. For you remind us that in the end human destiny is not determined by forces beyond our control," The President said to veterans. "You remind us that our future is not shaped by mere chance or circumstance. Our history has always been the sum total of the choices made and the actions taken by each individual man or woman. It has always been up to us."

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