January 14 – President Obama commits US$100,000,000 to help Haiti recover from the 2010 earthquake, while calling on former AmericanPresidentsGeorge W. Bush and Bill Clinton to assist.[5][6]
January 16 – Secretary of State Hillary Clinton andUSAID DirectorRajiv Shah travel to Haiti.[7]
February 1 – President Obama announces his proposal for thefiscal year 2011 federal budget.[18][19] President Obama answers questions submitted by the public in a live session moderated by Steve Grove of YouTube; the session is broadcast from the White House and on YouTube's CitizenTube channel.[20]
February 2 – President Obama travels toNashua, New Hampshire, touring small businesses before giving a speech at Nashua North High School.[21]
February 6 – President Obama speaks at a gathering of theDemocratic National Committee's Winter Meeting at the Capitol Hilton in Washington, D.C. The President'smotorcade encounters trouble due to theblizzard that affected the region when a snow-laden tree branch fell on a vehicle carrying journalists as it returned to the White House; no one was injured.[23]
February 9 – The Obamas host a concert of music from the era of theCivil Rights Movement at the White House to celebrateBlack History Month. The concert marks the beginning of the 2010 White House music series.[24]
March 1 – Speaking at theUnited States Chamber of Commerce, President Obama announces that $900 million in grants would be given to under-performing schools in America upon acceptance of a reform model.[34][35]
March 2 – Promoting his energy-related jobs proposals, President Obama addresses the faculty and students at theSavannah Technical College inSavannah, Georgia.[36]
March 5 – President Obama travels toArlington, Virginia, discussing his Administration's policy and the economic situation at the headquarters of OPOWER, a corporation producingefficient energy use technology.[37]
March 23 – ThePatient Protection and Affordable Care Act is signed into law by the President. It is the first major health care reform law enacted in the history of the United States.[42]
March 25 – President Obama speaks at theUniversity of Iowa inIowa City,Iowa, where he defends the newly signed Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.[43]
March 28 – President Obama makes an unannounced visit toAfghanistan where he meets with Afghan PresidentHamid Karzai.[44]
April 10 – President Obama calls Polish Prime MinisterDonald Tusk to express his condolences following the death of Polish PresidentLech Kaczyński and others in aplane crash.[54]
April 11 – President Obama holds talks atBlair House withheads of state from India, Kazakhstan, Pakistan, and South Africa on the eve of theNuclear Security Summit that the President is hosting in Washington, D.C.[55]
April 12 – President Obama holds bilateral meetings with a number of heads of state—including a high-profile meeting with Chinese PresidentHu Jintao—and hosts a working dinner with foreign government delegations as part of the Nuclear Security Summit that he is hosting.[56]
April 13 – President Obama participates in the second and final day of theNuclear Security Summit in Washington, D.C., proclaiming at the conclusion of the gathering that "real progress" was made toward the goal of securing nuclear material worldwide.[57]
April 23 – President Obama speaks at anaturalization ceremony for active-duty members of the U.S. military forces in the Rose Garden, strongly criticizing the newly passedArizona SB1070 measure againstillegal immigration, and calling for federal immigration reform.[63]
April 27 – President Obama travels to Iowa and tours the Siemens Wind Turbine Blade Manufacturing Plant inFort Madison, Iowa. There the President delivers remarks on how to grow the economy and put Americans back to work.[69] The President also visits a local business inMt. Pleasant, Iowa and holds a town hall meeting inIndian Hills Community College,Ottumwa, Iowa, spending the night inDes Moines[70]
April 28 – President Obama tours aPOET Biorefining plant inMacon, Missouri and delivers remarks on rebuilding the economy. The President then tours a local farm and visits with the family that operates the farm inPalmyra, Missouri. Later that afternoon the President delivers remarks on the urgent need to pass Wall Street reform at theOakley-Lindsay Civic Center inQuincy, Illinois.[71]
April 29 – President Obama, Vice President Biden, and theFirst Lady attendDorothy Height's funeral at theNational Cathedral. President Obama honors the 2010National Teacher of the Year and the state teachers of the year from across the country at an event in theRose Garden.Jill Biden and Secretary of EducationArne Duncan join him for the event. The President also attends a private DNC fundraising diner in Washington, D.C.[72]
April 30 – From the Rose Garden President Obama makes a statement on the first quarter 2010 GDP numbers. The President is joined by representatives and workers from two U.S. manufacturers,Itron, a Washington state based manufacturer of smart energy meters, andA123 Systems, a Massachusetts-based advanced battery manufacturer, that are expanding production and hiring as a result of theRecovery Act. The President also travels to theJames J. Rowley Training Center inBeltsville, Maryland and observes theSecret Service's training procedures and demonstration activities.[73]
May 4 – President Obama addresses the annual meeting of the Business Council at thePark Hyatt. The President remarks about the administration's ongoing efforts to spur job creation and the important role the business community plays in efforts to rebuild the economy. The President discusses the urgent need to pass Wall Street reform and address core principles of reform that will protect consumers and put in place clear rules of the road to help prevent another crisis. The President also meets withElie Wiesel in the private dining room at the White House.[78][79]
June 10 – The President meets with family members of casualties due to the BP Deepwater Horizon explosion.[97]
June 14 – President Obama travels to theGulf Coast to evaluate efforts to cap the BP oil spill.[98]
June 15 – Speaking from the Oval Office, the President addresses the nation about the BP oil spill.[99]
June 25 – The President travels toMuskoka, Canada[100] for theG8 Summit and participates in various sessions and meetings.[101]
June 26 – The president participates in the G8 Working session in Muskoka and then travels toToronto, Ontario, Canada for theG20 Summit. The President holds separate bilateral meetings with Prime MinisterDavid Cameron of the United Kingdom, PresidentLee Myung-bak of South Korea, PresidentHu Jintao of China and attends the G20 Working Dinner.[102]
June 27 – The president has a morning meeting with PresidentSusilo Bambang Yudhoyono ofIndonesia and then attends the G20 Leaders Working Sessions and various plenary sessions. In the late afternoon he meets with Prime MinisterManmohan Singh of India. In the evening Obama meets with Prime MinisterNaoto Kan of Japan.[102]
July 2 – President Obama and Vice President Biden speak at a memorial service for SenatorRobert C. Byrd.[103]
July 4 – The First Family holds anIndependence Day celebration on the South Lawn of the White House. In attendance are military heroes and their families along with administrative staff and their families.[104]
July 6 – In the fifth meeting between President Obama and Israeli Prime MinisterBenjamin Netanyahu, both agree to encourage direct Israeli-Palestinian peace talks.[105]
July 8 – President Obama travels toKansas City, Missouri and visits Smith Electric Vehicles plant which received a $32 million Recovery Act Grant to build all-electric trucks.[106]
July 13 - President Obama released theNational HIV/AIDS Strategy, the nation's first comprehensive plan to address the HIV epidemic in the United States and coordinate efforts across the federal government.[108]
July 15 – The President travels toHolland, Michigan and delivers remarks at a groundbreaking ceremony for Compact Power battery plant.[109]
July 21 – President Obama signs theDodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, considered to be the largest financial system overhaul since theNew Deal. The law recognizes complex financialderivatives and protects consumers from unfair practices in loans and credit cards by establishing a new consumer protection agency.[110]
July 28 – President Obama travels to Edison, New Jersey and delivers remarks about the Small Business Jobs Initiative.[111]
July 30 – President Obama travels to the Detroit, Michigan area to promote the government bailout of the auto industry. The President speaks to workers at the DetroitChrysler plant[112] and workers at theGeneral Motors'Hamtramck auto assembly plant inHamtramck, Michigan[113]
August 10 – The President receives the credentials of Foreign Ambassadors and marks the beginning of their service in Washington, D.C.[118]
August 11 – After a morning meeting with his national security team on the subject ofIraq, the President delivers remarks and signs theManufacturing Enhancement Act.[119]
August 13 – President Obama supports an Islamic center near New York's ground zero in a speech at a White House Iftar dinner celebrating the Islamic holy month of Ramadan.[120]
August 31 – New design of the Oval Office is presented to the press.[121] The President announces an end to the combat mission inIraq with a speech given from the Oval Office.[122]
October 5 – Along withJill Biden, the President conducts the first ever White House Summit of Community Colleges.[128] President Obama signs "Rosa's Law" (S.2781) which changes references in many Federal Statutes that refer tomental retardation to refer, instead to, "intellectual disability".[129]
October 6 – The President awards Staff Sergeant Robert J. Miller, U.S. Army, theMedal of Honor for conspicuous gallantry in Afghanistan.[130]
October 8 – President Obama signs the 21st Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act of 2010.[131]
October 15 – President Obama meets with former Secretary of StateCondoleezza Rice.[132]
October 22 – President Obama traveled toLas Vegas,Nevada, where he hosted a rally which was organized by Rakitha Hettiarachchi (The Political Campaign Director of Nevada State Democratic Party) to support thereelection ofSenateMajority LeaderHarry Reid.[134][135] The rally was considered as one of the most successful political rallies in the history of Nevada State politics.
October 25 – The President tours the American Cord and Webbing factory inWoonsocket, Rhode Island, and speaks with workers there.[136]
November 2 – President Obama appears on theRyan Seacrest (and other) radio shows to appeal to young voters to vote onElection Day.[138]
November 3 – President Obama holds a news conference in the White House to acknowledge that he and the Democratic party took a "shellacking" in the mid-term elections.[139]
November 6 – The President and First Lady begin a ten-day trip to Asia to improve export opportunities.[140]
November 14 – President Obama and Mrs. Obama return from their four-nation tour having met with various world leaders, spoke at multiple venues, held news conferences, and attended theG-20 andAPEC plenary sessions and ceremonies.[141]
November 16 – President Obama awards U.S. Army Staff Sergeant Salvatore Giunta theMedal of Honor for conspicuous gallantry in the Afghan War.[142]
November 20 – While at the Lisbon summit, President Obama attends various meetings pertaining to Afghanistan and various Russian Council sessions and holds a bilateral meeting with President Karzai of Afghanistan.[146][147]
November 23 – President Obama and South Korean PresidentLee Myung-bak agree in a telephone call to hold joint military and training exercises "in the coming days", in response to theShelling of Yeonpyeong incident.[148]
December 3 – The President makes an unannounced trip toAfghanistan to speak with that country's president,Hamid Karzai, and to visit with American troops.[154] President Obama grants the firstpresidential pardons of his administration to nine people.[155]
December 6 – President Obama speaks to Chinese PresidentHu Jintao, by phone, and urges him to unite with other regional powers and send a clear message to North Korea that its "provocations were unacceptable".[156] The President announces a compromise agreement with Congressional Republicans regarding a tax package that revolves around the question ofextending the Bush tax cuts, then begins an effort to convince unhappy Congressional Democrats to accept it.[157]
December 7 – President Obama holds a news conference regarding the tax cut and unemployment benefits compromise.[158]
December 16 – In an Administrative Assessment of the eight-yearAfghanistan war, President Obama hails significant progress but says it remains "a very difficult endeavor".[160]
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