Barack Obama congratulates Trump, invites him to White House

<div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJpjRaUu2GBGMMBXB3MStQkpORlcCPhGgkxC-NT04DAFeu5Tsvhl5oTLMxqXSCj22IWTmFYrIsUNbXE5Ja90bOpR1eE_5XRYog7ilNi2DfaRQCjkjoNFurToWqXkWTl8_TPxRYfj6Qnq-b/s2560/%25255BUNSET%25255D.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJpjRaUu2GBGMMBXB3MStQkpORlcCPhGgkxC-NT04DAFeu5Tsvhl5oTLMxqXSCj22IWTmFYrIsUNbXE5Ja90bOpR1eE_5XRYog7ilNi2DfaRQCjkjoNFurToWqXkWTl8_TPxRYfj6Qnq-b/s640/%25255BUNSET%25255D.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;"/></a>US President Barack Obama called Donald Trump, his newly-elected successor, Wednesday to congratulate him on his victory and invited him to the White House for talks on Thursday.<br/> <br/> Obama also called Hillary Clinton, his onetime secretary of state and fellow Democrat, to express his “admiration for the strong campaign she waged throughout the country,” White House spokesman Josh Earnest said in a statement.<br/> <br/> <br/> The president was set to make a statement later Wednesday about the election results, which sent a shockwave across America and through world markets.<br/> <br/> At the White House, Obama — whose own 2008 campaign to make history as the country’s first black president hinged on unifying a divided country — plans to discuss “what steps we can take as a country to come together after this hard-fought election season,” Earnest said.<br/> <br/> During their talks on Thursday, Obama and Trump — who once spearheaded the so-called birther movement questioning the president’s place of birth and legitimacy to be president — are set to discuss the presidential transition.<br/> <br/> “Ensuring a smooth transition of power is one of the top priorities the president identified at the beginning of the year and a meeting with the president-elect is the next step,” added Earnest.</div>

Barack Obama congratulates Trump, invites him to White House

US President Barack Obama called Donald Trump, his newly-elected successor, Wednesday to congratulate him on his victory and invited him to ...

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Michelle Obama And Former US President George Bush Are New "Best Friends". Photos

<div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'>Us First Lady Michelle Obama and Former President George W Bush shared a sweet embrace at the opening of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture on Saturday. <br/> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkc8pd2nd7y_n6oDXad3AKgKQDagutce1gjb8P3kTpDGU73jiKcLd_RpZ3Ui86oilfY2HUw7D47LooZIAiwJSeb7g5MheMTdLLhrPh1E53hd-giWQdMYeH38dzhfBjLkQVKKusOGUDXEL8/s2560/%25255BUNSET%25255D.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkc8pd2nd7y_n6oDXad3AKgKQDagutce1gjb8P3kTpDGU73jiKcLd_RpZ3Ui86oilfY2HUw7D47LooZIAiwJSeb7g5MheMTdLLhrPh1E53hd-giWQdMYeH38dzhfBjLkQVKKusOGUDXEL8/s640/%25255BUNSET%25255D.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;"/></a><br/> Michelle grasped Bush's hand as they both smiled before Obama took the stage to deliver the final speech to officially open the museum, which has been in the works since 2003.<br/> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVO02we8Eeu1TF-nOWEo-WaFNQ6YaX1_dkylE6dh0vtsxOc0N4El91mXvfOrnD0WRlTHIV6XgToG7afoSfUbWryqBjA98gea1x_sNfPnSEvj3ertMJ8HOkVa2ArdGY501wfyIqN9nDMGmU/s2560/%25255BUNSET%25255D.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVO02we8Eeu1TF-nOWEo-WaFNQ6YaX1_dkylE6dh0vtsxOc0N4El91mXvfOrnD0WRlTHIV6XgToG7afoSfUbWryqBjA98gea1x_sNfPnSEvj3ertMJ8HOkVa2ArdGY501wfyIqN9nDMGmU/s640/%25255BUNSET%25255D.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;"/></a><br/> Barack Obama delivered a powerful speech celebrating the new $540 million museum...He said the museum told the true story of America, a 'richer and fuller story of who we are'. The president sat side-by-side with former President George W Bush as the guests of honor <br/> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqhttA_6wuZB-t_12NyQdoslaingIEss1ZjYbk-c0E2Y7l7vHbkFzqnc65So5dXVUDNM4UnKCdIKrqOye8l7kSheuSBflsSNk4Dk5j92KtsF5fiZ_pIxzk-y7fvSHRK_aiRQRuaREFX4yW/s2560/%25255BUNSET%25255D.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqhttA_6wuZB-t_12NyQdoslaingIEss1ZjYbk-c0E2Y7l7vHbkFzqnc65So5dXVUDNM4UnKCdIKrqOye8l7kSheuSBflsSNk4Dk5j92KtsF5fiZ_pIxzk-y7fvSHRK_aiRQRuaREFX4yW/s640/%25255BUNSET%25255D.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;"/></a><br/> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNd5aoX_p-0iEeG7wYJTKCcPFGd_lDKOPXKVowdbpe1uCSE9HPHNoWTUPiicAWyFP5MRAvExtW8aiYFNPkVr7IlQQOBjkiNR40HsNOiRnfLf3w602a5GrJ6bQF8z8k0zS4n80Y6qpF2Bz_/s2560/%25255BUNSET%25255D.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNd5aoX_p-0iEeG7wYJTKCcPFGd_lDKOPXKVowdbpe1uCSE9HPHNoWTUPiicAWyFP5MRAvExtW8aiYFNPkVr7IlQQOBjkiNR40HsNOiRnfLf3w602a5GrJ6bQF8z8k0zS4n80Y6qpF2Bz_/s640/%25255BUNSET%25255D.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;"/></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNMcC6fkWY7BBCqNstW4QoQMG9JN_g2dZViSDqrWeDo-C9e0lezVOZ_tTIuD1sL2X3D3oPwuW_C5Y3IOHXoR7yWnabMyWRSDK8mKF4U458YASeQosK_pKOkXLdu4kDCS93DmeCQfwhJ-Xi/s2560/%25255BUNSET%25255D.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNMcC6fkWY7BBCqNstW4QoQMG9JN_g2dZViSDqrWeDo-C9e0lezVOZ_tTIuD1sL2X3D3oPwuW_C5Y3IOHXoR7yWnabMyWRSDK8mKF4U458YASeQosK_pKOkXLdu4kDCS93DmeCQfwhJ-Xi/s640/%25255BUNSET%25255D.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;"/></a><br/> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJQjfsTZxgSHuRSdC1YEPFMr53i305444iOVaSWpF02DDQSWrxStCKNnqwKp2xk2OdwmU-MabTdBKm2NT3FKgbH7JK_L7UEy3f7eMlibMd7VT69hpD5vSIYMzklmFBM2rDzza2rQcpCJ7m/s2560/%25255BUNSET%25255D.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJQjfsTZxgSHuRSdC1YEPFMr53i305444iOVaSWpF02DDQSWrxStCKNnqwKp2xk2OdwmU-MabTdBKm2NT3FKgbH7JK_L7UEy3f7eMlibMd7VT69hpD5vSIYMzklmFBM2rDzza2rQcpCJ7m/s640/%25255BUNSET%25255D.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;"/></a><br/> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgH-PIZfebisgdWMvb1R0SVEzlwKyElpgv9RGhdJILtNk9qT-PQvzuBTdr0FZnqhv_yPAjOvkKWKCys0il6A6FWppV-lhNF81LNEvfrJTjJ3Cbu6fKIWFw9KOnySpvgloqnOygF8udbn6y1/s2560/%25255BUNSET%25255D.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgH-PIZfebisgdWMvb1R0SVEzlwKyElpgv9RGhdJILtNk9qT-PQvzuBTdr0FZnqhv_yPAjOvkKWKCys0il6A6FWppV-lhNF81LNEvfrJTjJ3Cbu6fKIWFw9KOnySpvgloqnOygF8udbn6y1/s640/%25255BUNSET%25255D.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;"/></a></div>

Michelle Obama And Former US President George Bush Are New "Best Friends". Photos

Us First Lady Michelle Obama and Former President George W Bush shared a sweet embrace at the opening of the Smithsonian National Museum of ...

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