Obama Returns Home After 4-Nation, 20,898-Mile Trip
Credit tail winds or a pilot with a heavy hand on the throttle, but President Obama returned home two hours early from this 8-day, 4-nation Asia trip.
Worth noting: The trip home was one of those time warp events: Thanks to the International Date Line, Mr. Obama left Seoul at 4:11p.m. local time Thursday and arrived at Andrews Air Force Base 21 minutes earlier at 350 p.m. Washington time.
He traveled 20,898 miles to Japan, Singapore, China and South Korea.
It brings to 20, the number of foreign nations he has visited since taking office a day short of ten months ago.
He has done more foreign travel in his first year than any other U.S. president. And his overseas journeys are not yet at an end for the year.
He'll be going to Oslo next month to receive his Nobel Peace Prize. And may return to Scandinavia a week later to attend the U.N. Conference on Climate Change in Copenhagen.
More Coverage of Obama's Visit to Asia:
Photo Essays
Photo Essay: Obama at the Great Wall of China
Photo Essay: Obama in China
Photo Essay: Obama in South Korea
Photo Essay: Obama in Japan
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In Asia, Obama Talks Tough on Iran
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