William Blaine Richardson III was an American politician,author,and diplomat who served as the 30th governor of New Mexico from 2003 to 2011. He was also the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations and energy secretary in the Clinton administration,a U.S. congressman,chair of the 2004 Democratic National Convention,and chair of the Democratic Governors Association.
Jay Robert Inslee is an American politician,lawyer,and economist who has served as the 23rd governor of Washington since 2013. A member of the Democratic Party,he served as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from 1993 to 1995 and again from 1999 to 2012,and was a candidate for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination. He is the longest-serving current governor in the United States.
Wing Chong Luke was a Chinese-American lawyer and politician from Seattle.
Jon Meade Huntsman Jr. is an American businessman,diplomat,and politician who served as the 16th governor of Utah from 2005 to 2009. A member of the Republican Party,he served as the ambassador of the United States to Russia from 2017 to 2019,ambassador to China from 2009 to 2011,and ambassador to Singapore from 1992 to 1993.
Bellevue College (BC) is a public college in Bellevue,Washington. Created in 1966,the school is the largest of the 34 institutions that make up the Washington Community and Technical Colleges (SBCTC) system and the third-largest institution of higher education in the state.
The Democratic Governors Association (DGA) is a Washington,D.C.-based 527 organization founded in 1983,consisting of U.S. state and territorial governors affiliated with the Democratic Party. The mission of the organization is to provide party support to the election and re-election of Democratic gubernatorial candidates. The DGA's Republican counterpart is the Republican Governors Association. The DGA is not directly affiliated with the non-partisan National Governors Association.
Davis Wright Tremaine LLP is an American business and litigation law firm. Founded in 1944,the firm is a limited liability partnership and employs over 500 lawyers. Davis Wright Tremaine is headquartered in Seattle,Washington,and has offices in seven other cities in the United States.
Asian American history is the history of ethnic and racial groups in the United States who are of Asian descent. The term "Asian American" was an idea invented in the 1960s to bring together Chinese,Japanese,and Filipino Americans for strategic political purposes. Soon other groups of Asian origin,such as Korean,Indian,and Vietnamese Americans were added. For example,while many Chinese,Japanese,and Filipino immigrants arrived as unskilled workers in significant numbers from 1850 to 1905 and largely settled in Hawaii and California,many Vietnamese,Cambodian,and Hmong Americans arrived in the United States as refugees following the Vietnam War. These separate histories have often been overlooked in conventional frameworks of Asian American history.
Christopher P. Lu is a Chinese American political advisor who serves as the U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations for Management and Reform. He is also an alternative representative to the United Nations General Assembly during his tenure as Representative for Management and Reform. In the Obama administration,Lu served as the United States Deputy Secretary of Labor from 2014 to 2017,the White House Cabinet Secretary and Assistant to the President from 2009 to 2013,and the co-chair of the White House Initiative on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders. Lu graduated from the Woodrow Wilson School at Princeton University and from Harvard Law School,where he was a classmate of Obama's.
The first 100 days of the Barack Obama presidency began on January 20,2009,the day Barack Obama was inaugurated as the 44th president of the United States. The first 100 days of a presidential term took on symbolic significance during Franklin D. Roosevelt's first term in office,and the period is considered a benchmark to measure the early success of a president. The 100th day of his presidency ended on April 30,2009. Obama stated that he should not be judged just by his first hundred days:"The first hundred days is going to be important,but it’s probably going to be the first thousand days that makes the difference." Obama began to formally create his presidential footprint during his first 100 days. Obama quickly began attempting to foster support for his economic stimulus package,American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. The bill passed in the House on January 28,2009,by a 244–188 vote,and it passed in the Senate on February 10 by a 61–37 margin.
The following is a timeline of the presidency of Barack Obama from his inauguration as the 44th president of the United States on January 20,2009,to December 31,2009. For his time as president-elect,see the presidential transition of Barack Obama;for a detailed account of his first months in office,see first 100 days of the Barack Obama presidency;for a complete itinerary of his travels,see list of presidential trips made by Barack Obama.
Barack Obama assumed office as president of the United States on January 20,2009,and his term ended on January 20,2017. The president has the authority to nominate members of his Cabinet to the United States Senate for confirmation under the Appointments Clause of the United States Constitution.
The U.S.–China Strategic and Economic Dialogue (S&ED) was a high-level dialogue for the United States and China to discuss a wide range of regional and global strategic and economic issues between both countries. The establishment of the S&ED was announced on April 1,2009,by U.S. President Barack Obama and Chinese President Hu Jintao. The upgraded mechanism replaced the former Senior Dialogue and Strategic Economic Dialogue started under the George W. Bush administration. High-level representatives of both countries and their delegations will met annually at capitals alternating between the two countries.
U.S. President Barack Obama's East Asia Strategy (2009–2017),also known as the Pivot to Asia,represented a significant shift in the foreign policy of the United States since the 2010s. It shifted the country's focus away from the Middle Eastern and European sphere and allowed it to invest heavily and build relationships in East Asian and Southeast Asian countries,especially countries which are in close proximity to the People's Republic of China (PRC) either economically,geographically or politically to counter its rise as a rival potential superpower.
Asian Americans represent a growing share of the national population and of the electorate. The lower political participation of Asian Americans has been raised as a concern,especially as it relates to their influence on politics in the United States. Asian Americans were once a strong constituency for Republicans. In 1992,George H.W. Bush won 55% of Asian voters. In the 21st century,Asian Americans have become a key Democratic Party constituency. As of 2023,62% of Asian American registered voters identify with or lean towards the Democratic Party,in contrast to 34% who identify with or lean towards the Republicans.
Rebecca Margaret Blank was an American economist and academic administrator. She was chancellor of the University of Wisconsin–Madison from 2013 to 2022. She served in several senior roles in the United States Department of Commerce during the presidency of Barack Obama,including more than a year as acting United States Secretary of Commerce.
Greater Seattle has had a Chinese American community almost since its founding in 1851. Chinese workers arriving in the 1860s were welcomed,because the Seattle area was sparsely settled and workers were needed;within a few decades,however,newly arrived white settlers resented the Chinese workers,and there were several anti-Chinese riots as the whites attempted to expel the Chinese from the area. Chinese settlement persisted,with the immigrants settling in a well-defined Chinatown where they maintained their culture through family groups,associations,and churches. In the mid-20th century Chinese Americans joined with other immigrant groups to oppose racial discrimination. In 1962 a Chinese American became the first person of Asian ancestry to hold elective office in the state of Washington.
The 2015 state visit of Xi Jinping to the United States,which was from September 22 to 28,2015,was the state visit of China's paramount leader Xi Jinping to the United States. It was his seventh visit to the United States and his first visit after succeeding the General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party in 2012. During his visit,Xi attended the US–China Internet Industry Forum,met US President Barack Obama and attended the 70th anniversary of the United Nations.
Sam Cho is an American politician and entrepreneur based in Seattle,Washington serving as a commissioner of the Port of Seattle. Prior to serving as a commissioner,he was founder and CEO of Seven Seas Export,a political appointee in the Obama administration,and a staffer for a member of the Washington State Senate and United States Congress. Cho was elected to the Seattle Port Commission in 2019,becoming the only minority port commissioner at that time. He took his oath of office in two languages,English and Korean,as a tribute to his family's immigrant roots.
Roger F. Nyhus is an American business and civic leader who is serving as the United States ambassador to Barbados,the Eastern Caribbean and the OECS.
