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2009 Summit of the Americas

Date: 04/17/2009 Location: Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago Description: President Obama addresses the opening ceremony of the Summit of the Americas. © White House Photo/Pete Souza   Date: 04/17/2009 Location: Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic Description: Secretary Clinton conducts a digital town hall meeting in advance of the Summit of the Americas. © AP Photo from video
At the Port of Spain in Trinidad and Tobago where leaders from virtually every nation in the hemisphere gathered, President Obama addressed the opening ceremony of the Summit of the Americas. © White House Photo/Pete Souza
-Full Text of Remarks
   Secretary Clinton conducted a digital Town Hall, connecting people "online from Brazil and Peru to Mexico, Jamaica, and far beyond even our hemisphere." © AP Photo
-Secretary's Trip Page
-Photo Galleries: Haiti | Dominican Republic
         
Date: 04/19/2009 Description: Photo of the Declaration of Commitment of the Port of Spain signed on April 19, 2009, at the Summit of the Americas in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago. State Dept Photo      
Declaration of Commitment of the Port of Spain signed on April 19, 2009, at the Summit of the Americas in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago.      

-05/21/09  Second U.S. Joint Summit Working Group Meeting on Summit Implementation; Bureau of Public Affairs, Office of the Spokesman; Washington, DC
-04/19/09  Declaration of Commitment of Port of Spain; Fifth Summit of the Americas; Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago
-State Department Facebook Page: "Fifth Summit of the Americas 2009, Trinidad and Tobago"
-Department of State's Social Media Hub for the Fifth Summit of Americas
-04/19/09   White House Fact Sheet: The United States and the 2009 Summit of the Americas: Securing Our Citizens' Future
-04/19/09   White House Photo Gallery: Summit of the Americas: Behind the Scenes
-04/17/09   Photo: President Obama With Costa Rican President Arias at the Summit of the Americas
-04/16/09   Photo Gallery: Secretary's Trip to the Dominican Republic
-04/16/09   Photo Gallery: Secretary's Trip to Haiti
-2009 Summit of the Americas Provisional Program for Heads of State/Government and Heads of Delegation
-Heads of Government and U.S. Government Officials Attending the Fifth Summit
-04/18/09   White House Blog: To Learn from History, Not Be Trapped by It
-04/17/09   Remarks by the President at the Summit of the Americas Opening Ceremony
-04/17/09  Digital Town Hall of the Americas;  Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
-04/17/09  Remarks With Dominican Republic President Leonel Fernandez;  Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
-04/16/09   White House Blog: Towards the Summit
-04/16/09   Op-ed by President Barack Obama: "Choosing a Better Future in the Americas"
-04/13/09  Secretary Clinton to Conduct Digital Town Hall of the Americas; Bureau of Public Affairs, Office of the Spokesman; Washington, DC
-04/13/09  Secretary Clinton Travel to Haiti, the Dominican Republic, and Trinidad and Tobago; Acting Department Spokesman Robert Wood, Bureau of Public Affairs, Office of the Spokesman; Washington, DC
-04/06/09  Upcoming Summit of the Americas; White House Advisor for the Summit of the Americas Jeffrey S. Davidow; Washington, DC
-03/20/09   Blog Entry: Follow Fifth Summit of the Americas on Facebook; Andres Delgado, Trade Officer
-03/12/09  A Discussion on the Summit of the Americas;  Assistant Secretary Jr. Thomas A. Shannon, Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs; Inter-American Dialogue; Washington, DC

U.S.-Joint Summit Working Group
Date: 05/21/2009 Description: Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton meets with representatives of the member institutions of the Joint Summit Working Group (JSWG) in Washington, D.C., May 21, 2009. State Dept PhotoSecretary Clinton met with the member institutions of the Joint Summit Working Group (JSWG) and pledged the support of the U.S. Government to work with the members of the JSWG to implement initiatives announced at the April 17-19 Summit of the Americas.