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Obama to Show Family His Indonesian Past on Visit
JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com — President Barack Obama will take his family on a journey back to his boyhood in Indonesia, where he played games on the sweltering tropical streets of the capital and learned a foreign language. Details are still being finalized for the trip in late March, but Obama will spend more time in Indonesia than any other American leader, presidential spokesman Dino Patti Djalal told reporters in Jakarta Tuesday.
Indonesia, where terrorists have carried out five major strikes since 2002, is a key U.S. ally in the fight against Islamist extremism. Obama will have discussions with Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, who was re-elected in July. While on his first overseas travel this year, Obama also will head to Australia for talks with Prime Minister Kevin Rudd and stop in the U.S. territory of Guam to meet U.S. military personnel on the island.
Former U.S. President George W. Bush stopped over for a night in Indonesia in November 2006, when hundreds of protesters denounced U.S. military intervention in Afghanistan and Iraq. Like in many countries, Obama enjoys widespread popularity in Indonesia, home to the world’s largest Muslim population.
Many Indonesians believe Obama will mend ties between the West and the Middle East strained by unpopular wars. Obama, whose mother married an Indonesian, went to elementary school in the capital from 1967 to 1971.
Former classmates and teachers hope to hold a reunion for the man they remember from nearly four decades ago as a chubby, active kid they called “Barry”. “It certainly is an honor for us that there was a student in this school who is now the American president and will motivate our students to study harder and be a leader,” said Hasimah, the principal of the Menteng 1 public school.
Like many Indonesians she has one name. Obama’s sister, Maya, was born in Indonesia, where they first lived in a humble home with chickens and ducks in the backyard before moving up to a Dutch colonial-style house in one of the most prestigious neighborhoods in Jakarta.
source: kompas.com
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