List of presidential trips made by Barack Obama (2012)

This is a list of presidential trips made by Barack Obama during 2012, the fourth year of his presidency as the 44th President of the United States.

This list excludes trips made within Washington, D.C., the U.S. federal capital in which the White House, the official residence and principal workplace of the President, is located. Additionally excluded are trips to Camp David, the country residence of the President, and to the private home of the Obama family in Kenwood, Chicago.

Country/ U.S. state	Areas visited	Date(s)	Notes
Iowa	Cedar Rapids	January 25	President Obama traveled to Cedar Rapids, Iowa after delivering the State of the Union Speech and toured the Conveyor Engineering & Manufacturing facility before delivering a speech on jobs stimulus.[1]
Arizona	Chandler	January 25	President Obama traveled to Chandler, Arizona and visted an Intel plant.[2]
Nevada	Las Vegas	January 25-26	President Obama arrived at McCarren International Airport and spent the night at the Element Hotel in Summerlin before visiting a UPS facility in Paradise the next day.[3]
Colorado	Aurora	January 26	President Obama will visit Buckley Air Force Base in Aurora to deliver a speech on clean energy.[4]
Michigan	Ann Arbor	January 27	President Obama visted the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor delivering a speech on the rising costs of education.[5]

Country/ U.S. state	Areas visited	Date(s)	Notes
Nevada	Boulder City	March 21	President Obama arrived at McCarren International Airport before visiting the Copper Mountain Solar Facility in Boulder City.[6]
South Korea	Osan Air Base, Korean Demilitarized Zone, Seoul	March 25–27	President Obama visited South Korea to take part in the 2012 Nuclear Security Summit, in Seoul. After landing at Osan Air Base, south of Seoul, Mr. Obama traveled to the demilitarized zone between North and South Korea, where he greeted some of the 28,500 American troops stationed in South Korea. He visited Observation Post Ouellette, a hilltop border post ringed with sandbags, overlooking the heavily fortified, brown hills of the North Korean countryside. After returning from the Korean Demilitarized Zone Obama hold a bilateral meeting with Prime Minister Erdogan of Turkey and attend a bilateral meeting with President Lee Myung-bak of the Republic of Korea at the Blue House. While attending the Nuclear Security Summit Obama hold bilateral meetings with President Medvedev of Russia, President Nursultan Nazarbayev of Kazakhstan, President Hu Jintao of China and Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gillani of Pakistan. President Obama also delivered remarks at Hankuk University of Foreign Studies in Seoul in which he discussed his Prague agenda to stop the spread of nuclear weapons and seek the peace and security of a world without them, including his commitment to safe, clean nuclear energy as part of his comprehensive strategy to develop all sources of American energy.[7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26][27][28][29][30]
Vermont	Burlington, University of Vermont	March 30	President Obama arrived at Burlington International Airport at around 11:30 AM on March 30th and attended two campaign fundraisers in Burlington, ending the longest presidential visit drought of any state in the country. He first attended a reception with a group of about 100 people at the Sheraton Hotel & Conference Center on the outskirts of town before speaking at a larger event of around 4800 people at the Patrick Gym/Gutterson Fieldhouse complex on the campus of the University of Vermont. Vermont Governor Peter Shumlin, and Vermont Senators Bernie Sanders, I-VT, and Patrick Leahy, D-VT, also spoke at the UVM event prior to the president. The event at UVM was the largest campaign event that Obama's reelection campaign had held to date in terms of attendance.[31] For this trip (as well as the subsequent stop in Portland), a Boeing C-32 aircraft served as Air Force One, instead of the usual Boeing VC-25.
Maine	Portland	March 30

Country/ U.S. state	Areas visited	Date(s)	Notes
Colombia	Cartagena, Colombia	April 13–15[32][33][34]	President Obama traveled on a state visit to Colombia[35][36][37] to take part in the 6th Summit of the Americas[38][39][40][41][42][43][44][45][46][47][48][49][50][51][52] at the Julio Cesar Turbay Ayala Convention Center[53] in Cartagena, Colombia and and strengthen ties with the hispanic community in his own country[35]. Before the background of more distance and independence by Latin American and Caribbean countries from the United States of America[54][55][56][57][58] discussed topics expected were the pros and cons of drug legalization in the context of America’s War on Drugs[59][60][61][62][63][64][65][66][67][68][69][70][57][71] as well as the U.S. sanctions on Cuba and Cuba's continued exclusion from the Summit of the Americas[61][64][65][66][72][69][73][73][74][57]. Before Obama's arrival in Cartagena at Friday April 13, 2012[75] several Secret Service agents providing security for President Barack Obama in Colombia have been recalled following allegations of misconduct.[76][77][78][79][68][69][73][70][57][80][81] After the summits conclusion President Obama had a bilateral program[46] with President Santos of Colombia which included a meeting and a working lunch. The two leaders then hold a joint press conference in which they announced that the United States–Colombia Free Trade Agreement will take effect May 15, 2012.[82][83][84][85] Obama then toured Cartagena's historic San Pedro Claver church with Columbian President Santos toured the Iglesia de San Pedro Claver[86] and attended an event to hand over land titles to representatives of the Afro-Colombian community at the Plaza de San Pedro in Cartagena, Colombia on April 15, 2012,[37] in which Shakira participated[49][50]. The land restititution is an attempt by Colombia to recognized marginalized communities who were forced from their land by armed groups.[87][88] In the late afternoon, the President returned to the United States, getting back to Washington late Sunday night.[89] The outcome of the summit for President Obama and the United States has been covered by newsagencies and newspsapers.[90][71][91][92][93][94] During his trip to Colombia Obama visited the Castillo San Felipe de Barajas[43][95], the largest colonial fort in Colombia.