President Barack Obama smiles while talking with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev on the phone in the Oval Office, Saturday, Dec. 12, 2009. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)
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The only adult in the room 
I bet if you took a tally, President Obama has spoke with President Medvedev more than any other foreign leader.
Love that smile
If you ask me, he’d rather speak to the US arch-enemy (Russia), than to his fellow Americans, the Republican Party Leadership.
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The most powerful man in the world, can still express a genuine. smile. How blessed we are, how safe we feel.
Proud to be an American with a President as intelligent, elegant, and handsome!
This man has restored my respect for the American People again. finally they made someone president again that looks and acts like I feel a person in this position should.
I have been a republican (center right) for more than 39 years and this is the first democratic president that I have ever voted for. As a black man, over the years I have had to stand up to defend the views of my politics as it’s widely considered that the Republican Party is a racist party. Obviously, that is a shallow view and arguably a racist one as well. However it’s been highly propagated amongst the black communities for decades. The point I like to make to any republican at large is…you may not agree with all of this president’s politics (and I certainly don’t) but he is our president and deserves the respect that this elected office has received (at least in my lifetime)…until this presidency.
As a long standing republican that happens to be black…our party must aggressively denounce any display of racism, hidden racism and political stupidity…it is a total unproductive strategy. We must stick to our politics and be prepared to work with this president and be open to compromise. After all compromise is not a sign of weakness rather as sign of strength and intellect. Typically, people with professional backgrounds have learned this to be a virtue.