*'''9 February.''' David Plouffe delivers paid speech in in Baku, [[Azerbaijan]].<ref>https://foreignpolicy.com/2009/02/09/what-is-david-plouffe-doing-in-azerbaijan/</ref>
*'''9 February.''' David Plouffe delivers paid speech in in Baku, [[Azerbaijan]].<ref>https://foreignpolicy.com/2009/02/09/what-is-david-plouffe-doing-in-azerbaijan/</ref>
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[[Image:Obamabow.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Barack Obama bows to King Abdullah, custodian of the holy mosques.]]
===March 2009===
===March 2009===
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[[Image:Obamabow.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Barack Obama bows to King Abdullah, custodian of the holy mosques.]]
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*'''4 March.''' Obama bows to Saudi King in a breach of protocol for the head of state of a sovereign nation.<ref>https://www.jihadwatch.org/2009/04/obama-bows-to-saudi-king</ref>
*'''4 March.''' Obama bows to Saudi King in a breach of protocol for the head of state of a sovereign nation.<ref>https://www.jihadwatch.org/2009/04/obama-bows-to-saudi-king</ref>