President Barack Obama shakes hands with Netflix CEO Reed Hastings, with Chinese leader Xi Jinping … [+] នៅផ្ទៃខាងក្រោយ
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The Barack Obama Presidential Library released photos of the former president with various tech executives to me on Tuesday, thanks to Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests I filed last year. And the photos provide a rare peek behind the scenes of presidential politics with tech founders like Steve Jobs of Apple, Jeff Bezos of Amazon, Bill Gates of Microsoft, Mark Zuckerberg of Facebook, and more.
The collection even includes two never-before-seen photos of Netflix CEO Reed Hastings with President Obama in September 2015. Why is that notable? If you look closely, you can see China’s leader Xi Jinping standing nearby. Netflix doesn’t have a presence in China, though it’s not banned in the country, as many people erroneously assume. And while the state dinner for Xi was reported on extensively at the time , including the attendance of many tech executives, these are the first publicly released photos from behind the scenes with Hastings.
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Presidential records don’t become subject to the Freedom of Information Act until five years after a president leaves office. That’s why I had plenty of requests ready to send out on January 20, 2022—five years after President Obama left his post and President Donald Trump took power on January 20, 2017.
My primary research interest at the various presidential libraries across the country involves all the movies the presidents have watched while in office. I’ve written extensively on the films watched at the White House and Camp David, including screenings for រីឆាតនិចសុន , លោក Jimmy Carter , លោក Bill Clinton និង អ្នកផ្សេងទៀត . I’m even working on a book about the topic.
But I’ve also become fascinated with the meetings presidents have with tech leaders, especially when those meetings provide a look at those people in an informal setting. And these photos, all taken during President Obama’s eight years in office, give us a look behind the curtain.
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Unfortunately, some data hasn’t been released by the National Archives yet, including dates and event names for all the photos, but I’ve been assured that kind of information will be coming eventually. For now, we’ll just take what we can get thanks to the magic of the Presidential Records Act and the Freedom of Information Act.
And, to be clear, these aren’t all of the photos released on these subjects. There were hundreds. These are just what I’d call the most interesting photos of the bunch, revealing the sometimes private moments of people who are often in the spotlight. The photos include private moments in the Oval Office, in the green room at various events, and having dinner with the most powerful people in the world.
If you need more photos for your own research project into the Obama presidency, you can contact the National Archives directly.
Reed Hastings, Netflix ការផ្សព្វផ្សាយពាណិជ្ជកម្ម
President Barack Obama shakes hands with Netflix CEO Reed Hastings while Chinese leader Xi Xinping … [+] can be seen in the background
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President Barack Obama shakes hands with Netflix CEO Reed Hastings while Chinese leader Xi Jinping … [+] can be seen in the background
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លោក Jeff Bezos ក្រុមហ៊ុន Amazon
President Barack Obama shakes hands with Jeff Bezos
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President Barack Obama gestures to the bookcase in the Oval Office with Jeff Bezos
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President Barack Obama in the Oval Office of the White House with Jeff Bezos in the back
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President Barack Obama with Jeff Bezos in the Oval Office of the White House
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President Barack Obama and Jeff Bezos embrace
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President Barack Obama and Jeff Bezos in the Oval Office of the White House
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President Barack Obama and Jeff Bezos in the Oval Office of the White House
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President Barack Obama with Jeff Bezos and White House Press Secretary Jay Carney in the Oval Office
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Jeff Bezos laughs with White House Press Secretary Jay Carney and President Barack Obama
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President Barack Obama walks with Jeff Bezos and others
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President Barack Obama with Jeff Bezos
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First Lady Michelle Obama with Jeff Bezos and Second Lady Jill Biden in the White House
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Jeff Bezos talks with Second Lady Jill Biden
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President Barack Obama with Jeff Bezos in the White House
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First Lady Michelle Obama with Jeff Bezos
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First Lady Michelle Obama puts her hands around Jeff Bezos’s head
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First Lady Michelle Obama laughs with Jeff Bezos
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Steve Ballmer, Microsoft
Steve Ballmer and President Barack Obama
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Former president Barack Obama and Steve Ballmer embrace.
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President Barack Obama having lunch at the White House with Steve Ballmer
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Mark Zuckerberg and Sheryl Sandberg, Facebook
President Barack Obama with Sheryl Sandberg and Mark Zuckerberg
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Mark Zuckerberg with President Barack Obama
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President Barack Obama with Mark Zuckerberg
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President Barack Obama with Mark Zuckerberg and Senior Advisor to the President Valerie Jarrett
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President Barack Obama with Mark Zuckerberg
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President Barack Obama with Mark Zuckerberg and Larry Ellison
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President Barack Obama with Mark Zuckerberg
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President Barack Obama with Mark Zuckerberg
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President Barack Obama puts on a Facebook sweatshirt with Mark Zuckerberg
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President Barack Obama with Mark Zuckerberg
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President Barack Obama with Mark Zuckerberg
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President Obama shakes hands in the Oval Office with Mark Zuckerberg
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President Barack Obama with Mark Zuckerberg
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President Barack Obama with Mark Zuckerberg and National Security Advisor Susan Rice
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President Barack Obama with Mark Zuckerberg
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President Barack Obama with Mark Zuckerberg
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ប៊ីលហ្គេត, ក្រុមហ៊ុន Microsoft
Bill Gates and President Barack Obama
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Bill Gates with President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden
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Vice President Joe Biden, President Barack Obama and Bill Gates
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Bill Gates shakes hands with President Barack Obama
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Bill Gates and President Barack Obama
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Bill Gates and President Barack Obama
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President Barack Obama with Melinda Gates and Bill Gates in the Oval Office
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President Barack Obama with Bill Gates and Melinda Gates
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President Barack Obama with Bill Gates and Melinda Gates in the Oval Office
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President Obama with Bill Gates and Melinda Gates in the Oval Office of the White House
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Bill Gates and President Barack Obama during an event for the Clinton Global Initiative
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Warren Buffett, Berkshire Hathaway
President Barack Obama with Bill Gates, Melinda Gates and Warren Buffett
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President Barack Obama speaking with Warren Buffett holding a microphone at the White House
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President Barack Obama and Warren Buffett at the White House
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Eric Schmidt, ហ្គូហ្គល
President Obama with Eric Schmidt and Mark Zuckerberg
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President Barack Obama with Eric Schmidt
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President Barack Obama and Eric Schmidt
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President Barack Obama and Eric Schmidt
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President Barack Obama with Eric Schmidt
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President Barack Obama with Eric Schmidt
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Eric Schmidt and President Barack Obama
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President Barack Obama with Eric Schmidt
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Larry Ellison, Oracle
President Barack Obama shakes hands with Larry Ellison
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President Barack Obama with Eric Schmidt and Larry Ellison
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President Barack Obama with Eric Schmidt and Larry Ellison
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President Barack Obama near Larry Ellison
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Steve Jobs and others
President Barack Obama with tech executives
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President Barack Obama with tech executives
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President Barack Obama with tech executives, including Steve Jobs on the far right
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President Barack Obama with tech executives and Steve Jobs on the far right
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President Barack Obama with tech executives
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President Barack Obama raises a glass with tech executives
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President Barack Obama with Mark Zuckerberg and Steve Jobs in the back
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Source: https://www.forbes.com/sites/mattnovak/2023/02/01/exclusive-behind-the-scenes-photos-of-president-obama-with-steve-jobs-reed-hastings-mark-zuckerberg-and-more/