President Obama, record-setting globe trotter
USA Today The OVAL
When President Obama takes off for his Asia trip tomorrow morning, he'll be adding to a presidential record -- most foreign countries visited by a first-year chief executive. After stops in Japan, Singapore, China and South Korea, Obama will have been in 20 countries this year, during eight separate foreign trips.
The previous record holder: George H. W. Bush, according to Oval pal Mark Knoller of CBS News. The elder Bush went to 14 countries on seven foreign trips during his first year in office, 1989. Bush's son, George W., went to 11 countries on five trips in 2001. Bill Clinton did only three countries during two trips his first year in 1993.
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