That's right, I "met with" AKA "saw very closely" President Obama. When he came to Jordan at the end of last month, he invited all American personnel to come to a short "meet and greet" in this hotel. However, only a few of us actually got to reach his hand and shake it on his speedy pass through the crowd post-speech. I didn't get to actually "meet" or "greet" the president, but it was cool to see him up close. Sadly, my camera died in the middle of his speech, so I'll have to get the photos/videos from other volunteers. In the meantime, here are some shots of the meeting with one blurry photo of Obama, Kerry, and the ambassador to Jordan Stuart Jones:
The bummer, in addition to the fact that we didn't get the "meet and greet" we were promised is that Obama didn't mention one thing about the Peace Corps presence and work in Jordan, especially when we made up probably a fourth of the people in the room. He just said thanks to all the military and governmental foreign service workers, and we all looked at each other like, "OK, but who actually lives with the people, learns the language and the culture, and forges connections that are arguably more important than those of the government or military? That would be us." Pretty ridiculous, Obama. C'mon. Anyway, cool to be invited, if not explicitly recognized.
The bummer, in addition to the fact that we didn't get the "meet and greet" we were promised is that Obama didn't mention one thing about the Peace Corps presence and work in Jordan, especially when we made up probably a fourth of the people in the room. He just said thanks to all the military and governmental foreign service workers, and we all looked at each other like, "OK, but who actually lives with the people, learns the language and the culture, and forges connections that are arguably more important than those of the government or military? That would be us." Pretty ridiculous, Obama. C'mon. Anyway, cool to be invited, if not explicitly recognized.
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