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Conversations ranged from educational student exchanges, renewable energy, foreign investment, sustainable development and...Seinfeld. Yes, Seinfeld. We all enjoyed the evening - and the President said it was one of his most memorable. I agree. It was a very casual evening, and it reminded me of a cookout we would host in the states.
After the dinner, I headed to the press filing center to do an interview and say hi to the traveling press corps. In the elevator, I met a little girl of about 3 years old in the hotel where the press file is located -- she and I were both wearing lavender colored jackets. She looked at me and said, "purple and purple" - she was very cute. Outside, she started jumping up and down -- I didn't see much reason for excitement at 11 p.m. in the pouring rain, but her mom said she'd never seen rain before...as I got into our car, she told me, "tomorrow, I'm going to see a rainbow." I so hope she did.
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He also got a tour of an exhibit showing the future of Abu Dhabi, including new Louvre and Guggenheim museums...a performing arts center, and a national museum of culture and history. Before leaving Abu Dhabi, he was given a presentation of several energy projects that are planned, including for a town of 25,000 people, which will be fully solar-powered and use light rail for transportation. I think they'll be successful, even though we didn't see the sun once while we were there.
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Upon leaving, the President spent a bit of time with folks from the U.S. Consulate - then he said good-bye to our UAE hosts and boarded Air Force One for Saudi Arabia.
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Tomorrow, he's been invited to the King Abdallah's farm. I hear we've brought some cooler weather and possibly some rain to Saudi -- I hope they don't mind.
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