OBAMA GOES HOME : Jakarta return a unique opportunity

March 21, 2010

Asia Times online

(Note: This article was written before United States President Barack Obama’s visit to Indonesia was postponed until June)

DENPASAR, Bali – Indonesia remains one of the world’s greatest stories never told. United States President Barack Obama’s visit from March 23 to 25 to the country where he spent four years – as schoolboy Barry Soetoro with an Indonesian stepfather – provides an opportunity to enlighten Americans about this sprawling archipelago that has emerged as the world’s third-largest democracy. Read the rest of this entry »