Obama arrives in Malaysia; 3rd stop on Asia tour
U.S. President Barack Obama AP FILE PHOTO
KUALA LUMPUR— President Barack Obama is in Malaysia for the third stop on a weeklong goodwill trip through Asia.
Obama’s arrival Saturday afternoon in Kuala Lumpur makes him the first American president to travel to Malaysia in more than four decades.
During the two-day state visit, Obama will meet with Prime Minister Najib Razak, be honored at a state dinner at the National Palace and hold a town hall-style forum with young people.
Malaysia most recently attracted worldwide attention following the March 8 disappearance of a commercial airliner with 239 people on board. Officials were preparing to widen the search area in a remote part of the ocean as Obama was arriving in Malaysia.
Lyndon B. Johnson was the last American president to visit Malaysia. That visit was in October 1966.
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