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A comment on President Obama's International Visits from 2009 to 2016.

Re:President Obama's International Visits from 2009 to 2016 by k1lly on Monday January 16, 2017 @03:00AM (#13408724)
President Obama visited Moscow as he met with President Medvedev and President Putin.

This is at least innacurate.

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Re:President Obama's International Visits from 2009 to 2016 by samkone on Monday January 16, 2017 @03:59AM (#13408900)
Accurate how? At the time Medvedev was President of Russia, and Putin was Prime Minister. Since he was President before that, it's ok for him to be referred as President, like any former President of country.
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Re:President Obama's International Visits from 2009 to 2016 by paublyrne on Monday January 16, 2017 @05:11AM (#13409152)
The convention of referring to an ex president as President is peculiar to United States presidents, AFAIK.
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Re:President Obama's International Visits from 2009 to 2016 by loxs on Monday January 16, 2017 @05:20AM (#13409188)
It can also mean that he met with (then) President Medvedev and (now, as of writing) President Putin
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Re:President Obama's International Visits from 2009 to 2016 by krzyk on Monday January 16, 2017 @10:56AM (#13410640)
No, we have the same in Poland, former presidents are still referenced as president (e.g. president Walesa or as mr president).
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Re:President Obama's International Visits from 2009 to 2016 by guillaume8375 on Monday January 16, 2017 @02:21PM (#13412219)
It’s also done in France.
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