Indonesia is a transcontinental country in Southeast Asia and Oceania. The Capital is Jakarta, and their major religion is Islam . They received their independence from Netherlands on August 17, 1945, but it was recognized on November 27, 1949. The President is Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono. His term ended on 10.20.14, and Joko Widodo resumed the presidency.
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For years, the relationship between Washington and Jakarta has been cool, with the United States worried about Indonesia's track record on human rights, and Jakarta worried about the United States' armed interventions in Muslim nations: Afghanistan and Iraq.
Relations with the United States
After Pres. Barack Obama Jr's mother - Stanley Ann Dunham - divorced his father, Barack Obama Sr., she married Indonesian student Lolo Soetoro , who was attending college in Hawaii. When Suharto, a military leader in Soetoro's home country, came to power in 1967, all Indonesian students studying abroad were recalled, and the family moved to the Menteng neighborhood of Jakarta. From ages six to ten, Obama attended local schools in Jakarta, including Besuki Public School and St. Francis of Assisi School.
In 1971, Obama returned to Honolulu to live with his maternal grandparents, Madelyn and Stanley Armour Dunham , and attended Punahou School, a private college preparatory school, from the fifth grade until his graduation from high school in 1979.
7.2.10 'Little Obama' movie opens.
11.9.10 Pres. Obama speaks at the University of Indonesia
