Photos: President Obama visits Jordan, wraps up Mideast trip
March 23, 2013
U.S. President Barack Obama stops to look at the Treasury as he takes a walking tour of the ancient historic and archaeological site of Petra March 23, 2013. Obama visited Jordan's ancient city of Petra on Saturday as he wrapped up a four-day Middle East tour by setting aside weighty diplomatic matters and playing tourist for a day. REUTERS/Larry Downing ( USA-MIDEAST/OBAMA )
U.S. President Barack Obama walks to the Presidential car after being greeted by Jordanian officials upon his arrival at Amman airport March 22, 2013. REUTERS/Ali Jarekji ( OBAMA/JORDAN )
U.S. President Barack Obama (R) and U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry (2nd R) are greeted by Jordanian officials upon their arrival at Amman airport March 22, 2013. REUTERS/Ali Jarekji ( OBAMA-JORDAN )
Jordanian traffic policemen stand under poles, with flags representing The United States of America and Jordan, a day before US President Barack Obama's visit to the kingdom, in Amman, Jordan, Thursday, March 21, 2013. (AP Photo/Mohammad Hannon) ( Mideast Jordan Obama )
Activists from the Jordanian Communist Party and other parties, chant anti-U.S. slogans, during a protest in front of the U.S. embassy against the upcoming visit by President Barack Obama to the kingdom, in Amman, Jordan, Thursday, March 21, 2013. Arabic on the U.S. flag reads, "down with the mother of all imperialisms, the enemy of people, the head of the backward and the torture." (AP Photo/Mohammad Hannon) ( Mideast Jordan US Obama )
Children look at a satire of U.S. President Barack Obama during a demonstration against his visit in front of the U.S. embassy in Amman, March 21, 2013. Obama will arrive in Jordan on Friday as part of his visit to the region. REUTERS/Majed Jaber ( JORDAN-OBAMA/ )
A Jordanian activist burns a representation of a U.S. flag, during a protest in front of the U.S. embassy against a visit by President Barack Obama to the kingdom, in Amman, Jordan, Thursday, March 21, 2013. (AP Photo/Mohammad Hannon) ( Mideast Jordan US Obama )
President Barack Obama and Jordan's King Abdullah II walk from an official arriveal ceremony at Al-Hummar Palace, the residence of Jordanian King Abdullah II, Friday, March 22, 2013, in Amman, Jordan. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster) ( US Obama Mideast Jordan )
A band plays national anthems as U.S. President Barack Obama (background) participates in an official arrival ceremony with Jordan's King Abdullah II at Al-Hummar Palace, in Amman March 22, 2013. REUTERS/Jason Reed ( OBAMA-JORDAN/ )
U.S. security is seen before President Barack Obama arrives at Amman airport March 22, 2013. REUTERS/Ali Jarekji ( JORDAN-OBAMA/ )
U.S. President Barack Obama participates in an official arrival ceremony with Jordan's King Abdullah II at Al-Hummar Palace, in Amman March 22, 2013. REUTERS/Jason Reed ( JORDAN-OBAMA/ )
Members of a Jordanian honor guard on camelback participate in the official arrival ceremony for U.S. President Barack Obama hosted by Jordan's King Abdullah II at Al-Hummar Palace, in Amman March 22, 2013. REUTERS/Jason Reed ( OBAMA-JORDAN/ )
U.S. President Barack Obama participates in a bilateral meeting with Jordan's King Abdullah II at Al-Hummar Palace, in Amman March 22, 2013. REUTERS/Jason Reed ( JORDAN-OBAMA/ )
President Barack Obama listens as Jordan's King Abdullah II speaks during their joint new conference at the King's Palace in Amman, Jordan Friday, March 22, 2013. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais) ( US Obama Mideast Jordan )
U.S. President Barack Obama (L) listens as Jordan's King Abdullah speaks during a joint news conference at Al Hummar Palace in Amman March 22, 2013. REUTERS/Larry Downing ( OBAMA/JORDAN )
Honour guard sit on camels near an antique amoured personnel carrier during a welcome ceremony for the arrival of US President at Al-Hummar Palace on March 22, 2013 in the Jordanian capital Amman. MANDEL NGAN/AFP/Getty Images ( 518379946 )
The helicopter that believed to be carrying U.S. Barack Obama flies over the treasury site at the ancient city of Petra, Jordan, Saturday, March 23, 2013. Taking on the role of tourist, President Barack Obama walked through the winding, narrow pathways of Jordan's fabled ancient city of Petra on Saturday, gazed up at soaring cliffs of reddish rock and described the landscape with a single word: "Amazing." (AP Photo/Mohammad Hannon) ( Mideast Jordan US Obama )
U.S. President Barack Obama (L) walks with Suleiman al-Farajat, a tourism professor at the University of Jordan, past an ancient shrine during his walking tour of Petra March 23, 2013. Obama visited Jordan's ancient city of Petra on Saturday as he wrapped up a four-day Middle East tour by setting aside weighty diplomatic matters and playing tourist for a day. REUTERS/Jason Reed ( JORDAN-OBAMA/ )
A Jordanian soldier stands among the rocky landscape before U.S. President Barack Obama (not pictured) participates in a walking tour of Petra Jordan March 23, 2013. Obama visited Jordan's ancient city of Petra on Saturday as he wrapped up a four-day Middle East tour by setting aside weighty diplomatic matters and playing tourist for a day. REUTERS/Muhammad Hamed ( USA-MIDEAST/OBAMA )
Members of the U.S. Secret Service Counter Assault Team survey a path after U.S. President Barack Obama walked through it during his tour of the ancient historic and archaeological site of Petra March 23, 2013. Obama visited Jordan's ancient city of Petra on Saturday as he wrapped up a four-day Middle East tour by setting aside weighty diplomatic matters and playing tourist for a day. REUTERS/Muhammad Hamed ( USA-MIDEAST/ )
U.S. President Barack Obama (R) participates in a walking tour of Petra, Jordan March 23, 2013. Obama visited Jordan's ancient city of Petra on Saturday as he wrapped up a four-day Middle East tour by setting aside weighty diplomatic matters and playing tourist for a day. With Obama is Suleiman al-Farajat, tourism professor with the University of Jordan. REUTERS/Jason Reed ( JORDAN-OBAMA/ )
U.S. President Barack Obama (L) stops to look at the Treasury while he receives a tour of the ancient historic and archaeological site of Petra March 23, 2013. Obama visited Jordan's ancient city of Petra on Saturday as he wrapped up a four-day Middle East tour by setting aside weighty diplomatic matters and playing tourist for a day. REUTERS/Larry Downing ( USA-MIDEAST/OBAMA )
U.S. President Barack Obama (R) poses at the Treasury as he takes a walking tour of the ancient historic and archaeological site of Petra March 23, 2013. Obama visited Jordan's ancient city of Petra on Saturday as he wrapped up a four-day Middle East tour by setting aside weighty diplomatic matters and playing tourist for a day. REUTERS/Muhammad Hamed ( USA-MIDEAST/OBAMA )
Members of the U.S. Secret Service Counter Assault Team survey a path before U.S. President Barack Obama walks through it during his tour of the ancient historic and archaeological site of Petra March 23, 2013. Obama visited Jordan's ancient city of Petra on Saturday as he wrapped up a four-day Middle East tour by setting aside weighty diplomatic matters and playing tourist for a day. REUTERS/Larry Downing ( USA-MIDEAST/OBAMA )
U.S. President Barack Obama's SUV is pictured against a rocky landscape as Obama (not pictured) participates in a walking tour of Petra March 23, 2013. Obama visited Jordan's ancient city of Petra on Saturday as he wrapped up a four-day Middle East tour by setting aside weighty diplomatic matters and playing tourist for a day. REUTERS/Jason Reed ( USA-MIDEAST/OBAMA )
U.S. President Barack Obama waves as he boards Air Force One at the airport in Amman March 23, 2013. Obama marvelled at the sights of JordanÃs ancient city of Petra on Saturday as he wrapped up a four-day Middle East tour by setting aside weighty diplomatic matters and playing tourist for a day. REUTERS/Majed Jaber ( JORDAN/U.S. )
Air Force One, carrying U.S. President Barack Obama, leaves Amman airport March 23, 2013. Obama marvelled at the sights of JordanÃs ancient city of Petra on Saturday as he wrapped up a four-day Middle East tour by setting aside weighty diplomatic matters and playing tourist for a day. REUTERS/Majed Jaber ( USA-MIDEAST/OBAMA )