Begins European trip with a stop in Turkey. Visit to Athens, Greece, marked by anti-U.S. rioting. Becomes first U.S. president to visit Bulgaria. Hillary Clinton announces plans to run for the U.S. Senate from New York. Signs bill to provide food to rebels in southern Sudan who were trying to overthrow the Islamic government.
Orders steps to reduce injuries and deaths caused by medical errors.
Announces regulations requiring oil industry to produce cleaner gasoline. Designates one million acres of land in Arizona as a national monument, designates monuments on California coast and expands Pinnacles National Monument in California. Emphasizes education, health care and gun control. In Switzerland, appeals for greater inclusion of poorer nations in globalization. Smith and Wesson agrees to reform the way it designs, distributes and markets guns.