Although President Obama has yet to visit the country he lived in as a young lad, at least his facsimile has arrived. Indonesian artist Edi Chaniago has created an almost life size bronze of Obama as a ten year old, smiling and gazing at a butterfly. The pedestal contains a quote from Eleanor Roosevelt: "The future belongs to those who believe in the power of their dreams." Hats off to Chairman Ron Mullers and the members of his Friends of Obama Foundation. The statue is in a park in Obama's old Jakarta neighborhood and will inspire future generations of Indonesian children to follow in his footsteps and dream the "undreamable".
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