President Obama Speaks at Baxter Arena
President Barack Obama visited the UNO campus on Jan. 13, 2016. His visit was the first to UNO by any sitting president.
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President Barack Obama takes the stage at Baxter Arena. Some waited as long as four hours before doors opened at 1 p.m.
By noon thousands were lined up to enter Baxter Arena ahead of President Barack Obama's speech. Some had waited almost four hours for the doors to open.
President Obama speaks to thousands inside Baxter Arena.
Chancellor John Christensen and his wife Jan, look on during the speech with Mike Foley, right, Lieutenant Governor of Nebraska, President Bounds and his family.
President Obama looks up and addresses the crowd for the first time as he enters Baxter Arena before his speech.