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Photos: Obama visits Cuba

President Barack Obama is the first sitting U.S. head of state to visit Cuba since 1928.

HAVANA, CUBA - MARCH 21: U.S. President Barack Obama (3rd L) and Cuban President Raul Castro (L) review troops before bilateral meetings at the Palace of the Revolution March 21, 2016 in Havana, Cuba. These are the first direct talks between Castro and Obama, the first sitting president to visit Cuba in 88 years. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

HAVANA, CUBA - MARCH 21: Cuban ceremonial troops stand at attention after being reviewed by U.S. President Barack Obama and Cuban President Raul Castro at the Palace of the Revolution March 21, 2016 in Havana, Cuba. The first sitting U.S. president to visit Cuba in 88 years, Obama and Castro will be sitting down for bilateral talks. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

HAVANA, CUBA - MARCH 21: President Barack Obama stands with Salvador Valdez Mesa, Vice President of the Council of Ministry, as they take part in a wreath laying ceremony at the Jose Marti memorial in Revolution Square on March 21, 2016 in Havana, Cuba. Mr. Obama's visit is the first in nearly 90 years for a sitting president, the last one being Calvin Coolidge. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

HAVANA, CUBA - MARCH 21: President Barack Obama takes part in a wreath laying ceremony at the Jose Marti memorial in Revolution Square on March 21, 2016 in Havana, Cuba. Mr. Obama's visit is the first in nearly 90 years for a sitting president, the last one being Calvin Coolidge. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

HAVANA, CUBA - MARCH 21: U.S. President Barack Obama stands near the Jose Marti memorial after taking part in a wreath laying ceremony in Revolution Square on March 21, 2016 in Havana, Cuba. Mr. Obama's visit is the first in nearly 90 years for a sitting president, the last one being Calvin Coolidge. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

HAVANA, CUBA - MARCH 21: Members of a Cuban military band prepare for the arrival of U.S. President Barack Obama and Cuban President Raul Castro at the Palace of the Revolution March 21, 2016 in Havana, Cuba. The first sitting U.S. president to visit Cuba in 88 years, Obama and Castro will be sitting down for bilateral talks. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

HAVANA, CUBA - MARCH 21: U.S. President Barack Obama (R) and Cuban President Raul Castro pose for photographs after greeting one another at the Palace of the Revolution March 21, 2016 in Havana, Cuba. The first sitting U.S. president to visit Cuba in 88 years, Obama and Castro will sit down for bilateral talks and will deliver joint statements to the news media. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

HAVANA, CUBA - MARCH 21: President Barack Obama stands with Salvador Sanchez Mesa, Vice President of the Council of Ministry, as they take part in a wreath laying ceremony at the Jose Marti memorial in Revolution Square on March 21, 2016 in Havana, Cuba. Mr. Obama's visit is the first in nearly 90 years for a sitting president, the last one being Calvin Coolidge. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

U.S. President Barack Obama, center, walks in the rain with first lady Michelle Obama, who is holding the arm of her mother Marian Robinson, during a walking tour of Old Havana, Cuba, on March 20, 2016. Obama became the first U.S. president to visit the island in nearly 90 years.

President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama greet children and families of U.S. embassy personnel during an event at the Melia Habana Hotel in Havana, Cuba, on March 20, 2016. Obama's trip is a crowning moment in his and Cuban President Raul Castro's ambitious effort to restore normal relations between their countries.

The vehicle carrying President Barack Obama drives along the Malecon sea wall on its way to Old Havana, Cuba, on March 20, 2016. Obama's trip is a crowning moment in his and Cuban President Raul Castro's ambitious effort to restore normal relations between their countries.

A handful of Cubans gather along the Malecon sea wall under a steady rain to wave to U.S. President Barack Obama's convoy before it arrives in Old Havana, Cuba, on March 20, 2016. Obama's trip is a crowning moment in his and Cuban President Raul Castro's ambitious effort to restore normal relations between their countries.

People climb a window grate as they get wet in the rain, in hopes of catching a glimpse of President Barack Obama during his visit to Cathedral Square in Old Havana, Cuba, on March 20, 2016. Obama's trip is a crowning moment in his and Cuban President Raul Castro's ambitious effort to restore normal relations between their countries.

A Cuban man wearing an American flag applauds as President Barack Obama's convoy passes by in the rain along the Malecon into Old Havana, Cuba, on March 20, 2016. Obama's trip is a crowning moment in his and Cuban President Raul Castro's ambitious effort to restore normal relations between their countries.

Cubans and tourists strain in the rain to get a glimpse of President Barack Obama as his delegation visits Cathedral Square in Old Havana, Cuba, on March 20, 2016. Obama's trip is a crowning moment in his and Cuban President Raul Castro's ambitious effort to restore normal relations between their countries.

HAVANA, CUBA - MARCH 20: First lady Michelle Obama, President Barack Obama, Malia Obama and Sasha Obama arrive at Jose Marti International Airport for a 48-hour visit on Airforce One March 20, 2016 in Havana, Cuba. Obama is the first President in nearly 90 years to visit Cuba, the last one being Calvin Coolidge. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

HAVANA, CUBA - MARCH 20: President Barack Obama arrives at Jose Marti International Airport on Airforce One for a 48-hour visit March 20, 2016 in Havana, Cuba. Obama is the first President in nearly 90 years to visit Cuba, the last one being Calvin Coolidge. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

HAVANA, CUBA - MARCH 20: The caravan of vehicles for U.S. President Barack Obama and his family arrive before Air Force One lands at Jose Marti International Airport for a 48-hour visit March 20, 2016 in Havana, Cuba. Obama is the first President in nearly 90 years to visit Cuba, the last one being Calvin Coolidge. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

HAVANA, CUBA - MARCH 20: U.S. President Barack Obama (C) walks through the the Museum of the City of Havana during a walking tour of the historic Old Havana guided by city historian Eusebio Leal (R) March 20, 2016 in Havana, Cuba. Obama is the first sitting president to visit Cuba in nearly 90 years. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

HAVANA, CUBA - MARCH 20: A combination of red, white and blue roses stand a the base of the statue of Cuban independence hero Carlos Manuel de Cespedes in the plaza of the 18th century Catedral de San Cristobal de la Habana in the historic Old Havana neighborhood March 20, 2016 in Havana, Cuba. U.S. President Barack Obama, the first sitting president to visit Cuba in nearly 90 years, visited the plaza during a walking tour earlier in the day. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

HAVANA, CUBA - MARCH 20: First lady Michelle Obama, President Barack Obama, Malia Obama and Sasha Obama arrive at Jose Marti International Airport for a 48-hour visit on Airforce One March 20, 2016 in Havana, Cuba. Obama is the first President in nearly 90 years to visit Cuba, the last one being Calvin Coolidge. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

HAVANA, CUBA - MARCH 20: U.S. President Barack Obama (2nd L) his daughter Malia (C), 17, and and other members of the first family pause to look at a statue of Cuban independence hero Carlos Manuel de Cespedes during a walking tour of in the plaza of the 18th century Catedral de San Cristobal de la Habana in the historic Old Havana neighborhood March 20, 2016 in Havana, Cuba. Obama is the first sitting president to visit Cuba in nearly 90 years. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

HAVANA, CUBA - MARCH 20: Taking shelter from the pouring rain under umbrellas, U.S. President Barack Obama, his daughter Malia, 17, and members of the first family take a walking tour of in the plaza of the 18th century Catedral de San Cristobal de la Habana in the historic Old Havana neighborhood March 20, 2016 in Havana, Cuba. Obama is the first sitting president to visit Cuba in nearly 90 years. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

HAVANA, CUBA - MARCH 20: (L-R) Sasha Obama, 14, first lady Michelle Obama, U.S. President Barack Obama and Malia Obama, 17, pause to look at a statue of Cuban independence hero Carlos Manuel de Cespedes during a walking tour of the plaza of the 18th century Catedral de San Cristobal de la Habana in the Old Havana neighborhood March 20, 2016 in Havana, Cuba. Obama is the first sitting president to visit Cuba in nearly 90 years. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

HAVANA, CUBA - MARCH 20: U.S. President Barack Obama (L), first lady Michelle Obama (4th L) and their daughters Malia (2nd R), 17, and Sasha (2nd L), 14, stop to look at a painting of Abraham Lincoln in the Museum of the City of Havana during a walking tour of the historic Old Havana March 20, 2016 in Havana, Cuba. Obama is the first sitting president to visit Cuba in nearly 90 years. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

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HAVANA, CUBA - MARCH 21: U.S. President Barack Obama (3rd L) and Cuban President Raul Castro (L) review troops before bilateral meetings at the Palace of the Revolution March 21, 2016 in Havana, Cuba. These are the first direct talks between Castro and Obama, the first sitting president to visit Cuba in 88 years. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

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