So that's how Obama counts to 10. He's President now

This popped my eyes out:

With layers of Secret Service agents, they zipped through Amman Tuesday in a motorcade of 20 vehicles.

I now see how he gets to the 10 in:

"The objective of this trip was to have substantive discussions with people like President Karzai or Prime Minister Maliki or President Sarkozy or others who I expect to be dealing with over the next eight to ten years," he said.

But a reporter had to remind his staff that he is not President yet:

“But he is not president of the United States,” a reporter reminded the adviser.