Sentence examples for closed president from inspiring English sources

— A little over 24 hours after the polls closed, President Obama stepped out on the White House South Lawn last week to pronounce the Afghanistan presidential elections something of a success.

Soon after the polling places closed, President Jacques Chirac -- who before making an about-face this June had always vehemently opposed the five-year term -- went on television to say he wanted France to hold more referendums in future, despite the poor turnout.

Joe Cochrane (NYT) PHILIPPINES: GARBAGE DUMP CLOSED President Joseph Estrada said he would not reopen Manila's biggest garbage dump, where at least 216 people died after a wall of rubbish collapsed on a squatter community.

In July, when the company announced that the plant, which employs 3,000 workers, was to close, President François Hollande loudly branded the decision "unacceptable".

Declaring the 2012 Paralympics closed, International Paralympic Committee president, Sir Philip Craven, said: "These Games have changed us all forever".

Hours before polls closed, Vice President Mahmoud Mekky announced his resignation.

With the Iraqi election so close, President Bush will not meet Mr Chalabi or any other Iraqis.

"It's pretty sad, but this is the closest President Obama can come these days to sounding positive himself," he added.

On April 27, as his nation's forensic investigation drew to a close, President Lee Myung-bak of South Korea flew to Shanghai to try to persuade President Hu Jintao of China that North Korea had sunk the Cheonan and should be rebuked.

So look a little closer, President Obama, please.

This statement has been the closest President Obama has come to acknowledging that his deportation policy is part of his political strategy.