President Obama Arrives in Cuba for Historic Visit - Good Morning America

President Obama, first lady Michelle Obama and their daughters, Malia and Sasha Obama, will spend two and a half days in Cuba on an official state visit which will include a bilateral meeting with President Raul Castro.

There was no pomp and circumstance as the first family descended the steps onto Cuban soil, and they were not greeted by Castro in person, as he did when Pope Francis visited the country last September. Instead the Obamas were greeted by high level members in the Cuban Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the U.S. and Cuban Embassies.

Obama is being joined by a massive U.S. delegation during his visit; 39 members of Congress including five Republicans will be following his movements.

Obama is scheduled to address the Cuban people in a speech Tuesday and also to attend a baseball game between the Tampa Bay Rays and the Cuban National team. On board Air Force One with the president Sunday included the wife and daughter of the late MLB legend Jackie Robinson.

In his first stop, President Obama visited U.S. Embassy staff at a local hotel, where he called his visit \"a historic opportunity.\"

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PHOTO: 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, Sunday, March 20, 2016.

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\"Back in 1928, President Coolidge came on a battleship, it took him three days to get here,\" Obama said. \"It only took me three hours.\"

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PHOTO: President Barack Obama waves to journalists next to a painting of President Abraham Lincoln at Havana's City Museum during a visit to Old Havana, Cuba, Sunday, March 20, 2016.

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