Photographic evidence that Obama did in fact attend the Paris Solidarity Rally:
A list of people who did attend:
- Albania — Prime Minister Edi Rama
- Algeria — Foreign Minister Ramtane Lamamra
- Austria — Foreign Minister Sebastian Kurz
- Belgium — Prime Minister Charles Michel
- Benin — President Thomas Boni Yayi
- Britain — Prime Minister David Cameron
- Bulgaria — Prime Minister Boyko Borisov
- Canada — Public Safety Minister Steven Blaney
- Croatia — Prime Minister Zoran Milanovic
- Czech — Prime Minister Bohuslav Sobotka
- Denmark — Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt
- Gabon — President Ali Bongo Ondimba
- Georgia — Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili
- Germany — Chancellor Angela Merkel
- Greece — Prime Minister Antonis Samaras
- Hungary — Prime Minister Viktor Orban
- Israel — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman
- Italy — Prime Minister Matteo Renzi
- Jordan — King Abdullah II and Queen Rania
- Latvia — Prime Minister Laimdota Straujuma
- Mali — President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita
- Niger — President Mahamadou Issoufou
- Palestine — President Mahmud Abbas
- Portugal — Prime Minister Pedro Passos Coelho
- Romania — President Klaus Iohannis
- Russia — Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov
- Spain — Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy
- Switzerland — President Simonetta Sommaruga
- The Netherlands — Prime Minister Mark Rutte
- Tunisia — Prime Minister Mehdi Jomaa
- Turkey — Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu
- United Arab Emirates — Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed al-Nahayan
- Ukraine — President Petro Poroshenko
- European Commission — President Jean-Claude Juncker
- European Parliament — President Martin Schulz
- European Union — President Donald Tusk
- NATO — Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg
Empty chair? This:
Hat tip to Denny for the list and image