0Rise of the Blue Power TiesNow that the president’s wearing powder blue, everyone from Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama to Russian President Dmitri Medvedev are ditching their red ties in favor of a lighter shade. VIEW OUR GALLERY of true blue ties.Updated Jul. 14, 2017 8:05PM EDT / Published Nov. 30, 2009 2:53PM EST Jae C. Hong / AP Photo Al GoreJae C. Hong / AP Photo Tony BlairBrian Zak / Sipa / AP Photo Ben BernankeJ. Scott Applewhite / AP Photo Joe BidenSteve Pope / AP Photo Mike BloombergStatia Photography / Getty Images Dick CheneyPat Sullivan / AP Photo George W. BushManuel Balce Ceneta / AP Photo Bill ClintonHenny Ray Abrams / AP Photo Timothy GeithnerJ. Scott Applewhite / AP Photo Rudy GiulianiChris Hondros / Getty Images John KerryMandel Ngan / AFP / Getty Images John McCainLaura Rauch / Getty Images Dmitry MedvedevDmitry Astakhov / AP Photo Colin PowellJim McIsaac / Getty Images Tom RidgeRon Edmonds / AP Photo Kevin RuddAlan Porritt / AP Photo Arnold SchwarzeneggerJustin Sullivan / Getty Images Barack Obama and Vladamir PutinAP Images Barack Obama and Gordon BrownAP Images Yukio Hatoyama and Alan GarciaAP Images Lee Kuan Yew and Gordon BrownAp Images
Al GoreJae C. Hong / AP Photo Tony BlairBrian Zak / Sipa / AP Photo Ben BernankeJ. Scott Applewhite / AP Photo Joe BidenSteve Pope / AP Photo Mike BloombergStatia Photography / Getty Images Dick CheneyPat Sullivan / AP Photo George W. BushManuel Balce Ceneta / AP Photo Bill ClintonHenny Ray Abrams / AP Photo Timothy GeithnerJ. Scott Applewhite / AP Photo Rudy GiulianiChris Hondros / Getty Images John KerryMandel Ngan / AFP / Getty Images John McCainLaura Rauch / Getty Images Dmitry MedvedevDmitry Astakhov / AP Photo Colin PowellJim McIsaac / Getty Images Tom RidgeRon Edmonds / AP Photo Kevin RuddAlan Porritt / AP Photo Arnold SchwarzeneggerJustin Sullivan / Getty Images Barack Obama and Vladamir PutinAP Images Barack Obama and Gordon BrownAP Images Yukio Hatoyama and Alan GarciaAP Images Lee Kuan Yew and Gordon BrownAp Images