Because of your position, you have solved the mystery of the podium. The President's notes. Did you notice those notes? Are they electronic? In other words do they move with his speech. He seldom looks down and I never see him turn a page. Is this a high tech speech aid?
Inquiring minds...
He has a binder with what looks like laminated pages. Yes, he did turn pages during the speech.
I have a a pretty good picture of the binder if you want it. Still working out the whole image size / compression / where to host it thing. :) So it will be a while before I can post my own images.