Xavier Koch hasn’t officially entered his name into consideration for any elected position yet, but he already has his eye on the nation’s highest office.  The ambitious young man is ten years old and wants to be president of the United States.

With his mother, Karen Koch, he traveled a half-hour to see Illinois Sen. Barack Obama in Washington, Iowa last week and listen to the presidential candidate give an address entitled, “Reclaiming the American Dream.” 

Calling Obama “a great man,” he said:

“He says what he thinks and what other people don’t want to hear but what he wants them to hear … he’ll bring all the people from the war back and we can trust him.”

Koch also told the Iowa Independent that he wasn’t going to sell his recently acquired Barack Obama autograph, he was keeping it.

More Iowa Independent reporting from this event can be found at: Obama, Loebsack Campaign in Washington, IA.

More videos, including Obama’s comparison of his and Clinton’s health care reform transparency and an outline of his education plan are at: Obama’s Health Care Plan: ‘Not Behind Closed Doors.’

And I.I. reporter Dien Judge has a video, Obama Criticizes Edwards’ Senate Record, from a campaign stop in Oskaloosa, Iowa.