Editing Gerry Adams (section)

===Sinn Féin in government===
[[File:George W. Bush, Peter King, and Gerry Adams.jpg|thumb|right|Adams with [[President of the United States|President]] [[George W. Bush]] and [[Peter T. King|Peter King]] in 2001]]
On 15 August 1998, four months after the signing of the Good Friday Agreement, the [[Omagh bombing]] by the [[Real IRA]], killed 29 people and injured 220, from multiple communities. Adams said in reaction to the bombing "I am totally horrified by this action. I condemn it without any equivocation whatsoever."<ref name="bbc">{{Cite news |date=16 August 1998 |title=Sinn Féin condemnation 'unequivocal' |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/events/northern_ireland/latest_news/151949.stm |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170314110520/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/events/northern_ireland/latest_news/151949.stm |archive-date=14 March 2017 |access-date=10 August 2020 |publisher=BBC}}</ref> Prior to this, Adams had not used the word "condemn" in relation to IRA or their splinter groups' actions.<ref name="bbc" /><ref>{{Cite news |date=17 August 1998 |title=Adams's condemnation further isolates dissidents |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/news/adams-s-condemnation-further-isolates-dissidents-1.183686 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201202231437/https://www.irishtimes.com/news/adams-s-condemnation-further-isolates-dissidents-1.183686 |archive-date=2 December 2020 |access-date=10 August 2020 |publisher=Irish Times}}</ref>

In March 2007, Adams was re-elected to the Northern Ireland Assembly in March 2007, and subsequently met with DUP leader [[Ian Paisley]] face-to-face for the first time. These talks led to the [[St Andrews Agreement]], which brought about the return of the power-sharing Executive in Northern Ireland.<ref>{{Cite news |date=26 March 2007 |title=May date for return to devolution |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/northern_ireland/6494599.stm |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070401031536/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/northern_ireland/6494599.stm |archive-date=1 April 2007 |access-date=26 March 2007 |publisher=BBC}}</ref> When Sinn Féin came to nominate its two ministers to the [[Northern Ireland Executive]], for tactical reasons the party, like the SDLP and the DUP, chose not to include its leader among its ministers.

In January 2009, Adams attended the United States presidential [[First inauguration of Barack Obama|inauguration of Barack Obama]] as a guest of US Congressman [[Richard Neal]].<ref>19/Jan/2009 [https://web.archive.org/web/20091217102946/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/barackobama/4293350/Barack-Obama-inauguration-Gerry-Adams-to-attend-ceremony.html Barack Obama inauguration: Gerry Adams to attend ceremony] ''The Daily Telegraph''.</ref>