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Barack Hussein Obama II (
i/bəˈrɑːk huːˈseɪn oʊˈbɑːmə/; born August 4, 1961) is the 44th and current President of the United States. He is the first African American to hold the office. Obama previously served as a United States Senator from Illinois, from January 2005 until he resigned after his election to the presidency in November 2008.A native of Honolulu, Hawaii, Obama is a graduate of Columbia University and Harvard Law School, where he was the president of the Harvard Law Review. He was a community organizer in Chicago before earning his law degree. He worked as a civil rights attorney in Chicago and taught constitutional law at the University of Chicago Law School from 1992 to 2004.
Obama served three terms in the Illinois Senate from 1997 to 2004. Following an unsuccessful bid for a seat in the U.S. House of Representatives in 2000, he ran for United States Senate in 2004. Several events brought him to national attention during the campaign, including his victory in the March 2004 Democratic primary and his keynote address at the Democratic National Convention in July 2004. He won election to the U.S. Senate in November 2004. His presidential campaign began in February 2007, and after a close campaign in the 2008 Democratic Party presidential primaries against Hillary Rodham Clinton, he won his party's nomination. In the 2008 general election, he defeated Republican nominee John McCain and was inaugurated as president on January 20, 2009.
As president, Obama signed economic stimulus legislation in the form of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act in February 2009. Other domestic policy initiatives include the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, a major piece of health care reform legislation which he signed into law in March 2010, and the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, which forms part of his financial regulatory reform efforts, which he signed in July 2010. In foreign policy, Obama began a gradual withdrawal of troops from Iraq, increased troop levels in Afghanistan, and signed an arms control treaty with Russia. On October 8, 2009, Obama was named the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize laureate.
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Citizen's Briefing Book is a compilation book of recommendations made to President Barack Obama by visitors to the Change.gov website, given to the President after his January 20, 2009 inauguration. Internet users were able to post recommendations of changes they would like to see made in the United States, and they were also able to vote on other users' recommendations, as well as participate in a comment process.
The Minnesota-based company called Reside helped develop the functionality, using technology from Salesforce.com. Co-chair of the Obama-Biden Transition Team, Valerie Jarrett, stated that the Citizen's Briefing Book was a way for the Obama transition process to remain open and transparent. Popular recommendations included ending the prohibition on marijuana use in the United States and the legalization of online poker. Citizen's Briefing Book received positive comments from writers for the Christian Science Monitor and Business Week, and criticism from writers for Chicago Tribune and Indianapolis Business Journal.
Did you know...
- ... that the performance of Air and Simple Gifts (pictured) at the inauguration of Barack Obama on January 20, 2009, was the first performance of a classical music quartet at a United States presidential inauguration?
- ... that Million Fax on Washington is a petition to the transition administration of Barack Obama organized by the UFO community to put the extraterrestrial issue on the new administration's agenda?
- ... that the National Review called David Mendell's biography Obama: From Promise to Power "the single best source of background information on our new president"?
- ... that Zeituni Onyango is the half-aunt of U.S. President Barack Obama and a political asylum claimant from Kenya whose case was disclosed in the final days of the 2008 U.S. presidential election?
- ... that during his days as a community organizer in Chicago, Barack Obama worked as a consultant and trainer for the Gamaliel Foundation?
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Thorbjorn Jagland and Barack Obama during the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize ceremony in Oslo City Hall on December 10, 2009. Selected quote
“ Clear-eyed, we can understand that there will be war, and still strive for peace. We can do that—for that is the story of human progress; that's the hope of all the world; and at this moment of challenge, that must be our work here on Earth. ” —Barack Obama, Nobel Peace Prize acceptance speech (2009)
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- October 25: Tunisia casts vote in first free election
- September 9: At least four dead and hundreds of homes destroyed after week of wildfires rage throughout Texas
- August 31: Wikileaks crashes under cyber attack
- August 6: Ralph Nader: Obama will likely face challenge in Democratic primaries
- August 1: US President Obama announces deal reached to avert government default
- August 1: More than 100 reported dead after Syrian troops move against protesters
- July 17: Obama raises $35M re-election funds from 244 campaign 'bundlers' since April
- July 9: June jobs report shows rising US unemployment, economic outlook worsens
- July 6: US Senate postpones vote on Libya conflict to focus on national debt
- July 6: Despite speculation, aides say Biden will remain on Obama ticket
- June 24: Obama announces troop reductions in Afghanistan
- June 17: US Representative Anthony Weiner resigns over sexual conduct
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Presidency: Timeline (2009) • Timeline (2010) • First 100 days • Foreign policy • Political positions • Public image • Judicial appointments • Presidential transition • Cabinet confirmations • Supreme Court candidates • Speech to Congress (2009) • Inauguration • Unofficial inauguration events • We Are One: The Obama Inaugural Celebration at the Lincoln Memorial
2008 campaign: 2008 presidential election • 2008 presidential election timeline • 2008 Campaign endorsements • 2008 presidential primary campaign • Victory speech (2008) • Jeremiah Wright controversy • Bill Ayers controversy • Endorsement by Oprah Winfrey • Republican and conservative support • Newspaper endorsements • Inauguration invitations • 2008 Democratic National Convention • "A More Perfect Union" • 2008 campaign staff members • Endorsements from state, local and territory officials • Results of the 2008 Democratic Party presidential primaries • Opinion polling for 2008 election • Comparison of candidates • Congressional endorsements • International reaction • Opinion polling for 2008 Democratic Party candidates • South Carolina Democratic primary, 2008 • United States presidential election in Iowa, 2008
Career: Electoral history of Barack Obama • Early life and career • U.S. Senate career • Illinois Senate career • Illinois Senate elections • Bills sponsored in U.S. Senate • 2004 Democratic National Convention keynote address • United States Senate election in Illinois, 2004 • Illinois's 1st congressional district election, 2000
Family: Michelle Obama • Marian Shields Robinson • Bo • Ann Dunham • Barack Obama, Sr. • Lolo Soetoro • Madelyn Dunham • Maya Soetoro-Ng • Stanley Armour Dunham • Zeituni Onyango • Craig Robinson • Capers Funnye
Books: The Audacity of Hope • Dreams from My Father • The Speech: Race and Barack Obama's "A More Perfect Union" • Barack Obama – Der schwarze Kennedy • The Obama Nation • The Case Against Barack Obama
Miscellaneous: List of places named after Barack Obama • Barack Obama Academy • Caloplaca obamae • Obama Day • Barack Obama "Hope" poster • Obama logo • Barack Obama (comic character) • 2008 Barack Obama assassination scare • "There's No One as Irish as Barack O'Bama" • "Yes We Can" • Nyang’oma Kogelo • Barack Obama citizenship conspiracy theories
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