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President Barack Obama. Barack Obama is the 44th President of the United States. His story is the American story -- values from the heartland, a middle-class upbringing in a strong family, hard work and education as the means of getting ahead, and the conviction that a life so blessed should be lived in service to others. Download Low-res (296 KB)
September 5, 2016. President Obama becomes the first sitting U.S. President to visit the country of Laos, delivering remarks where he emphasized the "moral obligation" of the U.S. the help Laos heal from the after-effects of the wars of the 1960s and 1970s. Loading.
Overview. Barack Obama was inaugurated as the 44th president of the United States—becoming the first African American to serve in that office—on January 20, 2009. The son of a white American mother and a black Kenyan father, Obama grew up in Hawaii. Leaving the state to attend college, he earned degrees from Columbia University and Harvard ...
Barack Obama, Diễn văn tại Đại hội Toàn quốc Đảng Dân chủ năm 2004. Về thời thơ ấu của mình, Obama nhắc lại, "Bố tôi trông không giống những người xung quanh – ông đen như nhọ nồi, mà mẹ tôi trắng như sữa – tôi chỉ nhớ như thế." Ông cũng miêu tả những nỗ lực thời thanh niên để thích ứng với những ...
Barack Hussein Obama II ( Honolulu, 4 de agosto de 1961) é um advogado e político norte-americano que serviu como o 44.º presidente dos Estados Unidos de 2009 a 2017, sendo o primeiro afro-americano a ocupar o cargo. Nascido em Honolulu, no Havaí, Obama é graduado em ciência política pela Universidade Columbia e em direito pela ...
When Barack Obama was elected president in 2008, he became the first African American to hold the office. Obama faced major challenges during his two-term tenure in office. His primary policy achievements included health care reform, economic stimulus, banking reform and consumer protections, and a repeal of the “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell ...
It was in this highly polarized environment that Obama and the Democrats attempted to enact health care insurance reform. Barack Obama - 44th President, Political Career, Legacy: In 1996 he was elected to the Illinois Senate, where, most notably, he helped pass legislation that tightened campaign finance regulations, expanded health care to ...