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44. Barack H. Obama II

44. Barack H. Obama II. Born August 4, 1961 Presidency: January 20,2009-Present Illinois(D).

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44. Barack H. Obama II

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  1. 44. Barack H. Obama II Born August 4, 1961 Presidency: January 20,2009-Present Illinois(D)

  2. ChildhoodBarackHussienObama was born on August 4, 1961, to Stanley Ann Durham and Barack H. Obama Sr. in Honolulu Hawaii. Both of whom where students at The University of Hawaii at Manoa. Pres. Obama often speaks of his culturally diverse background due to the fact that his mother is of English descent and his father is a native Kenyan from the Luo tribe. When Obama was two his parents separated and eventually divorced in 1964 , this tragic event had a last effect on the relationship that Obamahad with his father. This was the last time that the Obama’s spent any quality time together, they only met each other one more time before Obama Sr. death in 1984. For a brief four years Obama lived in Indonesia with his mother and stepfather Lolo Soetoro. After that abroad experience Obama moved back to his native Hawaii, where he lived with his grandparents Madelyn and Stanley Dunham, and attended Punahou School until his graduation in 1979. After graduating in 1979, Obama moved to Los Angeles and attended Occidental College, before transferring to Columbia University in New York City where he graduated with a B.A. in 1983 . It is at this time that Obama found the need to incorporate himself into public service, after four years in NYC , Obama moved to Chicago and began working as a Community Organizer on the South Side for the Developing Communities Project (DCP).

  3. Rise to Political ProminenceAfter his tenure at the DCP, Obama entered Harvard’s Law School in the year 1988. Here he became first African-American Editor of the Harvard Law Review, this achievement gained national attention and which led to the contract for a book on race relations, which ultimately changed into his personal memoir Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance ,which was published in 1995 and redistributed again after his U.S. Senate election in 2005. He graduated from Harvard in 1991 with a J.D. and once again moved to Chicago. After returning to Chicago, he began an internship at the law firm Sidley Austin, it is here where he met his future wife Michelle Robinson. From 1992 to 1996 Obama contributed time to numerous community based foundations and even worked at the University of Chicago as a Constitutional Law Professor. In 1997, Obama was elected to the Illinois State Senate representing the 13th District, he was consequently reelected in 1998,2000, and 2002. In 2000 he lost a primary race for a seat inthe U.S House of Reps. In 2003, Obama announced his candidacy for the vacate U.S. Senate seat that would be available in the 2004 election. Eventually he won the primary for the seat and became the Democrat’s candidate in the 2004 Illinois U.S. Senate race. He gave the Keynote Address at the 2004 Democratic Convention, which was very well received and even caused some people to question if he would in fact be the nation’s first African-American president. In November of that year, Obama won the U.S. Senate seat beating the Republican candidate Alan Keyes. While in the Senate Obama served on the Foreign Relations; Environmental and Public Works; Veteran’s Affairs;Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs; Health, Education, Labor and Pensions; and European Affairs Commitees. Eventually in 2007 Obama announced candidacy for the Presidency of the U.S. election in 2008. He won the Democratic Party’s nomination in June 2008, then the Presidential Election in November 2008 defeating fellow U.S. Senator John S. McCain(R-AZ) .

  4. It seems very odd to view an event that occurred just two short years ago as a historical event. It stands as a testament that in our daily lives we are literally living and breathing history. The election of 2008 was a highly contested one, featuring the longtime Senator from Arizona John McCain and his Running mate Governor Sarah Palin of Alaska on the GOP side and Senator BarackObama of Illinois and his running mate Joseph R. Biden of Delaware. The election eventually went to Obamaand made him the 44th President of the U.S., the first President of African descent, the first born in Hawaii and the 3rd hailing from the state of Illinois . On November 4, 2008 Obama won numerous states that were thought to lean Republican including Nevada, New Mexico, Florida, North Carolina, Virginia, Indiana and Ohio. The Election of 2008

  5. President: BarackObama Vice President Joe Biden Secretary of State: Hillary Clinton Secretary of Treasury: Timothy Geithner Secretary of Defense: Robert Gates Secretary of the Interior: Ken Salazar Secretary of Agriculture: Tom Vilsack Secretary of Commerce: Gary Locke Secretary of Heath and Human Services: Kathleen Sebelius Secretary of Education: Arne Duncan Secretary of Housing and Urban Development: Shaun Donovan Secretary of Transportation: Ray La Hood Secretary of Energy: Steven Chu Secretary of Veterans Affairs: Eric Shinseki Secretary of Homeland Security: Janet Napolitano Chief of Staff: RahmEmmanuel Director of the (EPA): Lisa Jackson Director of the Office of Management and Budget: Peter Orzag Ambassador to the United Nations: Susan Rice United States Trade Representative: Ron Kirk The Obama Cabinet

  6. The Obama White House

  7. Foreign and Domestic Policies

  8. Failures and Successes

  9. P.I.R.A.T.E.S

  10. P.I.R.A.T.E.S(cont.)

  11. P.I.R.A.T.E.S(cont.)

  12. The impact that President Obama has on America is like that of any president quite frankly. Though his presidency has been a relatively short one I believe that he has introduced many new concepts that will not only affect our generation for the better, but also those generations that live decades from today. Impact

  13. 2008 Campaign Cartoon

  14. “One Word” Hope Hope, it’s a word that is used when something is desired. I think that on November 4,2008 America desired a change, America wanted to move forward, America wanted to return to its forgotten state of glory. It could be said that hope is all a fantasy, that it never becomes a reality, that certain institutions are and will always be distorted in someway. On that November night, America said that they would defy the odds and hope that they could be changed. That is what BarackObama means to so many people it is the hope that is all but forgotten, the hope that seems to be gone. Barackobama was their Hope.

  15. America’s First Family

  16. “This union may never be perfect , but generation after generation has shown that it can always be perfected.”

  17. Bibliography 1.Marlene Targ Brill, BarackObama: New President for a New Era 2009, lerner Publications 2.Jill C. wheller,BarackObama ;2009, Abdo Publishing Company 3. www.allgreatquotes.com/barack_obama_quotes.shtml 4. www.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/barack_obama 5.www.whitehouse.gov/administration/president_obama 6.www.biography.com/articles/Barack_obama_12782369 7. bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/diodisplay.pl?index+o000167

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