Barack Hussein Obama II (/bəˈrɑːk huːˈseɪn oʊˈbɑːmə/ ( listen); born August 4, 1961) is the 44th Under the U.S. Constitution, the President of the United States is the head of state and the head of government of the United States. As chief of the executive branch and head of the federal government as a whole, the presidency is the highest political office in the United States by influence and recognition. The president is also the Commander- and current The Presidency of Barack Obama began at noon EST on January 20, 2009 when he became the 44th President of the United States. Obama was a United States Senator from Illinois at the time of his victory over Arizona Senator John McCain in the 2008 presidential election President of the United States The President of the United States is the head of state and head of government of the United States and is the highest political official in the United States by influence and recognition. The president leads the executive branch of the federal government and is one of only two nationally elected federal officers. He is the first African Americans are a demographic minority in the United States. The first achievements by African Americans in various fields historically establish a foothold, providing a precedent for more widespread cultural change. The shorthand phrase for this is "breaking the color barrier." African American Predominantly Protestant, some Catholics. Minorities practice Islam and other religions to hold the office. Obama previously served as the junior "Senior senator" and "junior senator" are terms commonly used to describe United States senators. Each state sends two senators to serve in the Senate; the longer serving of the two is by convention referred to as the senior senator, and the other is referred to as the junior senator. If both are sworn in on the same day, other United States Senator The United States Senate is the upper house of the bicameral United States Congress, the lower house being the House of Representatives. The composition and powers of the Senate and the House are established in Article One of the U.S. Constitution . Each U.S state is represented by two senators, regardless of population. This ensures equal from Illinois Illinois (pronounced /ˌɪlɨˈnɔɪ/ IL-i-NOY), the 21st state admitted to the United States of America, is the most populous and demographically diverse Midwestern state and the fifth most populous state in the nation. With Chicago in the northeast, small industrial cities and great agricultural productivity in central and western Illinois, and, from January 2005 until he resigned after his election The 56th quadrennial United States presidential election was held on November 4, 2008. Outgoing Republican President George W. Bush's policies and actions and the American public's desire for change were key issues throughout the campaign, and during the general election campaign, both major party candidates ran on a platform of change and reform to the presidency in November 2008.
Obama is a graduate of Columbia University Columbia College is the oldest undergraduate college at Columbia University, situated on the university's main campus of Morningside Heights in the Borough of Manhattan in the City of New York. It was founded in 1754 by the Church of England as King's College, receiving a Royal Charter from King George II of Great Britain. Columbia College is the and Harvard Law School Harvard Law School is one of the professional graduate schools of Harvard University. Located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, it is the oldest continually-operating law school in the United States and is home to the largest academic law library in the world. HLS typically ranks among the top law schools. The U.S. News and World Report law school, where he was the president of the Harvard Law Review The Review is one of the most cited law reviews in the United States. It is published monthly from November through June, with the November issue dedicated to covering the previous year's Supreme Court Term. The review has a circulation of about 4,000, and also publishes online. In addition, it publishes the online-only Harvard Law Review Forum, a. He was a community organizer Community organizing is a process by which people living in proximity to each other are brought together in an organization to act in their shared self-interest. Unlike other forms of more consensual "community building," community organizers generally assume that social change necessarily involves conflict and social struggle in order in Chicago Chicago ( /ʃɨˈkɑːɡoʊ/ or /ʃɨˈkɔːɡoʊ/) is the third largest city in the United States, and with more than 2.8 million people, the largest city in the state of Illinois and the Midwestern United States. Located on the southwestern shores of Lake Michigan and next to Indiana, Chicago is the third-most densely populated major city in the before earning his law degree. He worked as a civil rights Civil and political rights are a class of rights and freedoms that protect individuals from unwarranted government action and ensure one's ability to participate in the civil and political life of the state without discrimination or repression attorney in Chicago and taught constitutional law Not all nation states have codified constitutions, though all such states have a jus commune, or law of the land, that may consist of a variety of imperative and consensual rules. These may include customary law, conventions, statutory law, judge-made law or international rules and norms, etc at the University of Chicago Law School The University of Chicago Law School is the graduate school of law at the University of Chicago. Established in 1902, the school is among the highest ranked law schools in the United States. It is currently ranked 6th by the US News & World Report law school rankings, tied with Berkeley. The school awards the Juris Doctor degree, as well as 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 The United States House of Representatives, commonly referred to as the "House," is the lower house of the bicameral United States Congress, the upper house being the United States Senate. The composition and powers of the House and the Senate are established in Article One of the Constitution . Each state receives representation in the in 2000, he ran for United States Senate in 2004. During the campaign, several events brought him to national attention, such as his victory in the March 2004 Democratic primary The Illinois United States Senate election of 2004 was held on November 2, 2004. Democrat state senator and future US President Barack Obama defeated Republican former Ambassador Alan Keyes by 70% to 27% in the race to represent Illinois in the United States Senate. Before election day in July 2004, Obama wrote and delivered the keynote address at election for the United States Senator from Illinois Illinois was admitted to the Union on December 3, 1818, and has been represented in the United States Senate by 47 people in Class II and Class III. The Senate twice refused to seat Frank L. Smith due to corruption, but he is included in this list because Smith and the Governor considered him to be a senator for approximately two years. Three of as well as his prime-time televised keynote address The Keynote Address at the 2004 Democratic National Convention was given by then Illinois State Senator and United States Senate candidate Barack Obama on the night of Tuesday, July 27, 2004. A relatively unknown politician on the national stage beforehand, the speech instantly helped Obama become one of the most well known politicians in the at the Democratic National Convention The 2004 Democratic National Convention was a United States presidential nominating convention that took place from July 26 to July 29, 2004 at the FleetCenter , in Boston, Massachusetts. The convention was one of a series of historic quadrennial meetings of the Democratic Party with a primary focus on officially nominating a candidate for in July 2004. He won election to the U.S. Senate The Illinois United States Senate election of 2004 was held on November 2, 2004. Democrat state senator and future US President Barack Obama defeated Republican former Ambassador Alan Keyes by 70% to 27% in the race to represent Illinois in the United States Senate. Before election day in July 2004, Obama wrote and delivered the keynote address at in November 2004.
Obama's presidential campaign began in February 2007, and after a close campaign On February 10, 2007, Barack Obama, then junior United States Senator from Illinois, announced his candidacy for the presidency of the United States in Springfield, Illinois. On June 3, 2008, he secured enough delegates to become the presumptive nominee of the Democratic Party for the 2008 presidential election. He was the first African-American in the 2008 Democratic Party presidential primaries The 2008 Democratic presidential primaries were the selection process by which voters of the Democratic Party of the United States chose their candidate for the 2008 United States presidential election. The Democratic Party candidate for president was selected through a series of primary elections and caucuses culminating in the 2008 Democratic against Hillary Clinton Hillary Diane Rodham Clinton is the 67th United States Secretary of State, serving within the administration of President Barack Obama. She was a United States Senator for New York from 2001 to 2009. As the wife of the 42nd President of the United States, Bill Clinton, she served as First Lady of the United States from 1993 to 2001. In the 2008, he won his party's nomination. In the 2008 general election The 56th quadrennial United States presidential election was held on November 4, 2008. Outgoing Republican President George W. Bush's policies and actions and the American public's desire for change were key issues throughout the campaign, and during the general election campaign, both major party candidates ran on a platform of change and reform, he defeated Republican The Republican Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party. Founded by anti-slavery expansion activists in 1854, it is often called the Grand Old Party or the GOP, despite being the younger of the two major parties. In the U.S. political spectrum, the party's platform is nominee John McCain John Sidney McCain III is the senior United States Senator from Arizona. He was the Republican nominee for president in the 2008 United States election and was inaugurated as president The inauguration of Barack Obama as the 44th President of the United States took place on Tuesday, January 20, 2009. The inauguration, which set a record attendance for any event held in Washington, D.C., marked the commencement of the four-year term of Barack Obama as President and Joseph Biden as Vice President. Based on combined attendance on January 20, 2009. Obama is also the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize laureate In English, the word laureate has come to signify eminence or association with literary or military glory. It is also used for winners of the Nobel Prize.
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Q. What should Barack Obama be able to fix when he becomes president? How quickly should he be able to fix it? Do you think he is the best president for this job or would someone else be better at it?
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A. Looking for the change you were promised? Don't hold your breath. One reason why it is so easy to predict a business-as-usual Obama Presidency is the people that Obama has surrounded himself with. Former New York Federal Reserve chairman Timothy Geithner* for Secretary of the Treasury; former Secretary of the Treasury Lawrence Summers* for National Economic Council director; Bush's Defense Secretary Robert Gates* will keep his job; Illinois Representative Rahm Emanuel for Obama's Chief of Staff; Hillary Clinton for Secretary of State; Arizona Governor Janet Napolitano* for Secretary of Homeland Security; former South Dakota Senator Tom Daschle* to head the Health and Human Services Department; former Assistant Attorney General Eric… [cont.]
Answered by Spike - Fri Dec 5 14:42:27 2008
