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About Barack Obama

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Barack Hussein Obama II (pronounced /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 was the junior United States Senator from Illinois from January 2005 until November 2008, when he resigned after his election to the presidency. Full Article

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A float with giant figures of former soccer star Zinedine Zidane (C), U.S President Barack Obama (L) and Pope Benedict XVI (R) is paraded during the Nice Carnival in Nice, southeastern France February 18, 2012. The carnival, which starts on February 17 and continues to March 4,...
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  1. A float with giant figures of former soccer star Zinedine Zidane (C), U.S President Barack Obama (L) and Pope Benedict XVI (R) is paraded during the Nice Carnival in Nice, southeastern France February 18, 2012. The carnival, which starts on February 17 and continues to March 4,... Reuters Pictures logo Reuters Pictures 1 day ago

    A float with giant figures of former soccer star Zinedine Zidane (C), U.S President Barack Obama (L) and Pope Benedict XVI (R) is paraded during the Nice Carnival in Nice, southeastern France February 18, 2012. The carnival, which starts on February 17 and continues to March 4,...

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  2. WASHINGTON, DC - FEBRUARY 18: U.S. President Barack Obama arrives on the South Lawn of the White House on February 18, 2012, in Washington, DC. Obama returned to the White House on early Saturday morning after a three day West coast trip. Getty Images logo Getty Images 2 days ago

    WASHINGTON, DC - FEBRUARY 18: U.S. President Barack Obama arrives on the South Lawn of the White House on February 18, 2012, in Washington, DC. Obama returned to the White House on early Saturday morning after a three day West coast trip.

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  3. U.S. President Barack Obama steps aboard Air Force One in rain at the Boeing production facility in Everett, Washington, February 17, 2012. Reuters Pictures logo Reuters Pictures 2 days ago

    U.S. President Barack Obama steps aboard Air Force One in rain at the Boeing production facility in Everett, Washington, February 17, 2012.

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  4. US President Barack Obama boards Air Force One prior to departing Paine Field in Everett, Washington, February 17, 2012. Getty Images logo Getty Images 2 days ago

    US President Barack Obama boards Air Force One prior to departing Paine Field in Everett, Washington, February 17, 2012.

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  5. U.S. President Barack Obama is pictured during a Democratic Party fundraiser in Bellevue, February 17, 2012. Reuters Pictures logo Reuters Pictures 2 days ago

    U.S. President Barack Obama is pictured during a Democratic Party fundraiser in Bellevue, February 17, 2012.

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  6. President Barack Obama waves as he walks across the South Lawn of the White House after stepping off Marine One helicopter during his arrival in Washington, early Saturday, Feb. , 18, 2012. AP Photo logo AP Photo 2 days ago

    President Barack Obama waves as he walks across the South Lawn of the White House after stepping off Marine One helicopter during his arrival in Washington, early Saturday, Feb. , 18, 2012.

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  7. President Barack Obama exits Air Force One after landing at Andrews Air Force Base, Md. , Saturday, Feb. 18, 2012. AP Photo logo AP Photo 2 days ago

    President Barack Obama exits Air Force One after landing at Andrews Air Force Base, Md. , Saturday, Feb. 18, 2012.

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  8. President Barack Obama salutes an Air Force officer as he walks down the stairs of Air Force Once after landing at Andrews Air Force Base, Md. , Saturday, Feb. 18, 2012. AP Photo logo AP Photo 2 days ago

    President Barack Obama salutes an Air Force officer as he walks down the stairs of Air Force Once after landing at Andrews Air Force Base, Md. , Saturday, Feb. 18, 2012.

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  9. U.S. President Barack Obama is pictured on a phone camera during a Democratic Party fundraiser in Bellevue, February 17, 2012. Reuters Pictures logo Reuters Pictures 2 days ago

    U.S. President Barack Obama is pictured on a phone camera during a Democratic Party fundraiser in Bellevue, February 17, 2012.

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  10. US President Barack Obama speaks during a Democratic campaign fundraiser in Bellevue, Washington, February 17, 2012. Getty Images logo Getty Images 2 days ago

    US President Barack Obama speaks during a Democratic campaign fundraiser in Bellevue, Washington, February 17, 2012.

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  11. U.S. President Barack Obama walks on stage during a Democratic Party fundraiser in Bellevue February 17, 2012. Reuters Pictures logo Reuters Pictures 2 days ago

    U.S. President Barack Obama walks on stage during a Democratic Party fundraiser in Bellevue February 17, 2012.

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  12. U.S. President Barack Obama speaks during a Democratic Party fundraiser in Bellevue, Washington February 17, 2012. Reuters Pictures logo Reuters Pictures 2 days ago

    U.S. President Barack Obama speaks during a Democratic Party fundraiser in Bellevue, Washington February 17, 2012.

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  13. U.S. President Barack Obama puts his hands out to high-five students from Medina Elementary School in Washington state February 17, 2012. Obama, attending Democratic Party fund-raisers, stopped his motorcade outside the school and met the students. Reuters Pictures logo Reuters Pictures 2 days ago

    U.S. President Barack Obama puts his hands out to high-five students from Medina Elementary School in Washington state February 17, 2012. Obama, attending Democratic Party fund-raisers, stopped his motorcade outside the school and met the students.

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  14. US Secret Service agents hold open the doors on US President Barack Obama's limousine alongside Air Force One upon arrival at Paine Field in Everett, Washington, February 17, 2012. Getty Images logo Getty Images 2 days ago

    US Secret Service agents hold open the doors on US President Barack Obama's limousine alongside Air Force One upon arrival at Paine Field in Everett, Washington, February 17, 2012.

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  15. Students react as US President Barack Obama makes a surprise motorcade stop in the rain to greet children and teachers at Medina Elementary School in Medina, Washington, on February 17, 2012 following a visit to a nearby neighborhood for a Democratic fundraiser. Getty Images logo Getty Images 2 days ago

    Students react as US President Barack Obama makes a surprise motorcade stop in the rain to greet children and teachers at Medina Elementary School in Medina, Washington, on February 17, 2012 following a visit to a nearby neighborhood for a Democratic fundraiser.

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  16. US President Barack Obama greets Principal Beth Hamilton during a surprise motorcade stop in the rain to greet children and teachers at Medina Elementary School in Medina, Washington, on February 17, 2012 following a visit to a nearby neighborhood for a Democratic fundraiser. Getty Images logo Getty Images 2 days ago

    US President Barack Obama greets Principal Beth Hamilton during a surprise motorcade stop in the rain to greet children and teachers at Medina Elementary School in Medina, Washington, on February 17, 2012 following a visit to a nearby neighborhood for a Democratic fundraiser.

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  17. U.S. President Barack Obama greets students from Medina Elementary School in Washington state February 17, 2012. Obama is attending Democratic Party fund-raisers before returning to Washington. Reuters Pictures logo Reuters Pictures 2 days ago

    U.S. President Barack Obama greets students from Medina Elementary School in Washington state February 17, 2012. Obama is attending Democratic Party fund-raisers before returning to Washington.

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  18. US President Barack Obama greets young children and their teachers during a surprise motorcade stop in the rain to Medina Elementary School in Medina, Washington, on February 17, 2012 following a visit to a nearby neighborhood for a Democratic fundraiser. Getty Images logo Getty Images 2 days ago

    US President Barack Obama greets young children and their teachers during a surprise motorcade stop in the rain to Medina Elementary School in Medina, Washington, on February 17, 2012 following a visit to a nearby neighborhood for a Democratic fundraiser.

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  19. US President Barack Obama high fives young children during a surprise motorcade stop in the rain to Medina Elementary School in Medina, Washington, on February 17, 2012 following a visit to a nearby neighborhood for a Democratic fundraiser. Getty Images logo Getty Images 2 days ago

    US President Barack Obama high fives young children during a surprise motorcade stop in the rain to Medina Elementary School in Medina, Washington, on February 17, 2012 following a visit to a nearby neighborhood for a Democratic fundraiser.

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  20. U.S. President Barack Obama greets Beth Hamilton, principal of Medina Elementary School in Washington state, after Obama stopped the motorcade to greet students following a Democratic Party fundraiser nearby, February 17, 2012. Obama is attending Democratic Party fund-raisers before... Reuters Pictures logo Reuters Pictures 2 days ago

    U.S. President Barack Obama greets Beth Hamilton, principal of Medina Elementary School in Washington state, after Obama stopped the motorcade to greet students following a Democratic Party fundraiser nearby, February 17, 2012. Obama is attending Democratic Party fund-raisers before...

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  21. US President Barack Obama disembarks from Marine One in Kirkland, Washington, on February 17, 2012, en route to a Democratic campaign fundraiser. Getty Images logo Getty Images 2 days ago

    US President Barack Obama disembarks from Marine One in Kirkland, Washington, on February 17, 2012, en route to a Democratic campaign fundraiser.

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  22. US President Barack Obama walks down the stairs of a Boeing 787 Dreamliner airplane that will be delivered to United Airlines following a tour of the production facility in Everett, Washington, on February 17, 2012. Getty Images logo Getty Images 2 days ago

    US President Barack Obama walks down the stairs of a Boeing 787 Dreamliner airplane that will be delivered to United Airlines following a tour of the production facility in Everett, Washington, on February 17, 2012.

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  23. US President Barack Obama greets employees after speaking on the economy following a tour of the Boeing 787 Dreamliner airplane production facility in Everett, Washington, on February 17, 2012. Getty Images logo Getty Images 2 days ago

    US President Barack Obama greets employees after speaking on the economy following a tour of the Boeing 787 Dreamliner airplane production facility in Everett, Washington, on February 17, 2012.

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  24. US President Barack Obama looks at the overhead bin in a Boeing 787 Dreamliner airplane that will be delivered to United Airlines during a tour of the production facility prior to speaking on the economy in Everett, Washington, on February 17, 2012. Getty Images logo Getty Images 2 days ago

    US President Barack Obama looks at the overhead bin in a Boeing 787 Dreamliner airplane that will be delivered to United Airlines during a tour of the production facility prior to speaking on the economy in Everett, Washington, on February 17, 2012.

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  25. U.S. President Barack Obama watches as a electronic window shade turns dark alongside Boeing employee Rick Goade during a tour of a 787 Dreamliner at the Boeing production facility in Everett, Washington February 17, 2012. Reuters Pictures logo Reuters Pictures 2 days ago

    U.S. President Barack Obama watches as a electronic window shade turns dark alongside Boeing employee Rick Goade during a tour of a 787 Dreamliner at the Boeing production facility in Everett, Washington February 17, 2012.

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A float with giant figures of former soccer star Zinedine Zidane (C), U.S President Barack Obama (L) and Pope Benedict XVI (R) is paraded during the Nice Carnival in Nice, southeastern France February 18, 2012. The carnival, which starts on February 17 and continues to March 4,...

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  1. The very core of what this country stands for is on the line ... The basic promise of no matter who you are, where you come from, this is a place that you can make it if you try. That’s at stake in this election.
    – Barack Obama SOURCE: Columbia Chronicle 1 month ago
  2. Alabamians don’t want to be associated with the Democratic Party and Barack Obama
    SOURCE: Dothan Eagle 1 month ago
  3. And it’s not because you thought it was going to be easy ... You know when you support a guy name Barack Hussein Obama for president of the United States, you’ve got to assume that the odds may not be in your favor. But what you understood was the campaign was not about me, it was about our common visio...
    – Barack Obama SOURCE: Columbia Chronicle 1 month ago
  4. The goal of the U.S. and other sanctions against Iran is regime collapse, a senior U.S. intelligence official said, offering the clearest indication yet that the Obama administration is at least as intent on unseating Iran’s government as it is on engaging with it.
    SOURCE: TomDispatch 1 month ago
  5. And it’s not because you thought it was going to be easy ... You know when you support a guy name Barack Hussein Obama for president of the United States, you’ve got to assume that the odds may not be in your favor. But what you understood was the campaign was not about me, it was about our common visio...
    – Barack Obama SOURCE: Columbia Chronicle 1 month ago
  6. It tells you everything you need to know about Barack Obama and the five of us [Republican candidates] that we actually think work is good
    SOURCE: Video Cafe 1 month ago
  7. I have signed this bill despite having serious reservations with certain provisions that regulate the detention, interrogation and prosecution of suspected terrorists ... Moreover, I want to clarify that my administration will not authorize the indefinite military detention without trial of American cit...
    – Barack Obama SOURCE: Columbia Chronicle 1 month ago
  8. Obama reversed Bush’s policy of ignoring Osama bin Laden, immediately setting a course that eventually led to his capture and death.
    SOURCE: Patterico's Pontifications Comments 1 month ago
  9. When you become president, one thing that happens overnight is that you and everyone you love get a bunch of new nicknames
    – Barack Obama SOURCE: TheLoop21 1 month ago
  10. You try to look at what models have worked in the past and Obama’s model worked ... Now we have different ideas about where we would like to take the country, but he ran a brilliant campaign. He unleashed his grassroots to work hard, get involved in their communities, and really fight for some principle...
    SOURCE: Christian Science Monitor 1 month ago
  11. Dr. King would want us to challenge the excesses of Wall Street without demonizing those who work there.
    – Barack Obama SOURCE: Black America Web 1 month ago
  12. didn’t want to stand in the way of the candidate most likely to beat Barack Obama and turn the economy around ... That’s Mitt Romney.
    SOURCE: The Business Insider 1 month ago
  13. we can't afford to repeat the mistakes that have been made in the past - after World War II, after Vietnam - when our military was left ill-prepared for the future.
    – Barack Obama SOURCE: The Olympian 1 month ago
  14. I should go to an Obama 2012 event
    SOURCE: ITWorld.com 1 month ago
  15. The competition for new jobs, for businesses, for middle-class security -- that's a race I know we can win ... But America is not going to win if we give in to those who think that we can only respond to our challenges with the same tired, old tune ... [and] hope that prosperity somehow trickles down.
    – Barack Obama SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 1 month ago
  16. And I think once again last night, people had a sense that I was the guy who could best explain conservatism and could best stand there face-to-face with Obama and win the debate
    – Newt Gingrich SOURCE: FOX News 1 month ago
  17. We've begun to see what change looks like
    – Barack Obama SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 1 month ago
  18. Sometimes you don't need a picture to tell a story. The numbers speak for themselves — 1.7 million jobs lost under Obama.
    – Mitt Romney SOURCE: New York Magazine 1 month ago
  19. Imagine whisking through towns at speeds over 100 miles an hour, walking only a few steps to public transportation and ending up just blocks from your destination
    – Barack Obama SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 1 month ago
  20. What’s denigrating about calling [President Obama] the food stamp President?
    SOURCE: Mediaite.com 1 month ago
  21. I was a constitutional law professor, which means unlike the current president I actually respect the Constitution. I refuse to take 'no' for an answer
    – Barack Obama SOURCE: American Thinker 1 month ago
  22. He may want to revisit a speech about religion. I think some people will have a hard time voting for a Mormon, but many will understand the policies that he stands for are [better] when compared to President Obama.
    SOURCE: PBS NewsHour 1 month ago
  23. What he really said was all of us can be a drum major for service, all of us can be a drum major for justice ... There is nobody who can't serve, nobody who can't help somebody else.
    – Barack Obama SOURCE: Belfast Telegraph 1 month ago
  24. A good test of [Obama’s] sincerity would be to replace Ms. Jackson and Mr. Salazar
    SOURCE: The Politico 1 month ago
  25. I know there's been a lot of controversy lately about the quote on the memorial and they're changing it and making some modifications, but if you look at that speech talking about Dr. King as a drum major, what he really said was that all of us can be a drum major for service, all of us can be a drum ma...
    – Barack Obama SOURCE: Fox Houston News 1 month ago