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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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  1. 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 3 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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  2. 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 3 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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  3. U.S. President Barack Obama steps out of Marine One in Kirkland, Washington February 17, 2012. Obama is attending Democratic Party fundraisers in the Seattle area before returning to Washington. Reuters Pictures logo Reuters Pictures 3 days ago

    U.S. President Barack Obama steps out of Marine One in Kirkland, Washington February 17, 2012. Obama is attending Democratic Party fundraisers in the Seattle area before returning to Washington.

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  4. EVERETT, WASHINGTON - FEBRUARY 17: Boeing Company CEO Jim McNerney speaks before U.S. President Barack Obama gives a speech February 17, 2012 on the Boeing 787 Dreamliner assembly line in Everett, Washington. Obama's visit included a tour of the plant and fundraisers elsewhere in the... Getty Images logo Getty Images 3 days ago

    EVERETT, WASHINGTON - FEBRUARY 17: Boeing Company CEO Jim McNerney speaks before U.S. President Barack Obama gives a speech February 17, 2012 on the Boeing 787 Dreamliner assembly line in Everett, Washington. Obama's visit included a tour of the plant and fundraisers elsewhere in the...

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  5. U.S. President Barack Obama is pictured among Boeing employees after touring the Boeing production facility in Everett, Washington, February 17, 2012. Reuters Pictures logo Reuters Pictures 3 days ago

    U.S. President Barack Obama is pictured among Boeing employees after touring the Boeing production facility in Everett, Washington, February 17, 2012.

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  6. EVERETT, WASHINGTON - FEBRUARY 17: (L-R) U.S. President Barack Obama talks with Boeing Company Executive Vice President Jim Albaugh during a tour on the Boeing 787 Dreamliner assembly line February 17, 2012 in Everett, Washington. Obama's visit included a tour of the plant and... Getty Images logo Getty Images 3 days ago

    EVERETT, WASHINGTON - FEBRUARY 17: (L-R) U.S. President Barack Obama talks with Boeing Company Executive Vice President Jim Albaugh during a tour on the Boeing 787 Dreamliner assembly line February 17, 2012 in Everett, Washington. Obama's visit included a tour of the plant and...

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  7. EVERETT, WASHINGTON - FEBRUARY 17: U.S. President Barack Obama waves to the crowd after giving a speech February 17, 2012 on the Boeing 787 Dreamliner assembly line in Everett, Washington. Obama's visit included a tour of the plant and fundraisers elsewhere in the Puget Sound. Getty Images logo Getty Images 3 days ago

    EVERETT, WASHINGTON - FEBRUARY 17: U.S. President Barack Obama waves to the crowd after giving a speech February 17, 2012 on the Boeing 787 Dreamliner assembly line in Everett, Washington. Obama's visit included a tour of the plant and fundraisers elsewhere in the Puget Sound.

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  8. U.S. President Barack Obama is pictured alongside a Boeing 787 Dreamliner aircraft under construction at the Boeing production facility in Everett, Washington February 17, 2012. Reuters Pictures logo Reuters Pictures 3 days ago

    U.S. President Barack Obama is pictured alongside a Boeing 787 Dreamliner aircraft under construction at the Boeing production facility in Everett, Washington February 17, 2012.

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  9. U.S. President Barack Obama steps off a Boeing 787 Dreamliner under construction as he tours the Boeing production facility in Everett, Washington February 17, 2012. Reuters Pictures logo Reuters Pictures 3 days ago

    U.S. President Barack Obama steps off a Boeing 787 Dreamliner under construction as he tours the Boeing production facility in Everett, Washington February 17, 2012.

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  10. U.S. President Barack Obama (C) walks past a Boeing 787 Dreamliner under construction with Boeing CEO Jim McNerney (right) and Boeing Executive Vice President and CEO of Commercial Airplanes Jim Albaugh at the Boeing production facility in Everett, Washington February 17, 2012. Reuters Pictures logo Reuters Pictures 3 days ago

    U.S. President Barack Obama (C) walks past a Boeing 787 Dreamliner under construction with Boeing CEO Jim McNerney (right) and Boeing Executive Vice President and CEO of Commercial Airplanes Jim Albaugh at the Boeing production facility in Everett, Washington February 17, 2012.

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  11. EVERETT, WASHINGTON - FEBRUARY 17: U.S. President Barack Obama walks down the stairs of a Boeing 787 Dreamliner before giving a speech on the Boeing 787 Dreamliner assembly line February 17, 2012 in Everett, Washington. Obama's visit included a tour of the plant and fundraisers... Getty Images logo Getty Images 3 days ago

    EVERETT, WASHINGTON - FEBRUARY 17: U.S. President Barack Obama walks down the stairs of a Boeing 787 Dreamliner before giving a speech on the Boeing 787 Dreamliner assembly line February 17, 2012 in Everett, Washington. Obama's visit included a tour of the plant and fundraisers...

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  12. U.S. President Barack Obama greets employees of Boeing as he tours the Boeing production facility in Everett, Washington February 17, 2012. Reuters Pictures logo Reuters Pictures 3 days ago

    U.S. President Barack Obama greets employees of Boeing as he tours the Boeing production facility in Everett, Washington February 17, 2012.

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  13. U.S. President Barack Obama pushes a button that dims a passenger window without the use of a traditional shade inside a Boeing 787 Dreamliner, as he tours the Boeing production facility in Everett, Washington February 17, 2012. Reuters Pictures logo Reuters Pictures 3 days ago

    U.S. President Barack Obama pushes a button that dims a passenger window without the use of a traditional shade inside a Boeing 787 Dreamliner, as he tours the Boeing production facility in Everett, Washington February 17, 2012.

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  14. U.S. President Barack Obama speaks to employees of Boeing at their production facility in Everett, Washington February 17, 2012. Reuters Pictures logo Reuters Pictures 3 days ago

    U.S. President Barack Obama speaks to employees of Boeing at their production facility in Everett, Washington February 17, 2012.

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  15. US President Barack Obama looks at the electronic window shade alongside employee Rick Goade (R) 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, February 17, 2012... Getty Images logo Getty Images 3 days ago

    US President Barack Obama looks at the electronic window shade alongside employee Rick Goade (R) 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, February 17, 2012...

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  16. U.S. President Barack Obama tours the Boeing production facility in Everett, Washington with Boeing CEO Jim McNerney and Boeing Executive Vice President and CEO of Commercial Airplanes Jim Albaugh (L) February 17, 2012. Reuters Pictures logo Reuters Pictures 3 days ago

    U.S. President Barack Obama tours the Boeing production facility in Everett, Washington with Boeing CEO Jim McNerney and Boeing Executive Vice President and CEO of Commercial Airplanes Jim Albaugh (L) February 17, 2012.

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  17. President Barack Obama walks up the steps of Air Force One at Paine Field Airport in Everett, Wash. , Friday, Feb. 17, 2012. AP Photo logo AP Photo 3 days ago

    President Barack Obama walks up the steps of Air Force One at Paine Field Airport in Everett, Wash. , Friday, Feb. 17, 2012.

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  18. U.S. President Barack Obama stands alongside Boeing employee Rick Goade as he looks at the overhead storage bin of a 787 Dreamliner during a tour of the Boeing production facility in Everett, Washington February 17, 2012. Reuters Pictures logo Reuters Pictures 3 days ago

    U.S. President Barack Obama stands alongside Boeing employee Rick Goade as he looks at the overhead storage bin of a 787 Dreamliner during a tour of the Boeing production facility in Everett, Washington February 17, 2012.

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  19. US President Barack Obama greets employees as he tours the Boeing 787 Dreamliner airplane production facility prior to speaking on the economy in Everett, Washington, on February 17, 2012. Getty Images logo Getty Images 3 days ago

    US President Barack Obama greets employees as he tours the Boeing 787 Dreamliner airplane production facility prior to speaking on the economy in Everett, Washington, on February 17, 2012.

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  20. U.S. President Barack Obama stands in front of a Boeing 787 Dreamliner under construction as he tours the Boeing production facility in Everett, Washington February 17, 2012, with Boeing CEO Jim McNerney and Boeing Executive Vice President and CEO of Commercial Airplanes Jim Albaugh (L). Reuters Pictures logo Reuters Pictures 3 days ago

    U.S. President Barack Obama stands in front of a Boeing 787 Dreamliner under construction as he tours the Boeing production facility in Everett, Washington February 17, 2012, with Boeing CEO Jim McNerney and Boeing Executive Vice President and CEO of Commercial Airplanes Jim Albaugh (L).

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  21. U.S. President Barack Obama (R) looks inside the overhead bin of a 787 Dreamliner under construction alongside Boeing employees during a tour of the Boeing production facility in Everett, Washington February 17, 2012. Reuters Pictures logo Reuters Pictures 3 days ago

    U.S. President Barack Obama (R) looks inside the overhead bin of a 787 Dreamliner under construction alongside Boeing employees during a tour of the Boeing production facility in Everett, Washington February 17, 2012.

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  22. US President Barack Obama waves from 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, February 17, 2012. Getty Images logo Getty Images 3 days ago

    US President Barack Obama waves from 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, February 17, 2012.

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  23. US President Barack Obama gives a thumbs-up after speaking following a tour of the Boeing 787 Dreamliner airplane production facility in Everett, Washington, on February 17, 2012. Getty Images logo Getty Images 3 days ago

    US President Barack Obama gives a thumbs-up after speaking 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 tours the Boeing 787 Dreamliner airplane production facility alongside Boeing CEO Jim McNerney (R) and Boeing Executive Vice President and CEO of Commercial Airplanes Jim Albaugh (L) prior to speaking on the economy in Everett, Washington, February 17, 2012. Getty Images logo Getty Images 3 days ago

    US President Barack Obama tours the Boeing 787 Dreamliner airplane production facility alongside Boeing CEO Jim McNerney (R) and Boeing Executive Vice President and CEO of Commercial Airplanes Jim Albaugh (L) prior to speaking on the economy in Everett, Washington, February 17, 2012.

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  25. US President Barack Obama looks at the electronic window shade 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, February 17, 2012. Getty Images logo Getty Images 3 days ago

    US President Barack Obama looks at the electronic window shade 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, February 17, 2012.

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  1. These changes will make it easier for small business owners to get the loans and support they need to sell their products around the world
    – Barack Obama SOURCE: NDTV 1 month ago
  2. Obama gave us radical ‘Obamacare,’ that was based on ‘Romneycare.’ Obama’s a liberal on social issues. Romney once bragged he’s even more liberal than Ted Kennedy on social issues. Why would we ever vote for someone who is just like Obama — when we can unite around Rick Santorum and beat Obama?
    SOURCE: ABC News 1 month ago
  3. If there's a child on the south side of Chicago who can't read, that matters to [us], even if it's not [our] child. If there's a senior citizen somewhere who can't pay for her prescription and has to choose between medicine and the rent, that makes [our lives] poorer, even if it's not [our] grandmother.
    – Barack Obama SOURCE: alt.muslim 1 month ago
  4. Obama has delivered in a way that the unhinged right and purist left have yet to understand or absorb.
    SOURCE: The Huffington Post 1 month ago
  5. As of today, I am elevating the Small Business Administration to a cabinet-level agency
    – Barack Obama SOURCE: Wall Street Journal 1 month ago
  6. If there is one target on which the candidates are in agreement to see who can lash out best, and with concentrated fire, it is Europe, which after Obama has become the most prized punching-ball of the campaign
    SOURCE: The Washington Post 1 month ago
  7. There's no doubt that 2012 will bring even more change
    – Barack Obama SOURCE: Sky News 1 month ago
  8. Kaiser Permanente Hawaii is honored to join President Obama and the rest of the nation in declaring Martin Luther King Jr. Day a time to give back to our local communities through volunteerism and service
    SOURCE: Hawaii 24/7 1 month ago
  9. For nearly nine years, our nation has been at war in Iraq and you, the incredible men and women of Fort Bragg, have been there every step of the way, serving with honour, sacrificing greatly from the first waves of the invasion to some of the last troops to come home
    – Barack Obama SOURCE: Sky News 2 months ago
  10. We don’t have to have Ronald Reagan ... What we want is an articulate, consistent, confident, relatively charismatic conservative. He’d wipe up the Republican primary, he’d wipe up the election. Obama is low-hanging fruit, his record is a disaster, his philosophy is a disaster.
    SOURCE: Mediaite.com 1 month ago
  11. Make no mistake. We are going to win this fight, but it’s not over ... Not for the 1.2 million Americans who are living with HIV right now.
    – Barack Obama SOURCE: Washington Times 2 months ago
  12. If we don't replace Obama and win the Senate, we're looking at a one-party system for the next 30 or 40 years ... It's the death knell of the two-party system.
    SOURCE: Belleville News-Democrat 1 month ago
  13. Few could have imagined that we'd be talking about the real possibility of an AIDS-free generation
    – Barack Obama SOURCE: NPR 2 months ago
  14. Barack Obama is going to have a billion dollars, the power of the White House, and the advantage of most support from the elite media
    – Newt Gingrich SOURCE: CBS News 1 month ago
  15. It starts with one person making a decision ... and before long, neighborhoods come together. Communities organize. A movement builds.
    – Barack Obama SOURCE: NPR 2 months ago
  16. Bryan wrote: January 16th, 2012 at 2:39 pm President Obama’s remarks often _sound_ good. The Democrats in...
    SOURCE: Good Morning Silicon Valley 1 month ago
  17. We're going to fill it up with a spirit and start a new tradition right now
    – Barack Obama SOURCE: USA Today 2 months ago
  18. Well if you have followed Obama’s track record, this statement gives no solace to those concerned...
    SOURCE: Good Morning Silicon Valley 1 month ago
  19. They may have voted ‘no’ on these tax cuts once but I’m already filled with the Christmas spirit … so I’m in the Christmas spirit [and] I want to give them another chance
    – Barack Obama SOURCE: The Christian Post 2 months ago
  20. President Obama’s remarks often _sound_ good. The Democrats in general often make public statements...
    SOURCE: Good Morning Silicon Valley 1 month ago
  21. Now is the time to confront [climate change[ once and for all. Delay is no longer an option. Denial is no longer an acceptable response. The stakes are too high. The consequences, too serious
    – Barack Obama SOURCE: Mongabay.com 2 months ago
  22. President Obama has thrown Israel under the bus.
    SOURCE: The American Prospect 1 month ago
  23. We’ve gotta keep fighting
    – Barack Obama SOURCE: God’s Politics Blog 2 months ago
  24. As a result of deep unhappiness with many aspects of the law, the Obama administration is inviting states to apply for waivers from the law. But federal officials are making it clear that if California were to apply for a waiver, it would have to fully implement any plan it submits by the 2014-15 school...
    SOURCE: Capitol Basement 1 month ago
  25. Some of it has to do with a tragic history. But we can't keep using that as an excuse ... What makes a man is not the ability to have a child. That doesn't make you a father. It's the courage to raise a child that makes you a father.
    – Barack Obama SOURCE: WLS 2 months ago