Barack Obama

Examples of Barack Obama in the following topics:

• The 2008 Election

  • In the United States presidential election of 2008, Democrat Barack Obama defeated Republican John McCain.
  • Democrat Barack Obama, the then junior Senator from Illinois, defeated Republican John McCain, the senior Senator from Arizona.
  • Born in Hawaii in 1961 to a Kenyan father and an American woman from Kansas, Barack Obama excelled at school, going on to attend Occidental College in Los Angeles, Columbia University, and finally Harvard Law School, where he became the first African-American president of the Harvard Law Review.
  • On August 28, 2008, Obama formally accepted the Democratic nomination for President.
  • John McCain supported the war while Barack Obama opposed it.

• The Obama Administration

  • As President, Barack Obama addressed a global financial crisis, legislated health care reform, and sharply reduced military commitments in Iraq and Afghanistan.
  • The Presidency of Barack Obama began on January 20, 2009, when he became the 44th President of the United States.
  • Barack Obama is the first African-American president of the United States, as well as the first to be born in Hawaii.
  • During Barack Obama’s second term in office, courts began to counter efforts by conservatives to outlaw same-sex marriage.
  • President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden, along with members of the national security team, receive an update on Operation Neptune's Spear, a mission against Osama bin Laden, in one of the conference rooms of the Situation Room of the White House, May 1, 2011.

• The 2012 Presidential Election

  • Barack Obama was re-elected President of the United States on November 6th, 2012, defeating Republican opponent Mitt Romney.
  • Barack Hussein Obama was re-elected President of the United States on Tuesday, November 6th, 2012, serving a second term as the nation's first African-American president.
  • The Democratic nomination was uncontested with the incumbent, President Barack Obama, running for reelection.
  • The first took place on October 3rd between Obama and Romney.
  • Incumbent President Barack Obama was the Democratic candidate for the 2012 presidential election.

• The "Surge" in Iraq

  • .; Barack Obama, D-Ill.; Chris Dodd, D- Conn.; Joe Biden, D-Del; and Sam Brownback, R-Kansas, all voiced their discontent with the course of events in Iraq.
  • Hillary Clinton, D-N.Y., Barack Obama, D-Ill., Chris Dodd, D- Conn., Joe Biden, D-Del, and Sam Brownback, R-Kansas, all voiced their discontent with the course of events in Iraq.

• Conclusion: Populism Resurgent

  • The shift from Presidents Bush to Obama and the upcoming 2016 elections have seen a resurgence of populism in United States politics.
  • In 2008, American voters—tired of war and dispirited by the economic downturn—elected Barack Obama, a relative newcomer to the political scene who inspired them and made them believe that the United States could rise above political partisanship.
  • Barack Obama’s story resembled that of many Americans: a multicultural background, a single working mother, and care provided by maternal grandparents.
  • As president, Obama has faced significant challenges, including managing the economic recovery in the wake of the Great Recession, fighting the War on Terror inherited from the previous administration, and implementing the healthcare reform upon which he had campaigned.
  • The United States presidential election of 2016 will occur on Tuesday, November 8, 2016, and will usher in a new president upon completion of Obama's second and final term in office.

• The Election of 1976

  • His 50.1% of the vote was the only time since 1964 that a Democrat managed to obtain a majority of the popular vote in a presidential election, until Barack Obama won about 53% of the vote 32 years later.
  • Carter is one of five Democrats to gain a majority of the popular vote since the American Civil War, with the others being Samuel Tilden, Franklin Roosevelt, Lyndon Johnson, and Barack Obama.

• Policy in the Middle East

  • Early in his presidency, Obama moved to bolster U.S. troop strength in Afghanistan.
  • On February 27, 2009, Obama announced that combat operations in Iraq would end within 18 months.
  • On August 31, 2010, Obama announced that the U.S. combat mission in Iraq was over.
  • CIA head Leon Panetta reported this intelligence to President Obama in March 2011.
  • President Barack Obama along with members of the national security team, receive an update on Operation Neptune's Spear, in the White House Situation Room, May 1, 2011.

• The Stimulus Package and the Occupy Movement

  • While Obama initiated a stimulus package to pump money into the weakened economy, protesters voiced their dissatisfaction with the growing income gap.
  • Barack Obama had been elected on a platform of healthcare reform and a wave of frustration over the sinking economy.
  • Through the act, the Obama administration pumped almost $800 billion into the economy to stimulate economic growth and job creation.
  • The Congressional Budget Office and a broad range of economists credit Obama's stimulus plan for the economic growth during these years.
  • Discuss the Obama Administration's efforts to help the economy recover after the 2008 financial crash and the popular response

• Marriage Equality and the Courts

  • During Barack Obama’s second term in office, courts began to counter efforts by conservatives to outlaw same-sex marriage.
  • During Obama's administration, the struggle against discrimination based on gender identity has won some significant victories.

• Divided Government

  • Even as President Obama won reelection in 2012, the U.S. government became increasingly divided between liberals and conservatives.
  • Obama won reelection in 2012, but the Republicans retained their hold on the House of Representatives, and the Democratic majority in the Senate grew razor-thin.
  • Political fights over this and other issues between the House on one side and President Barack Obama and the Senate on the other led to a budget impasse which threatened massive disruption.
  • Obama signs the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act at the White House, March 23, 2010
  • Analyze the relationship between Obama and Congress, particularly during his second term