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President Barack Obama's First Two Years


Barack Obama | The White House

In his memoir Dreams from My Father (1995), Obama describes the complexities of discovering his identity in adolescence. After two years at Occidental College ...

Timeline - Barack Obama Presidential Library

President Barack Obama is sworn in as 44th President of the United States and delivers his Inaugural Address. Loading YouTube ...

President Barack Obama's First Two Years: Policy Accomplishments ...

During his first two years in office, President Barack Obama and his Democratic allies in Congress compiled a substantial record of policy accomplishment.

Presidency of Barack Obama - Wikipedia

Obama signed many landmark bills into law during his first two years in office. The main reforms include: the Affordable Care Act, sometimes referred to as ...

President Barack Obama

Obama, Sr., and Stanley Ann Dunham. His parents divorced when he was 2 years old and he was raised by his mother, Ann, and maternal grandparents, Stanley and ...

Barack Obama - Key Events - Miller Center

He was the first African American President in U.S. history. Obama emerged as an unlikely candidate during the 2008 presidential campaign. He was born and ...

Obama in Office: Assessing the First Two Years | Wilson Center

"Obama in Office" is a frank and objective assessment of Obama's first two years as President as seen through the eyes of 18 of the country's most astute ...

Barack Obama - White House Historical Association

When Barack Obama was elected president in 2008, he became the first African American to hold the office. Obama faced major challenges during his two-term ...

Barack Obama: Life in Brief - Miller Center

During the first two years of his first term, President Obama was able to work with the Democratic-controlled Congress to improve the economy, pass health ...

The Obama years: timeline of a presidency - The Guardian

Barack Obama makes history by becoming the first African American to win the US presidency. With the promise of “hope and change”, he enters the ...

Barack Obama | Biography, Parents, Education, Presidency, Books ...

Barack Obama (born August 4, 1961, Honolulu, Hawaii, US) is the 44th president of the United States (2009–17) and the first African American to hold the office.

Early life and career of Barack Obama - Wikipedia

Obama had a close relationship with his maternal grandparents. In 1965, his mother remarried to Lolo Soetoro from Indonesia. Two years later, Dunham took ...

President Barack Obama | whitehouse.gov

Barack Obama is the 44th President of the United States. His story is the American story -- values from the heartland, a middle-class upbringing in a strong ...

Reaching for a New Deal | RSF - Russell Sage Foundation

Reaching for a New Deal analyzes both the ambitious domestic policy of Obama's first two years and the consequent political backlash.

Barack Obama Event Timeline | The American Presidency Project

09/09/2009. Address Before a Joint Session of Congress on Health Care Reform. “We spend one and a half times more per person on health care than any other ...

Obama in Office: The First Two Years - 1st Edition - James A. Thurber

Obama in Office brings together well-established political scientists and journalists to offer the first detailed assessment of President Obama and his first ...

How America Changed During Barack Obama's Presidency

Barack Obama campaigned for the U.S. presidency on a platform of change. As he prepares to leave office, the country he led for eight years ...

The fragile legacy of Barack Obama - Brookings Institution

With contributions from seventeen historians, the book bills itself as “a first historical assessment” of the Obama presidency. The overwhelming consensus, ...

President Obamas Agenda and the Dynamics of U.S. Politics | RSF

The project provides a detailed and sweeping set of assessments of the accomplishments, limits, and political dramas of the first two years of Barack Obama's ...

Barack Obama ‑ Early Life, Education & Presidency

Barack Obama was the 44th president of the United States (2009‑2017) and the first African American to be elected to that office.