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    Barack obama if famous for many things i'll explain some of the reason why. Barack Obama was the president for 8 years from 2009 to 2017. He’s famous for being one of the longest presidents running. In my opinion he was the most intelligent president we've ever had. Did you know that he has a nickname Barry? I picked Barack obama because he has been one of the best presidents of the United States of America. I also picked him because I wanted to know more about Barry. Barack obama got a scholarship

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    Barack Obama The President Of the United States Biography Barack Hussein Obama II, born August 4, 1961, a graduate of Columbia University and Harvard Law School, is the 44th and current president of the United States. For your information, he is also the first African American to hold the office. He was a community organizer in Chicago before earning his law degree. He also worked as civil-rights lawyer and teacher before pursuing a political career. He was later elected to the Illinois State

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    Barack Hussein Obama II was born on August 4, 1961. His mother, Ann Dunham, was eight years younger than his father, Barack Obama Sr. Barack Obama Sr. was born of Luo ethnicity in Nyanza Province, Kenya. He grew up herding goats in Africa and, eventually, earned a scholarship that allowed him to leave Kenya and go to college in Hawaii. While studying at the University of Hawaii at Manoa, Obama Sr. met fellow student Ann Dunham, and they married on February 2, 1961. Barack was born six months later

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    Barack H. Obama, the 44th President of the United States, was born on August 4th, 1961 in Hawaii. He was born to Barack Obama Sr. from Kenya and Ann Dunham from Kansas, and raised with the help of his grandparents. Barack Obama attended Occidental College from 1979-1981, then Columbia College of Columbia University from 1981-1983, and then he went to Harvard Law School. In August of 1995 Obama decides to run for Senate in Illinois and in November of 1996 he wins the election. In 2004 Obama is elected

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    Obama’s Presidency Barack Obama was inaugurated as the 44th President of the United States, making history by becoming the first African American to serve in the office on January 20, 2009. He has always been a leader in a true sense. Even before becoming the 44th United States President and holding two terms at the office, Obama was an incredible politician and was revered by the American public especially from his home state of Illinois and city of Chicago from where he was elected as Senator

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    Bio Obama didn’t have an easy road to the oval office. His story, amongst other presidents, is one that embodies the true will of the American dream. A lot of people don’t know that Obama’s father abandoned him when he was young to pursue a degree at Harvard. Nor do they know that Obama lived in Indonesia as a child, or that he went back to his roots in Kenya to meet his family members. Obama played a critical role of shifting the direction of the United States. This paper analyzes the history

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    Alyssa Kloiber Curtis US History 10 April 2018 Barack Obama "When I take an unemployment rate of 10 percent down to 5.5 percent, when I drive the uninsured rate to the lowest it's ever been, when I restore people's 401(k)s, when I make sure that we're doubling clean energy, and we are reducing our carbon footprint, and high school graduations are the highest they've ever been, and college attendance is the highest it's ever been, and LGBT rights have been recognized and solidified in ways that

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    In 2008, Barack Obama arrived on the political scene exciting and mesmerizing all races of people. Immediately, Americans took notice of his presence because it was apparent that the world was about to witness a historic moment in America’s History. Regrettably, some African-Americans continued to remain loyal to Hillary Clinton despite her support of the 1994 Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act that targeted African-American men. Conversely, other African-American voters feared supporting

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    2014).This paper will focus on Barack Obama one of the world’s famous leader; his leadership traits and mistakes as well as what has made him a successful leader. Barack Hussein Obama is the current and 44th president of the United States of America. He is also the first African American President who was first elected to the presidency seat in 2008 and won a second term in 2012. He was born in Honolulu, Hawaii on August 4th, 1961 to Stanley Ann Durham and Barack Obama sr. He schooled in Indonesia

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    Terrorism is a serious subject that should be under control in each country or nation. America, however, has had at least one terrorist attack each year that President Barack Obama, a very illustrious man, has been in office. Although he claims he had the issues under control. I very well believe it is blatantly obvious that he should have rendered more time on the problem of terrorism during his eight years of presidency. He should have itemized his priorities better with stopping terrorism at the

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