{"id":95,"date":"2017-01-13T05:56:08","date_gmt":"2017-01-13T05:56:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/demo.aarambhathemes.com\/super-blog-pro\/?p=95"},"modified":"2026-05-27T08:29:06","modified_gmt":"2026-05-27T08:29:06","slug":"barack-hussein-obama","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/demo.aarambhathemes.com\/super-blog-pro\/barack-hussein-obama\/","title":{"rendered":"Barack Hussein Obama"},"content":{"rendered":"

Barack Hussein Obama II<\/b> \u00a0born August 4, 1961) is an American politician who is the 44th and current President of the United States<\/a>. He is the first African American<\/a> to be elected to the U.S. presidency and the first one born outside the contiguous United States<\/a>. Born in Honolulu, Hawaii<\/a>, Obama is a graduate of Columbia University<\/a> and Harvard Law School<\/a>, where he was president of the Harvard Law Review<\/a><\/i>. He was a community organizer<\/a> in Chicago<\/a> before earning his law degree<\/a>. He worked as a civil rights<\/a> attorney and taught constitutional law<\/a> at the University of Chicago Law School<\/a> from 1992 to 2004. While serving three terms<\/a> representing the 13th District in the Illinois Senate<\/a> from 1997 to 2004, he ran unsuccessfully<\/a> in the Democratic primary for the United States House of Representatives<\/a> in 2000 against incumbent Bobby Rush<\/a>.<\/p>\n

In 2004, Obama received national attention during his campaign to represent Illinois<\/a> in the United States Senate<\/a> with his victory in the March Democratic Party<\/a> primary<\/a>, his keynote address<\/a> at the Democratic National Convention<\/a> in July, and his election to the Senate in November. He began his presidential campaign in 2007 and, after a close primary campaign<\/a> against Hillary Clinton<\/a> in 2008, he won sufficient delegates in the Democratic Party primaries<\/a> to receive the presidential nomination. He then defeated Republican<\/a> nominee John McCain<\/a> in the general election<\/a>, and was inaugurated as president<\/a> on January 20, 2009. Nine months after his inauguration, Obama was named the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize<\/a> laureate.<\/p>\n

During his first two years in office, Obama signed into law economic stimulus<\/a> legislation in response to the Great Recession<\/a> in the form of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009<\/a> and the Tax Relief, Unemployment Insurance Reauthorization, and Job Creation Act of 2010<\/a>. Other major domestic initiatives in his first term included the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act<\/a>, often referred to as “Obamacare”; the Dodd\u2013Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act<\/a>; and the Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell Repeal Act of 2010<\/a>. In foreign policy, Obama ended U.S. military involvement<\/a> in the Iraq War<\/a>, increased U.S. troop levels in Afghanistan<\/a>, signed the New START<\/a> arms control treaty with Russia<\/a>, ordered U.S. military involvement in Libya<\/a> in opposition to Muammar Gaddafi<\/a>, and ordered the military operation that resulted in the death of Osama bin Laden<\/a>. In January 2011, the Republicans regained control of the House of Representatives<\/a> as the Democratic Party lost a total of 63 seats; and, after a lengthy debate over federal spending and whether or not to raise the nation’s debt limit<\/a>, Obama signed the Budget Control Act of 2011<\/a> and the American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Obama was re-elected president<\/a> in November 2012, defeating Republican nominee Mitt Romney<\/a>, and was sworn in for a second term<\/a> on January 20, 2013. During his second term, Obama has promoted domestic policies related to gun control<\/a> in response to the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting<\/a>, and has called for greater inclusiveness for LGBT Americans<\/a>, while his administration has filed briefs that urged the Supreme Court<\/a> to strike down part of the federal Defense of Marriage Act<\/a> (United States v. Windsor<\/a><\/i>) and state level same-sex marriage<\/a> bans (Obergefell v. Hodges<\/a><\/i>) as unconstitutional. In foreign policy, Obama ordered U.S. military intervention in Iraq<\/a> in response to gains made<\/a> by ISIL<\/a> after the 2011 withdrawal from Iraq<\/a>, continued the process of ending U.S. combat operations in Afghanistan<\/a>, promoted discussions that led to the 2015 Paris Agreement<\/a> on global climate change, brokered a nuclear deal with Iran<\/a>, and normalized U.S. relations with Cuba<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Barack Hussein Obama II \u00a0born August 4, 1961) is an American politician who is the 44th and current President of the United States. He is the first African American to be elected to the U.S. presidency and the first one born outside the contiguous United States. Born in Honolulu, Hawaii, Obama is a graduate of Columbia University and Harvard Law…<\/p>\n

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