Associated Press
| Feb 3, 2013
During an interview with Scott Pelley of CBS News, President Barack Obama said he thinks the Boy Scouts of America should be open to gay members. The Boy Scouts recently announced intentions to reverse a ban on gays participating in the organization.
Democracy Now!
| Jan 31, 2013
US President Barack Obama has kicked off his second term with a major push for comprehensive immigration reform, backing a bipartisan Senate plan that includes a path to citizenship for some of the estimated 11 million undocumented people living i...
The White House
| Jan 21, 2013
President Obama took the oath of office today and paid homage to the US ideals of equality and diversity, and to Martin Luther King Jr., as he expressed hope for peace and for a brighter economic future not just for a "privileged few" before a mil...
The Wall Street Journal
| Jan 20, 2013
Snaking arms, swaying hips, 600 yards of silk organza and beat-busting music by the "Red Baraat" bhangra band at the Indiaspora Ball (with tickets at $1,500 a pop) helped kick off days of partying to mark Barack Obama's Second Inauguration.
Whitehouse.gov
| Jan 20, 2013
President Barack Obama took the oath of office in an official swearing-in ceremony at the White House. Supreme Court Chief Justice Roberts administered the oath, which will be re-enacted in a public inauguration to be held on the Martin Luther Kin...
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Mosaic
| Jan 16, 2013
It's been a wild day in Israeli politics. Israel's IBA reports on the controversy surrounding Barack Obama's alleged comments about Netanyahu's political cowardice, as well as Donald Trump's endorsement of the Prime Minister. Plus, controversial p...
PBS NewsHour
| Jan 16, 2013
As part of a major new gun control package, US President Barack Obama today proposed a ban on assault weapons and high-capacity magazines, and boosting background checks on firearm consumers. Obama signed 23 executive actions linked to the package...
Associated Press
| Jan 13, 2013
Can't make the inauguration this year? Get a jump on it anyway, and check out the dress rehearsal with stand-ins for President Obama and the first lady, complete with a swearing-in ceremony.
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...three profoundly important unintended consequences: --Unlike the victors of the Gulf War in 1991, none of the 2.2 million American soldiers, sai...
— Feb 2 at 11:04 pm
...of suspects both here and abroad. Meanwhile, President Obama has stepped up the use of unmanned drones against suspected terrorists abroad, not ...
— May 19 at 11:55 pm
...by HBCUs to the working and middle-class, populations he name-checked in his speech as beneficiaries of his advocacy for "an America where every...
Barack Hussein Obama II (/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 served as a U.S. Senator representing the state of Illinois from January 2005 to November 2008, when he resigned following his victory in the 2008 presidential election.
Born in Honolulu, Hawaii, Obama is a graduate of Columbia University and Harvard Law School, where he was the president of the Harvard Law Review. He was a community organizer in Chicago before earning his law degree. He worked as a civil rights attorney in Chicago and taught constitutional law at the University of Chicago Law School from 1992 to 2004. He served three terms representing the 13th District in the Illinois Senate from 1997 to 2004.
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