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President Obama Lays Out Ambitious Agenda in State of the Union Address [VIDEO]

Dan Alexander — Wed, 13 Feb 2013 14:08:04 +0000

Riding the wave of his re-election, President Barack ObamaÂ hit upon themes of the economy, energy, climate change and gun control in his State of the Union address delivered to a joint session of Congress. Obama declared in the speech that the state of the union is stronger and ticked off the reasons he believes [...]

Inauguration 2013 — Barack Obama Sworn In For Second Term As President

Joe Student — Mon, 21 Jan 2013 20:50:46 +0000

Barack Obama took the oath of office just before noon in Washington on Monday to begin his second term as president of the United States. Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts administered the oath to the president on a platform on the steps of the U.S. Capitol with hundreds of thousands of flag-waving citizens viewing [...]

American Presidents Live Longer According To New Reports

Dave Wheeler — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 17:35:07 +0000

Even though many say that the presidency seems to turn men’s hair gray in a hurry, researchers found that most presidents have actually lived longer than other American men their age. Kind of weird right? All living presidents have either already surpassed the average expected life span or are likely to do so. For example, [...]

Want To Be President? It Helps To Be Tall

Trudy — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 14:10:13 +0000

What qualities do people look for in anyone running for President? Honest, integrity, good ideas, solutions to American’s problems and oh, one more thing, it helps to be tall too. That’s the word from a new study which found American prefer tall presidents. The study had students draw their idea of a typical citizen along [...]

Presidents' Day 2011

Mark Richards — Mon, 21 Feb 2011 11:41:26 +0000

Putting politics aside today, I'd like to take a moment and salute our nations leaders. I'd like to start with a tribute to our current President.

Barack Hussein Obama II (born August 4, 1961) in Hawaii, is the 44th and is the current President of The United States. He is the first African-American to hold the office. Obama previously served as a United States Senator from Illinois, from January 2005 until he resigned after his election to the presidency in November 2008.

President Obama is a graduate of Columbia University and Harvard Law School, where he was the president of the Harvard Law Review. He worked as a civil rights attorney in Chicago and taught constitutional law at the University of Chicago Law School from 1992 to 2004.

Obama served 3 terms in the Illinois Senete from 1997 to 2004. His presidential campaign began in February 2007, and after a close campaign in the 08 Democratic Presidential primaries against Hillary Clinton where he won his party's nomination. In the 2008 general election he defeated Republican nominee John McCain and was inaugurated President on January 20, 2009.

In October 2009, President Obama was named the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize laureate.