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Barack Hussein Obama, Jr., a Democrat, is the junior Senator from Illinois (map). He is the only African-American currently serving in the U.S. Senate, the fifth in U.S. history and the third since Reconstruction. As of February, 2008, he was in a neck-and-neck race for the Democratic presidential nomination with Senator Hillary Clinton.

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Obama Urges House To Action On Health Care

WASHINGTON -- Good afternoon, everybody. I just want to say a few words about the landmark vote that the House of Representatives is poised to take today--a vote that can bring us one step closer to making real the promise of quality, affordable ...

From BARACK OBAMA, Forbes,  7 Nov 2009

Related Topics: U.S. House of Representatives,  Barack Obama,  AARP,  U.S. Senate,  American Medical Association

Presidential Proclamation: Declaration of a National Emergency with Respect to the 2009 H1N1 Influenza Pandemic

President Barack Obama released this proclamation on October 24, 2009. On April 26, 2009, the Secretary of Health and Human Services (the "Secretary") first declared a public health emergency under section 319 of the Public Health Service Act, 42 U.S.C. ...

From BARACK OBAMA, Council on Foreign Relations,  24 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Barack Obama,  U.S. Congress

Obama's Remarks on the Stimulus Package

THE PRESIDENT: Hello, everybody. Before I begin, I just want to thank my outstanding Secretary of Transportation, Ray LaHood, who's with us today. And I want to thank the folks at Cherry Hill Construction for having me here today. We just took a look ...

From BARACK OBAMA, Real Clear Politics,  14 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Ray LaHood,  Barack Obama,  Tim Kaine,  Mark Warner,  Jim Webb

Change Has Come to the Galaxy

Place your flash alternative materials here. What follows is the text of former President Barack Obama’s farewell address, which he delivered before departing in the …  [Read More] He is the clown prince in a continent whose rulers boast of more ...

From BARACK OBAMA, Taki's Top Drawer,  10 Oct 2009

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Consumer Financial Protection Remains A Top Priority

Good afternoon.  For the last several months, this administration has been working with Congress to reform an outdated system of financial regulations and lax oversight that helped lead to last year’s crisis.  And I want to thank Chairman Chris Dodd, ...

From BARACK OBAMA, The Business Insider,  9 Oct 2009

Related Topics: U.S. Congress,  Barney Frank,  Christopher Dodd,  Richard Shelby

Remarks by President Obama at the National Counterterrorism Center

THE PRESIDENT:  Thank you so much, Mike, for the introduction.  Usually it's Mike who comes to brief me at the White House.  Today, it's my honor to visit you in your house.  I was just told this is called the "bat cave," is that correct?  (Laughter.) ...

From BARACK OBAMA, Council on Foreign Relations,  6 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Al-Qaeda,  Barack Obama,  John Brennan,  White House,  Central Intelligence Agency

Obama's Remarks on Financial Rescue and Reform, September 2009

President Obama gave these remarks at Federal Hall in New York on September 14, 2009. THE PRESIDENT:  Thank you very much.  It is wonderful to be back in New York after having just been here last week.  It is a beautiful day and we have some ...

From BARACK OBAMA, Council on Foreign Relations,  14 Sep 2009

Related Topics: U.S. Congress,  Barack Obama,  Barney Frank,  Paul Volcker,  Timothy F. Geithner

No, We Haven't Forgotten About Fixing Wall Street

Thank you all for being here and for your warm welcome. It’s a privilege to be in historic Federal Hall. It was here more than two centuries ago that our first Congress served and our first President was inaugurated. It was here, in the early days of ...

From BARACK OBAMA, The Business Insider,  14 Sep 2009

Related Topics: U.S. Congress,  Barney Frank,  Merrill Lynch,  Freddie Mac,  Fannie Mae

The President On Financial Rescue And Reform

Thank you all for being here and for your warm welcome. Its a privilege to be in historic Federal Hall. It was here more than two centuries ago that our first Congress served and our first president was inaugurated. It was here, in the early days of ...

From BARACK OBAMA, Forbes,  14 Sep 2009

Related Topics: U.S. Congress,  Barney Frank,  Merrill Lynch,  Freddie Mac,  Fannie Mae

The Time To Fix Healthcare Is Now

Madame Speaker, Vice President Biden, Members of Congress, and the American people: When I spoke here last winter, this nation was facing the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression. We were losing an average of 700,000 jobs per month. Credit ...

From BARACK OBAMA, The Business Insider,  9 Sep 2009

Related Topics: U.S. Congress,  U.S. Republican Party,  U.S. Democratic Party,  Theodore Roosevelt,  John Dingell

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