“fight against negative stereotypes of Islam wherever they appear.”
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Barack Hussein Obama II is an American former politician who served as the 44th president of the United States from 2009 to 2017. A member of the Democratic Party, he was the first African American to serve as president. Obama represented Illinois in the United States Senate from 2005 to 2008 and served as an Illinois state senator from 1997 to 2004.
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Otherwise, someone else would have solved it. So you wind up dealing with probabilities. Any given decision you make you’ll wind up with a 30 to 40 percent chance that it isn’t going to work. You have to own that and feel comfortable with the way you made the decision. You can’t be paralyzed by the fact that it might not work out.
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“t be the tolerant, multi-racial country it is today. Yes, America, like the vast majority of the rest of the world, at one time participated in slavery. While the sin of slavery is not justified, it is important to acknowledge that the sin of slavery isn”
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“Israel doesn’t know what its own best interests are.”
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“Generally speaking, I’m more interested in looking forward than I am in looking backwards,”
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“Otherwise, someone else would have solved it. So you wind up dealing with probabilities. Any given decision you make you’ll wind up with a 30 to 40 percent chance that it isn’t going to work. You have to own that and feel comfortable with the way you made the decision. You can’t be paralyzed by the fact that it might not work out.”
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“I am here because of Ashley.”
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“I make love to men daily, but in the imagination,”
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La Nación: Barack Obama lanza un podcast sobre seis libros que moldearon su visión del mundo
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Entertainment Weekly: Stockard Channing recalls Bill Clinton and Barack Obama’s contrasting reactions to meeting her
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Infobae: De Toni Morrison a Cormac McCarthy: Barack Obama apuesta por la literatura en su nuevo podcast
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Because of Them We Can: Barack Obama Makes A Special Appearance In New TV Series
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Yahoo: Barack Obama Announces New Book-Themed Podcast—Here’s What we Know
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Yahoo: Barack Obama Jokes About Trump’s Gold Oval Office Sign: ‘I Can’t Believe I Didn’t Think of That’
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Perú 21: Barack Obama tendrá un podcast literario
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mshale.com: Alerta Meteorológica En Panamá: Tormentas Y Lluvias Impactan El País Barack Obama (TczjRddY6K)
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washingtonexaminer.com: Trump vs. Obama endorsements: How party leaders pick their candidates
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Time Out Worldwide: Former President and avid reader Barack Obama is launching a new literary podcast
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Radio Pauta 100.5: Barack Obama llevará su pasión por los libros a un nuevo podcast: estas son las seis obras que marcaron su vida
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The Mirror US en Español: Barack Obama se burla de la remodelación que hizo Donald Trump del Despacho Oval
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Published video “The Obama Tan Suit | Season Finale of Life, Larry and the Pursuit of Unhappiness”.
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“Still basking in the glow of Chicago’s historic @wnba.com All-Star Game. Check out the moment when President @barackobama.bsky.social surprised a group of young girls participating in the WNBA’s Changemaker Day.”
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“Here are some of the songs I've been listening to this summer. It starts with a song Michelle and I love by Glen Hansard, a great musician who passed tragically this week. Our hearts go out to his family.”
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“President @barackobama.bsky.social’s summer reading list is here 📚 This year, President Obama is inviting all of you to come read these picks at the Obama Presidential Center, and we invited a few book lovers to share their first reactions. What are you reading first?”
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“It’s that time of year again: here are some of the books I’ve enjoyed this summer. If you’ve read any good ones, let me know!”
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Lead Stories rated the claim “Donald Trump posted a meme of Barack Obama and Melania Trump in the O.J. Simpson Bronco.” No Such Post.
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“Josh Turek has plans to make life better for every Iowan. Now, Iowa, the ball is in your court. Let’s work to get @joshturek4iowa.bsky.social to the U.S. Senate. Turek4Iowa.com”
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“In June, when we debuted the first official portrait of President and Mrs. Obama at the Obama Presidential Center Museum, the world went wild for the story of how Michelle Obama had long hoped to collaborate with renowned artist Njideka Akunyili Crosby, and how deeply the experience moved Crosby.”
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“You never know who you’re going to see at the Obama Presidential Center.”
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“Got the chance to see these talented players in action today! It was great having the @wnba.com at Home Court at the Obama Presidential Center for All-Star Weekend. 🏀”
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Published video “WNBA All-Star Weekend”.
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“There’s nothing like a choir to get you fired up! Michelle and I enjoyed this beautiful performance from the Uniting Voices Chicago during the grand opening of the Obama Presidential Center.”
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Published video “There’s nothing like a choir to get you fired up!”.
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“A month ago, we opened the Obama Presidential Center and it’s been great seeing folks from all over Chicago and the world make this campus their own.”
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Lead Stories rated the claim “Epstein files email with joke about Mitt Romney's wife and Barack Obama is real.” Joke To Jeff.
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Published video “My sister Maya and I were profoundly shaped by the influence of our mom, Ann Dunham.”.
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Published video “All the Smoke with Matt and Stephen at the Obama Presidential Center”.
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Published video “Home Court at the Obama Presidential Center #barackobama #basketball”.
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Published video “Michelle and I loved reading to this bright group of kids today!”.
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Lead Stories rated the claim “Real photo shows Michelle Obama standing taller than Barack Obama, Bidens, Clintons, Bushes” Not A Giant.
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Public attention spiked: 63,132 Wikipedia readers in one day, 4.5× the usual 13,904, with 2 article edits.
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Published video “Grand Opening Ceremony at the Obama Presidential Center”.
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Published video “To everyone who helped bring the Obama Presidential Center to life, thank you. #barackobama #obama”.
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Lead Stories rated the claim “A real video shows Obama banned Trump from Presidential Center after Somali referee was denied entry to U.S..” Labeled AI.
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Published video “It was great meeting with the talented folks who’ll be working at the Obama Presidential Center.”.
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Lead Stories rated the claim “Real Obama selfie shows him with Biden, Clinton, Bush and Carter” It's A Shamfie.
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Lead Stories rated the claim “Meme accurately presents "epic moment" interaction between Trump and Obama about Iran nuclear deal” Never Happened.
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Snopes rated the claim “Sasha Obama said her father, former U.S. President Barack Obama, is gay and her mother, Michelle Obama, is a trans woman.” Originated as Satire.
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Snopes.com rated the claim “A May 2026 image authentically showed Sasha Obama, daughter of former U.S. President Barack Obama, wearing a "Make America Great Again" hat.” Fake.
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Lead Stories rated the claim “Photo of Robert De Niro shows his middle finger in front of Trump Tower in a t-shirt that says "Obama are you coming home soon? The babysitter is weird."” Rep Says Fake.
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Snopes rated the claim “A screenshot circulating online in May 2026 shows an authentic Truth Social post by President Donald Trump accusing former President Joe Biden of being a Russian agent and fellow former President Barack Obama of sometimes appearing as Biden in a “very well made Hollywood mask.”” Fake.
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Snopes rated the claim “Former U.S. Attorney General Bill Barr said he regretted not prosecuting former U.S. President Barack Obama.” Originated as Satire.
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Snopes rated the claim “A screenshot authentically shows an X post by U.S. President Donald Trump on April 15, 2026, in which he says, "It is no coincidence that this Pope is from the same city as that liberal dog Obama," and calls for acting Attorney General Todd Blanche "to investigate the Catholic Church immediately."” Fake.
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“Part of what happened is that whole ecosystem moved onto social media. And once it's on social media and it's on an algorithm, and everybody's just getting their news selected, essentially to suit their biases. Penetrating that is real tough. It is very hard.”
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Awarded Audie Award for Narration by the Author or Authors (2022).
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Awarded Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Narrator for Our Great National Parks (2022).
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Published “Gut bacteria identified in colorectal cancer patients promote tumourigenesis via butyrate secretion” in Nature Communications — cited 234 times.
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Published “Inflammation-Related Biomarkers for the Prediction of Prognosis in Colorectal Cancer Patients” in International Journal of Molecular Sciences — cited 425 times.
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“, by Narjas Zatat, The Independent, (7 July 2018). When words stop meaning anything, when truth doesn’t matter, when people can just lie with abandon, democracy can’t work. Speech at political rally on November 2, 2018. Source: Obama rips hecklers: Why are the people who won the last election ‘so mad all the time?”
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Awarded Profile in Courage Award (2017).
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Published “The irreversible momentum of clean energy” in Science — cited 1,088 times.
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20164 items
Awarded German Media Award (2016).
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Obama said that he gets inspiration from a few items that remind him "of all the different people I've met along the way", adding: "I carry these around all the time
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“of all the different people I”
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Published “United States Health Care Reform” in JAMA — cited 541 times.
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Awarded Order of Sikatuna (2014).
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With a broad mandate to advise him on issues relating to sexual assault on college and university campuses throughout the United States
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Won Presidential Medal of Distinction presented by President of Israel (2013).
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One month after the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting, Obama signed 23 executive orders and outlined a series of sweeping proposals regarding gun control
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“would reject the Keystone XL pipeline if it increased carbon pollution [or] greenhouse emissions.”
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Obama won 332 electoral votes, exceeding the 270 required for him to be reelected as president
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Awarded Time Person of the Year (2012).
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Obama secured the 2778 convention delegates needed to win the Democratic nomination
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Per his 2012 financial disclosure, Obama may be worth as much as $10 million.
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“Like many people, I'm sure Obama is an atheist”
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Obama filed election papers with the Federal Election Commission and then announced his reelection campaign for 2012 in a video titled "It Begins with Us" that he posted on his website
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In 2011, Obama invited the 1985 Chicago Bears to the White House; the team had not visited the White House after their Super Bowl win in 1986 due to the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster.
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Obama also has roots in Ireland; he met with his Irish cousins in Moneygall in May 2011.
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“As we grow our economies, we’ll also remember the link between growth and good governance -- the rule of law, transparent institutions, the equal administration of justice. Because history shows that, over the long run, democracy and economic growth go hand in hand. And prosperity without freedom is just another form of poverty.”
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Obama invited the 1985 Chicago Bears to the White House; the team had not visited the White House after their Super Bowl win in 1986 due to the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster
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“(19 June 2015), by M. Oren, Foreign Policy. Now we are doing imperialism with a black face. Chioma Oruh, interview (12 December 2009), as quoted in The Partisan Dynamics of Contention: Demobilization of the Anti-War Movement in the United States: 2007-2009”
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Obama released a statement commenting on his religious views, saying:
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Bringing the number of women sitting simultaneously on the Court to three for the first time in American history
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To replace retiring Associate Justice John Paul Stevens
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“The Bridge: The Life and Rise of Barack Obama”
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“defining challenge of our time”
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Awarded the Nobel Prize in Peace — for his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples.
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Becoming the first Supreme Court Justice of Hispanic descent
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Won King Abdulaziz Medal (2009).
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Awarded Nobel Peace Prize (2009).
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To replace retiring associate justice David Souter
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Obama created the White House Council on Women and Girls, which formed part of the Office of Intergovernmental Affairs, having been established by Executive Order 13506 with a broad mandate to advise him on issues relati
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The Obama family has attended several Protestant churches, including Shiloh Baptist Church and St
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Career landmark: Participated in commencement at the University of Notre Dame (tournament / event).
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Career landmark: President of the United States (2009–2017).
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“Opis: wypowiedziane w listopadzie 2009 podczas wizyty w Pekinie.”
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Threw out the ceremonial first pitch at the All-Star Game while wearing a White Sox jacket
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Their 2009 tax return showed a household income of $5.5 million—up from about $4.2 million in 2007 and $1.6 million in 2005—mostly from sales of his books.
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200812 items
To focus on his transition period for the presidency
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Two days before his election to the presidency
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Obama announced his selection of Delaware senator Joe Biden as his vice presidential running mate
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Obama became the first major-party presidential candidate to turn down public financing in the general election since the system was created in 1976
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Awarded Time Person of the Year (2008).
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Awarded Phoenix Award (2008).
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Awarded Financial Times Person of the Year (2008).
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Senator Obama—along with Senators Tom Carper, Tom Coburn, and John McCain—introduced follow-up legislation: Strengthening Transparency and Accountability in Federal Spending Act of 2008
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Obama had received enough votes to clinch his nomination
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Obama's mother was survived by her Kansas-born mother, Madelyn Dunham, until her death on November 2, 2008, two days before his election to the presidency.
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Career landmark: President-elect of the United States (2008–2009).
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“I am a Christian, and I am a devout Christian. I believe in the redemptive death and resurrection of Jesus Christ. I believe that faith gives me a path to be cleansed of sin and have eternal life.”
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Awarded NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work, Nonfiction for The Audacity of Hope (2007).
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Obama announced his candidacy for President of the United States in front of the Old State Capitol building in Springfield, Illinois
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Obama sponsored an amendment to the Defense Authorization Act to add safeguards for personality-disorder military discharges
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It was discovered her great-great-grandfather Falmouth Kearney emigrated from the village of Moneygall, Ireland to the U
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In December 2007, Money Magazine estimated Obama's net worth at $1.3 million (equivalent to $2 million in 2025).
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Career landmark: United States senator (2007–2008).
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Awarded Grammy Award for Best Audio Book, Narration & Storytelling Recording for The Audacity of Hope (2006).
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In a 2006 interview, Obama highlighted the diversity of his extended family: "It's like a little mini-United Nations," he said. "I've got relatives who look like Bernie Mac, and I've got relatives who look like Margaret Thatcher." Obama has a half-sister with whom he was raised (Maya Soetoro-Ng) and seven other half-siblings from his Kenyan father's family.
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Awarded NAACP Image Award – Chairman's Award (2005).
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Awarded Grammy Award for Best Audio Book, Narration & Storytelling Recording for Dreams from My Father (2005).
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Becoming the only Senate member of the Congressional Black Caucus
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Obama is a supporter of the Chicago White Sox, and he threw out the first pitch at the 2005 ALCS when he was still a senator.
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The Obama family applied the proceeds of a book deal and moved from a Hyde Park, Chicago condominium to a $1
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Career landmark: United States senator (2005–2007).
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In 2005, the Obama family applied the proceeds of a book deal and moved from a Hyde Park, Chicago condominium to a $1.6 million house (equivalent to $2.6 million in 2025) in neighboring Kenwood, Chicago.
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Career landmark: Participated in commencement at the Knox College (tournament / event).
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The day President Bush and Congress agreed on the joint resolution authorizing the Iraq War, Obama addressed the first high-profile Chicago anti-Iraq War rally, and spoke out against the war
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“Opis: do prezydenta Francji, Nicolasa Sarkozy’ego, który nazwał premiera Izraela Binjamina Netanjahu kłamcą.”
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“Opis: podczas wizyty w Polsce.”
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“Opis: o prezydencie RP Lechu Kaczyńskim, po tragedii w Smoleńsku.”
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“Już nie jestem takim młodym muzułmańskim socjalistą jak kiedyś.”
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“Nie daliśmy ludziom w mniejszych ośrodkach poczucia, że walczymy dla nich. Z mediów dowiedzieli się więcej o kontrowersjach wokół toalet dla transseksualistów niż o płacy minimalnej czy regulacji wynagrodzeń za nadgodziny. Prezydent-elekt ma teraz narzędzia, aby cofnąć wiele z naszych zmian.”
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“Opis: W rozmowie z CNN były amerykański prezydent mówił o demokracji w Stanach Zjednoczonych i za granicą..”
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“Opis: do dziennikarzy, gdy jako pierwszy prezydent USA odwiedził więzienie.”
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As co-chairman of the bipartisan Joint Committee on Administrative Rules, Obama supported Republican governor George Ryan's payday loan regulations and predatory mortgage lending regulations aimed at averting home forecl
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“Opis: do Mariana Turskiego, byłego więźnia Auschwitz, przewodniczącego Stowarzyszenia ŻIH, gdy usłyszał, że Turski brał udział w prowadzonym przez Martina Luthera Kinga, legendarnym marszu przeciw segregacji rasowej do Montgomery w Alabamie.”
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“Opis: z przemówienia wygłoszonego na wieczorze żałobnym w Tucson o jednej z ofiar strzelaniny – dziewięcioletniej dziewczynce.”
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“Opis: fragment wystąpienia na sesji Zgromadzenia Ogólnego ONZ w Nowym Jorku.”
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“Myślę, że wyrażają frustrację, którą czują wszyscy Amerykanie. Mamy dziś największy kryzys od 80 lat i jego konsekwencje odczuwają wszyscy. Kryzys jest wynikiem nieodpowiedzialnych działań pewnych ludzi. Dziś wszyscy oglądamy tych samych ludzi, którzy próbują przywrócić stare reguły gry. To może frustrować.”
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“Dziś, bardziej niż kiedykolwiek, nauka wydaje się kluczem do przetrwania. Zarówno dla naszej planety jak i nas samych jako narodu, oraz naszego dobrobytu i bezpieczeństwa. Nadszedł czas, byśmy znowu naukę zaczęli traktować jako jedną z najważniejszych dziedzin życia.”
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“Opis: o śmierci Osamy bin Ladena.”
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“Where the stakes are the highest, in the war on terror, we cannot possibly succeed without extraordinary international cooperation. Effective international police actions require the highest degree of intelligence sharing, planning and collaborative enforcement.”
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“You got these $10,000-a-plate dinners and Golden Circles Clubs. I think when the average voter looks at that, they rightly feel they're locked out of the process. They can't attend a $10,000 breakfast and they know that those who can are going to get the kind of access they can't imagine.”
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“Opis: o Sarze Palin podczas wiecu wyborczego.”
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“Operations in Iraq and Afghanistan and the war on terrorism have reduced the pace of military transformation and have revealed our lack of preparation for defensive and stability operations. This Administration has overextended our military.”
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“Opis: o swojej administracji w żartobliwym tonie.”
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Lost a Democratic primary race for Illinois's 1st congressional district in the United States House of Representatives to four-term incumbent Bobby Rush by a margin of two to one
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Obama ran for Illinois's 1st congressional district, but came in second to the incumbent Representative, Bobby Rush
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Followed by a second daughter, Natasha ("Sasha"), in 2001
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Defeating Republican Yesse Yehudah in the general election, and was re-elected again in 2002
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Career landmark: member of the State Senate of Illinois (1997–2004).
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Succeeding Democratic state senator Alice Palmer from Illinois's 13th District, which, at that time, spanned Chicago South Side neighborhoods from Hyde Park–Kenwood south to South Shore and west to Chicago Lawn
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Obama was elected to represent the 13th district in the Illinois Senate
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19951 item
“The opportunity that Hawaii offered — to experience a variety of cultures in a climate of mutual respect — became an integral part of my world view, and a basis for the values that I hold most dear.”
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19914 items
Studied at Harvard University, Juris Doctor (1988–1991).
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Studied at Harvard Law School, Juris Doctor (1988–1991).
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Obama accepted a two-year position as Visiting Law and Government Fellow at the University of Chicago Law School to work on his first book
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They began dating later that summer, became engaged in 1991, and were married on October 3, 1992.
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19901 item
“on sexism and racism, in Pugh, Allison J. (3 May 1990), "Harvard Student Tackles Racism At Core", Illinois Daily Herald”
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19891 item
In June 1989, Obama met Michelle Robinson when he was employed at Sidley Austin.
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19881 item
Obama enrolled at Harvard Law School, where he was the first Black president of the Harvard Law Review
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19851 item
Had been the first foundation to fund the Developing Communities Project—and of the Joyce Foundation
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19832 items
And later worked as a community organizer in Chicago
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Studied at Columbia University, Bachelor of Arts (1981–1983).
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19822 items
“That my father looked nothing like the people around me—that he was black as pitch, my mother white as milk—barely registered in my mind.”
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When Obama was 21 years old
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19812 items
Studied at Occidental College (1979–1981).
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Transferred to Columbia University in New York City as a junior, where he majored in political science with a specialty in international relations and in English literature and lived off-campus on West 109th Street
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19801 item
And earning a PhD degree in 1992, before dying in 1995 in Hawaii following unsuccessful treatment for ovarian and uterine cancer
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19792 items
Obama moved to Los Angeles to attend Occidental College on a full scholarship
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Studied at Punahou School (1971–1979).
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19751 item
So his mother could begin anthropology field work
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19731 item
Which contributed to the overthrow of Muammar Gaddafi
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19712 items
Obama returned to Honolulu to live with his maternal grandparents, Madelyn and Stanley Dunham
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Studied at State Elementary School Menteng 01 (1970–1971).
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19671 item
Studied at Noelani Elementary School (1966–1967).
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19641 item
Where he married for a third time and worked for the Kenyan government as the senior economic analyst in the Ministry of Finance
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19631 item
Dunham met Lolo Soetoro at the University of Hawaiʻi; he was an Indonesian East–West Center graduate student in geography
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19615 items
Born 1961-08-04.
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At Kapiolani Medical Center for Women and Children in Honolulu, Hawaii
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Six months before Obama was born
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“, Vice (12 May 2017) 1996 Bob Dole seems to me to be a classic example of somebody who had no reason to run. You”
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“, nbcnews.com (June 19, 2026) == Quotes about Obama == Alphabetized by author === A === When you think about it as well, even the kind of enthusiasm and joy that we had, that many people in the world had, when Barack Obama became president... I mean, why were we so happy?...At some point, I was one of the happy ones as well: I was in Nigeria with my friends; we stayed up late to watch it. But being objective and stepping back, why are we so happy? We”
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19601 item
In a Russian language class at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, where his father was a foreign student on a scholarship
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190014 items
Won King Abdulaziz Medal.
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Awarded Romy.
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Awarded honorary doctor of the University of Johannesburg.
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Won National Medal of Science.
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Awarded honorary doctorate from the University of Notre Dame.
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Awarded Order of the Rajamitrabhorn.
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Awarded honorary doctor of the Northwestern University.
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Career landmark: Obama spying contra-Trump allegations.
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Career landmark: Participated in World Government Summit 2016 (tournament / event).
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Studied at King College Prep High School.
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Studied at Nelson High School.
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Career landmark: first inauguration of Barack Obama.
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Career landmark: second inauguration of Barack Obama.
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Studied at Centaurus High School.
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