Barack obama early life wikipedia
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Barack Obama citizenship conspiracy theories
Debunked conspiracy theories
"Birtherism" redirects here. For similar challenges against other people, see Natural-born-citizen clause (United States) §&#;Eligibility challenges.
During Barack Obama's campaign for president in , throughout his presidency and afterwards, there was extensive news coverage of Obama's religious preference, birthplace, and of the individuals questioning his religious belief and citizenship&#;&#; efforts eventually known as the "birther movement",[1] or birtherism,[2] names by which it is widely referred to across media.[3] The movement falsely asserted Obama was ineligible to be President of the United States because he was not a natural-born citizen of the United States as required by Article Two of the Constitution. Studies have found these birther conspiracy theories to be most firmly held by Republicans strong in both political knowledge and racial resentment.&
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Political positions of Barack Obama
Barack Obama, President of the United States from to , served as a U.S. senator from Illinois from to and as an Illinois state senator from to A member of the Democratic Party, he made his presidential run in He was elected President in and re-elected in
Obama has declared his position on many political issues through his public comments and legislative records. The Obama Administration stated that its general agenda was to "revive the economy, provide affordable and accessible health care to all, strengthen our public education and social security systems, define a clear path to energy independence and tackle climate change, end the War in Iraq responsibly and finish our mission in Afghanistan, and work with our allies to prevent Iran from developing a nuclear weapon."[1]
Economic policy
[edit]Main article: Economic policy of the Barack Obama administration
President Obama was first inaugurated in January , in the depths of th
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Wikipedia:VideoWiki/Barack Obama
Barack Hussein Obama II is an American politician who served as the 44th President of the United States from January 20, , to January 20, A member of the Democratic Party, he was the first African American to be elected to the presidency and previously served as a United States Senator from Illinois.
Obama was born in in Honolulu, Hawaii, two years after the territory was admitted to the Union as the 50th state. Raised largely in Hawaii, he also lived for a year of his childhood in the State of Washington and four years in Indonesia. After graduating from Columbia University in , he worked as a community organizer in Chicago. In , he enrolled in Harvard Law School, where he was the first black president of the Harvard Law Review.
He received national attention in with his March primary win, his well-received July Democratic National Conventionkeynote address, and his landslide November election to the Senate. In , he was nominated for pr