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Barack

Obama

President of the United States of America

The White House
Washington D.C. - United States
Born on 4/8/1961
at Honolulu (Hawaï) (United States)
Obama's french biography

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This biobble was made by the biobble team, who as well composed the interview with original Obama quotes.

Date created 11/12/2006
Last updated on 15/5/2009

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Barack Obama Inaugural Speech Address (Part 2 of 2)
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Obama, 1st speech on 11/7/2008
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Biography of Barack Obama

  • 4 August 1961Y. Gagarin 1st man in space

    Barack Obama is born in Honolulu, Hawaii. Barack, an African name meaning 'blessed,' is the son of Barack Obama Sr., a black Kenyan, and Ann Dunham, a white American. His parents met while his father was a foreign student in Hawaii. They are deceased.

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  • 1967Che Guevera Killed in Bolivia

    Moves to Djakarta, Indonesia when Obama's mother married Lola Soetoro, an oil executive. He returned to the United States four years later to live with his grandparents and attend Punahou School in Hawaii. He graduated from the prestigious prep school in 1979.

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  • 1983Death of Tennessee Williams

    Graduates from Columbia University in New York City with a bachelor's degree in Political Science.

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  • 1985Rainbow Warrior Sunk

    Moves to Chicago. In one of the city's toughest neighborhoods, Obama works as a community organizer for a church-based group that was helping poor residents cope with the closing of nearby manufacturing plants.

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  • 1989Berlin Wall Comes Down

    Obama is a summer intern at the corporate law firm Sidley Austin LLP in Chicago.

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  • 1990Nelson Mandela Freed

    Elected as the first African-American President (editor) of the Harvard Law Review, the most important legal academic publication in the U.S.

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  • 1991Dissolution of the USSR

    Graduates with his Juris Doctor from Harvard Law School. Obama received a degree with the distinction magna cum laude.

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  • 1992

    Obama marries Michelle Robinson, his summer adviser at Sidley Austin. Robinson attended Princeton before going to Harvard Law School where she received her degree in 1988. She is from a black working-class South Side family. She is the Executive Director of Community Affairs at the University of Chicago Hospital.

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  • 1992

    Works at the civil rights law firm Davis, Miner, Barnhill and Galland in Chicago where he represented victims of housing and employment discrimination. Obama also worked on voting rights legislation for a small public-interest firm.

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  • 1993Confrontation in Waco

    Obama was named by Crain's Chicago Business as one of "40 under 40" outstanding young leaders.

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  • 1993 - 2004

    Named Senior Lecturer at the prestigious University of Chicago Law School.

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  • 1995O.J. Simpson- "Not- Guilty"

    Publishes his autobiography "Dreams of My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance."

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  • 1996 - 2003Taliban takes control of Afghanistan

    Joins the Illinois Legislature as a State Senator representing the 13th district, which includes some of the poorest neighborhoods in the city's South Side.

    While in the Illinois State Senate, Obama is named Chairman of the Health and Human Services Committee. His distinguished works include passing bill to assist children and adults who cannot afford health insurance; increasing funding for AIDS prevention and care; a law requiring police to videotape interrogations for crimes punishable by the death penalty; a law requiring insurance companies to cover routine mammograms; legislation to curb racial profiling.

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  • 1999Impeachment trial of President Clinton

    Daughter Malia is born.

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  • 2000Mad cow disease alarms Europe

    Obama runs unsuccessfully for the U.S. House of Representatives loosing to former Black Panteher and political insider Bobby Rush.

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  • 2001

    Daughter Sasha is born.

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  • October 2002

    Obama gives a speech at an antiwar rally in Chicago. He was opposed to the invasion of Iraq saying, "I am not opposed to all wars. I am opposed to dumb wars."

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  • 16 March 2004

    Wins the Senate primary for the Democratic party of Illinois. In the primary, he received 53% of the vote in a seven-person race.

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  • 2005

    Obama begins regular podcasts from his U.S. Senate Web site at www.obama.senate.gov/podcast

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  • 4 January 2005

    Obama, a democrat, is sworn into national office as a United States Senator for Illinois.

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  • 18 April 2005

    Time magazine names Obama one of "The World's Most Influential People." He is listed among other leaders and revolutionaries. This same year, the British journal New Statesman names Obama one of "10 People Who Could Change the World."

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  • 17 October 2006

    Publishes "The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream," which details his views of politics and his vision for the future of the U.S. government and its people.

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  • 15 May 2008

    Hillary Clinton continues agitating for the "honor" and she gets a large victory in West Virginia, but still Barack Obama is taking the lead with 1891.5 delegates.

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  • August 2008

    The party's candidate will be formally appointed in Denver, Colorado, by the Democratic Convention. It is predicted that Obama will be the candidate chosen by the party but, will he be able to be elected as president of the US although he has not got so much support of the working-class as Hilary?

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  • 4 November 2008

    Democrat Barack Obama is elected as the first  black president of the United States of America and sweeps away the last racial barrier in American politics.

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  • 20 January 2009

    Barack Obama sworns in as the 44th president of the United States of America as Michelle Obama holds the Lincoln Bible.

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Dossier

A Way Forward in Iraq (1/2)
speech given November 20, 2006 in Chicago

Throughout American history, there have been moments that call on us to meet the challenges of an uncertain world, and pay whatever price is required to secure our freedom. They are the soul-trying ti...
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Biografía de Barack Obama
Biografía en español

4 agosto 1961
Barack Obama nace en Honolulú (Hawái).
Barack, nombre africano que significa «bendecido», es el hijo de Barack Obama Sr., un keniano de color, y Ann Dunham, una americana blan...
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Mottos

There's not a liberal America and a conservative America - there's the United States of America.

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“My job is not to represent Washington to you, but to represent you to Washington.”

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Interview

What about money ?
Money is not the only answer, but it makes a difference.

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What do you wish for most in the world ?
Change !

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What about trust ?
If the people cannot trust their government to do the job for which it exists - to protect them and to promote their common welfare - all else is lost.

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What about the many ?
This is the moment when we must build on the wealth that open markets have created, and share its benefits more equitably. Trade has been a cornerstone of our growth and global development. But we will not be able to sustain this growth if it favors the few, and not the many.

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What is your opinion on people who only care about how much money they make ?
Focusing your life solely on making a buck shows a certain poverty of ambition. It asks too little of yourself. Because it's only when you hitch your wagon to something larger than yourself that you realize your true potential.

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