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Barack Obama

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Barack Obama served as the 44th President of the United States from January 20, 2009, to January 20, 2017. A member of the Democratic Party, he previously represented Illinois in the U.S. Senate from 2005 to 2008 and served in the Illinois State Senate from 1997 to 2004. Obama is known for his signature policies including the Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare, and his efforts in economic recovery following the 2008 financial crisis. His presidency was marked by significant legislative achievements and a focus on healthcare reform, climate change, and foreign policy initiatives such as the Iran nuclear deal.

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Feb 17, 2008

If you've got a political candidate that people actually believe in, then there's something suspicious about that.

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Feb 17, 2008

When I am President, it will not be business as usual when it comes to food safety.

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Feb 14, 2008

Whether we are rich or poor, black or white, Latino or Asian.

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Feb 12, 2008

McCain actually showed some courage, and he said, you know what? This is irresponsible. He said, I can't support a tax cut with -- and I quote -- 'so many of the benefits going to the most fortunate.'

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Feb 12, 2008

McCain actually showed some courage when he said, 'You know what? This is irresponsible.' He said, 'I can't support a tax cut with' -- and I quote -- 'so many of the benefits going to the most fortunate.'

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Feb 12, 2008

John McCain and Hillary Clinton voted for a war in Iraq that should have never been authorized and should have never been waged, a war that is costing us thousands of precious lives and billions of dollars a week that could have been used…

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Feb 12, 2008

I'm looking forward to a great debate on the issues with John McCain.

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Feb 12, 2008

I will not sign another trade agreement unless it has protections for our environment and protections for American workers.

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Feb 12, 2008

It was a failure of leadership and imagination in Washington - the culmination of decades of decisions that were made or put off without regard to the realities of a global economy and the growing inequality it's produced.

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Feb 11, 2008

As President, I will actively engage Congress and the Puerto Rican people in promoting this deliberative, open and unbiased process...

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Feb 11, 2008

As President, I will work closely with the Puerto Rican government, its civil society, and with Congress to create a genuine and transparent process of self-determination that will be true to the best traditions of democracy.

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Feb 11, 2008

We have given young people a reason to believe, and we have brought -- and we have brought the young at heart back to the polls who want to believe again.

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Feb 11, 2008

If we had chosen a different path, the right path, we could have finished the job in Afghanistan. And put more resources into the fight against Bin Laden. Instead of spending hundreds of billions of dollars in Baghdad, we could have put…

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Feb 11, 2008

She needs us to finally come together to make health care affordable and available for every single American.

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Feb 11, 2008

He needs us to restore fairness to our economy by putting tax cuts into the pockets of working people and seniors and struggling homeowners.

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Feb 11, 2008

We call it the American dream, because it's a dream we have for ourselves and our own families, but it's a dream we have for everybody.

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Feb 11, 2008

We can't keep spending money that we don't have in a war that we shouldn't have fought.

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Feb 10, 2008

I am happy to have a debate with John McCain, because we are the party of tomorrow. He's the party of yesterday.

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Feb 10, 2008

We've got a whole host of global threats out there including Iraq.

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Feb 10, 2008

Today, Michelle and I offer our thoughts and prayers to Annette and the Lantos family, and we honor a truly extraordinary life in which Congressman Lantos never wavered in his defense of freedom and opposition to tyranny.

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