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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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Apr 15, 2015

For pennies on the dollar, the space program has improved our lives, advanced our society, strengthened our economy, and inspired generations of Americans.

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Apr 14, 2015

When Hillary Clinton was First Lady, she tried to do something about it, and it foundered and did not work out.

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Apr 14, 2015

We took two Republican ideas--the exchange, the marketplace, and creating large purchasing pools so that people did not have to be part of a big organization in order to get health care coverage and better coverage.

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Apr 14, 2015

If you do not require people to get coverage, we will end up having to cover just the lame, the unhealthy, and the blind, and it is not an economically feasible approach.

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Apr 12, 2015

One of the criteria is that the up-front costs ('points and fees') not exceed three percent of the total loan amount.

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Apr 10, 2015

I believe the relationship between the United States and the Americas is as good as it has ever been.

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Apr 9, 2015

I think our goal was to make sure that we had concrete actions that we could take that would improve our economies.

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Apr 9, 2015

We continue to expand trade among the nations of the Americas because we know when we allow businesses to grow their markets it extends opportunity to a wider circle of people.

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Apr 9, 2015

All parties must comply with their obligations under international humanitarian law.

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Apr 9, 2015

It is very important for us to make sure that the United States stands in solidarity and has a partnership with each of the countries that are represented around this table.

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Apr 9, 2015

We applaud the efforts of the UN Relief and Works Agency to help protect civilians in Yarmouk.

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Apr 8, 2015

I'm confident that we will be able to move forward with the re-opening of embassies.

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Apr 8, 2015

We support the ongoing reform efforts in Jamaica to deal with its public debt while still making investments in youth and the people of Jamaica.

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Apr 8, 2015

We do remain very troubled by the Venezuelan government's efforts to escalate intimidation of its political opponents.

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Apr 8, 2015

The people who are trying to make this world worse are not taking the day off.

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Apr 8, 2015

We will launch a $20 million facility to encourage investment in clean energy projects.

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Apr 8, 2015

I want to thank the University of the West Indies for hosting us.

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Apr 8, 2015

We believe that civil society has a critical role to play in supporting progress in all of our societies.

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Apr 7, 2015

Where my agencies are overreaching and stifling business in the United States, I'm going to work to lessen that impact.

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Apr 7, 2015

Because the situation with respect to Somalia continues to pose an unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security and foreign policy of the United States, the national emergency declared on April 12, 2010, and the measures…

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Apr 6, 2015

What is a more relevant fear would be that in year 13, 14, 15, they have advanced centrifuges that enrich uranium fairly rapidly, and at that point the breakout times would have shrunk almost down to zero.

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