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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.
This is an issue we've been dealing with for too long and it's time for us to make more progress than we've made. And I'm not interested in talk. I'm interested in action. And I am absolutely committed as president of the United States to…
I wanted to change the relationship between our governments, to elevate your voices in Washington and give your tribes greater say over the decisions that affect the lives of your people every day.
I told my staff—I brought Sally in, and I brought Arne Duncan in, and I said, you will find new avenues of opportunity for our Native youth.
It makes no sense for us to have a first-class economy, but second-class infrastructure.
I am absolutely committed as President of the United States to making sure that we have a country in which everybody believes in the core principle that we are equal under the law.
Every day that I have the honor to serve as your President, I will do everything I can to meet that responsibility and honor that trust.
I think Ferguson laid there a problem that is not unique to St. Louis or that area and is not unique to our time. And that is a simmering distrust that exists between too many police departments and too many communities of color. Whether…
We have prioritized domestic preparedness and hospital readiness since the diagnosis of the first Ebola patient in Dallas.
You have some people that just totally wrap their arms around you and shake your hand.
We have made marked strides in our overseas response by scaling-up our deployment with thousands of additional civilian and military personnel in West Africa.
We are guided by our hopes, and we are guided by our reason, and we are guided by our faith.
We have achieved tremendous progress across all elements of the Administration's whole-of-government response.
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