All across America, people of every walk of life... if you're willing to work hard, you can make it.
Barack Obama
The Public Record
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.
Ensuring agencies' compliance with USERRA across the Federal Government will maintain our commitment to those who serve.
The American people deserve to know that companies running our critical infrastructure meet basic, commonsense cybersecurity standards.
The cyber threat to our nation is one of the most serious economic and national security challenges we face.
The promise that our parents and our grandparents made to us... that's what we now have to pass on to our kids and grandkids.
I articulated a zero-tolerance policy for USERRA violations across the federal government.
We must do our utmost to ensure that all service members' employment and reemployment rights are respected.
I've been outspent before, and I've been counted out before, but through every campaign, what has always given me hope is the American people.
I'm running because I don't believe that you can reduce the deficit without asking the wealthiest Americans to give up the tax cuts.
I'm running because, like you, I believe you cannot reduce the deficit and deal with our debt without asking folks like me, without asking the wealthiest Americans, to give up the taxes they've been getting for the last decade.
Attracting and retaining the best talent means ensuring fair treatment for individuals who have served our country.
In November 2011, the President signed into law the Returning Heroes Tax Credit.
We can cut back Government spending that we can't afford, but I will also ask anybody who is making over $250,000 a year to just go back to the rates they were paying under Bill Clinton, because, by the way, that worked.
Every economist whose Ph.D. is worth the paper it is printed on will tell you that the initiatives that Congress has so far refused to pass in the American Jobs Act would create at least a million jobs.
It would be the height of irresponsibility to leave a digital backdoor wide open to our cyber adversaries.
I challenge the private sector to hire or train 100,000 veterans and their spouses by 2013.
Every man or woman who has served in our country's uniformed services deserves the full protection of our employment laws, including USERRA.





