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.
One of the best measures of a nation's success is how it treats its women.
These organizations facilitate and aggravate violent civil conflicts and increasingly facilitate the activities of other dangerous persons.
I declared a national emergency with respect to significant transnational criminal organizations.
We are working together with a range of partners to accelerate private-sector energy transactions.
We are committed to helping developing countries better mobilize their own domestic resources.
My intention over the next several months, as long as I'm in this office, is to continue to look at best practices, figure out what's working well.
This is something that's going to have to be bottom up and not just top down.
We just had a useful discussion, following up on the Task Force meeting that I had last week.
I urged that the investigations and prosecution of the coup's perpetrators be conducted in ways that reinforce public confidence in democratic institutions and the rule of law.
Much more constructive conversations and the offering up of very concrete recommendations and suggestions for how we can do better is encouraging to me.
It's a reminder of the extraordinary risks and dangers that they are taking every single day to protect us and our way of life.
And the more we can do to make sure that communities feel that these are their police departments and that they have an interest in protecting them, the easier it's going to be for police officers to do their jobs.
I strongly condemned last week's attempt to violently remove the democratically-elected civilian government of Turkey.
We can incorporate—as part of a strategy to make the lives of police officers safer—encourage the kind of best practices that assure communities are embracing their police departments the way they should and the way they need to.
The United States is willing to provide appropriate assistance to Turkish authorities investigating the attempted coup.
I strongly believe that there is no contradiction between us protecting our officers, honoring our officers, making sure that they have all the tools they need to do their job safely, and building trust between police officers and…
I lauded the Turkish people's resolve against this violent intervention.





