Barack Obama
Barack Obama
Barack Hussein Obama IIis the 44th and current President of the United States. He is the first African American to hold the office and the first president born outside of the continental United States. Born in Honolulu, Hawaii, Obama is a graduate of Columbia University and Harvard Law School, where he served as president of the Harvard Law Review. He was a community organizer in Chicago before earning his law degree. He worked as a civil rights attorney and taught...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionUS President
Date of Birth4 August 1961
CityHonolulu, HI
CountryUnited States of America
Every single thing I`ve done, from the Affordable Care Act to pushing to raise the minimum wage, to making sure that young people are able to go to college and get good job training, to what we`re pushing now in terms of sick paid leave,everything I do has been focused on how do we make sure the middle class is getting a fair deal.
I will stand with the Muslims should the political winds shift in an ugly direction.
In the face of impossible odds, people who love this country can change it.
I'm so overexposed, I'm making Paris Hilton look like a recluse.
Andy Warhol said we all get our 15 minutes of fame. I've already had an hour and a half. I mean, I'm so overexposed, I'm making Paris Hilton look like a recluse.
There are places I want to visit where if I'm wearing a baseball cap and some sunglasses I think I can get away with and mingle in a crowd.
I think what you're seeing is a profound recognition on the part of the American people that gays and lesbians and transgender persons are our brothers, our sisters, our children, our cousins, our friends, our co-workers, and that they've got to be treated like every other American. And I think that principle will win out.
These are trips not initiated by me; these are trips that other people think will be helpful. For every invitation I've accepted, I've turned down 100.
I want to make sure that as president of the United States that I'm not asserting in some way that my decisions overrule the decisions of prosecutors who are there to uphold the law.
You can't fight a war in Iraq that's costing upwards of $200 billion and rebuild New Orleans ? and try to deal with all of the other domestic needs that we have and then cut taxes for the wealthiest 1% of Americans, ... Face the Nation.
It's puzzling, given his immediate response during 9/11, that he did not feel a greater sense of empathy toward the folks that were experiencing this enormous disaster, ... This Week.
We can make sure that people who don't have health insurance can buy into an insurance pool that gives them better bargaining power.
If you only think about yourself - how much money can I make, what can I buy, how nice is my house, what kind of fancy car do I have? - over the long term, I think, you get bored. I think your life becomes diminished. The way to live a full life is to think: What can I do for others!
No one built this country on their own. This nation is great because we built it together.