Therefore, the President directed his counsel to review the legal authority for seeking access to the long form certificate and to request on that basis that the Hawaii State Department of Health make an exception to release a copy of his long form birth certificate. They granted that exception in part because of the tremendous volume of requests they had been getting.
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Twitter Facebook Email. She and her new husband, an Indonesian man named Lolo Soetoro, moved with her young son to Jakarta in the late s, where Ann worked at the U.
At age 10, Obama returned to Hawaii to live with his maternal grandparents. He attended the Punahou School, an elite private school where, as he wrote in his memoir, Dreams from My Father , he first began to understand the tensions inherent in his mixed racial background.
After two years at Occidental College in Los Angeles, he transferred to Columbia University in New York City, from which he graduated in with a degree in political science. He graduated magna cum laude from Harvard Law School in Despite tight Republican control during his years in the state senate, Obama was able to build support among both Democrats and Republicans in drafting legislation on ethics and health care reform. He helped create a state earned-income tax credit that benefited the working poor, promoted subsidies for early childhood education programs and worked with law enforcement officials to require the videotaping of interrogations and confessions in all capital cases.
Re-elected in and again in , Obama also ran unsuccessfully in the Democratic primary for the U. House of Representatives seat held by the popular four-term incumbent Bobby Rush.
As a state senator, Obama notably went on record as an early opponent of President George W. When Republican Peter Fitzgerald announced that he would vacate his U.
Senate seat in after only one term, Obama decided to run. He won 52 percent of the vote in the Democratic primary, defeating both multimillionaire businessman Blair Hull and Illinois Comptroller Daniel Hynes.
After his original Republican opponent in the general election, Jack Ryan, withdrew from the race, the former presidential candidate Alan Keyes stepped in. It put the relatively unknown, young senator in the national spotlight. Senate since Reconstruction. During his tenure, Obama notably focused on issues of nuclear non-proliferation and the health threat posed by avian flu.
He partnered with another Republican, Senator Richard Lugar of Indiana , on a bill that expanded efforts to destroy weapons of mass destruction in Eastern Europe and Russia. In August , Obama traveled to Kenya, where thousands of people lined the streets to welcome him.
He published his second book, The Audacity of Hope , in October On February 10, , Obama formally announced his candidacy for president of the United States. A victory in the Iowa primary made him a viable challenger to the early frontrunner, the former first lady and current New York Senator Hillary Clinton , whom he outlasted in a grueling primary campaign to claim the Democratic nomination in early June Obama chose Joseph R.
Biden Jr. Biden had been a U. They worked to bring new voters—many of them young or Black, both demographics they believed favored Obama—to become involved in the election. As a first-term Senator, he launched his presidential campaign in February Obama and Biden won the election handily, 53 percent of the popular vote to 46 percent and Electoral College votes to Obama signs an executive order to close the U. His executive order encountered strong Congressional resistance, and the prison remained open after he left office.
The bill makes it easier for people to challenge unequal pay complaints and is designed to help address the wage gap between men and women. The purpose of the act was to save and create jobs and to provide relief to those most affected by the economic crisis of The president overturns a rule that restricted the amount of federal money that could be used on embryonic stem cell research.
Obama hosts the first-ever online discussion at the White House. She is confirmed in August. The president gives a speech at Cairo University in Egypt, discussing the U. Obama announces the Volcker Rule, which seeks to restrict U. This is the most significant regulatory makeover of the U. Under the new regulations, Obama sought to increase quality, affordability, and access to healthcare.
Obama announces he will approve exploration for oil and gas in the Gulf of Mexico and off the coast of Virginia, which had been previously banned. This is an agreement to reduce the stockpile of nuclear weapons by the United States and Russia. The funding would be used for space exploration rather than lunar exploration.
An explosion on an oil rig off the coast of Louisiana results in 11 deaths and a massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. The oil rig was leased by BP.
Obama delivers a eulogy for the 29 West Virginia coal miners who died in an explosion earlier in the month. Supreme Court. She is sworn into office in August. Obama discusses the massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico caused by BP. The president says that BP will have to pay heavy reparations for their malpractice. The Act gives regulators stronger authority when it comes to breaking up large companies and attempts to protect the consumer by restricting practices in consumer loans and credit cards.
Obama puts into practice the post GI Bill. This bill assists in obtaining a free or cheaper college tuition for those who have served in the U. It sets new standards so that Americans who are deaf, blind, or live with a visual impairment have equal access and opportunity to new technological innovations. In the midterm elections, Republicans gained 6 seats in the Senate, reducing the Democrats' majority in that chamber from 18 59 to 41 to 6 53 to The GOP also added 63 seats in the House of Representatives, enough to gain control of the House by a to majority in the th Congress.
In attempt to get the deficit under control, the president freezes pay raises on federal employees for two years starting on January 1, This funds nutrition and free lunch programs, sets new standards for schools, and allocates money for the implementation of these new provisions.
This extends the tax cuts instituted by President Bush in the early s and also provides additional provisions to promote economic growth in the form of tax cuts. Armed Forces. At a constituent meeting in Tucson, Arizona, a gunman open fired, shooting 19 people, killing 6 of them. Representative Gabrielle Giffords was shot in the head; she resigned her seat in the House to focus on her recovery.
The President and First Lady traveled to Tucson, and Obama offered his remarks during a memorial service for the victims.
Obama signs a nuclear arms treaty with Russia, called New START, which seeks to develop our security, relations with Russia, and a world without the fear of nuclear weapons. This order permits the United States to resume military trials for detainees. Obama announces the death of Osama Bin Laden, who was the leader of Al-Qaeda, the terrorist group that claimed responsibility for the U. Bin Laden was killed on May 2, , in Pakistan but it was still May 1 in the United States when the president announced his death.
The Budget Control Act becomes law. It raises the federal debt ceiling, causes the United States to avoid default, and creates a bipartisan committee to discuss debt issues.
President Obama makes an address to the joint session of Congress to present the American Jobs Act, which is designed to improve the U. President Obama announces that U. It seeks to eliminate insider trading and prohibits the use of non-public information for profit in the private sector.
Obama defeats Republican Mitt Romney to win a second term in office with electoral votes to and 51 percent of the popular vote. The president addresses the nation after a shooting at the Sandy Hook elementary school in Connecticut results in the death of 20 children and 6 adults.
He pledges to fight for gun control legislation. Obama signs the American Taxpayer Relief Act. This extended tax breaks for the majority of Americans while raising the tax rates for top earners.
Barack Obama is inaugurated into his second term as president. He was sworn into office in a private ceremony on Sunday, January 20, but the official ceremony took place the next day. This act seeks to provide increased protection for women under the law by improving law enforcement tools to combat the violence, improving services for victims of violent crimes, and improving awareness and violence reduction practices.
In a speech at Georgetown University, the president announces the Climate Action Plan, which is designed to lower carbon pollution, prepare for the impending effects of climate change, and to address reversing climate change as a global endeavor. Obama delivers remarks on the murder of Trayvon Martin.
This act outlines how the government should distribute loans to students and other tactics for helping students with crippling debt. A shutdown of the federal government begins after Congress fails to agree on funding legislation. It last 16 days.
Obama signs an executive order in order to prepare the United States for climate change. The order addresses the impacts of climate change and details how the United States will take action to increase readiness against climate change. Obama calls for economic sanctions against those responsible for the Russian intervention in Crimea and the stealing of assets of the Ukrainian people.
Obama signs an executive order to protect the rights of LGBT employees in the workforce. This does not include an exemption for religious beliefs, which means people cannot discriminate based on their religious preference. Obama makes speech to the nation on comprehensive immigration reform. He announces he will use his executive power to allow illegal immigrants currently living within the United States to legally stay and obtain work.
Obama proposes to make community college free for students if they adhere to certain criteria such as maintaining a certain GPA. He also outlines what community colleges and the federal government must do in order to facilitate this change.
This act seeks to raise awareness on veteran suicide, increases opportunity for veterans to receive help, and also makes the Pentagon and Veterans Affairs Department submit reviews of their prevention programs. President Obama and his family take part in the 50 th anniversary of the civil rights marches in Selma, Alabama.
Obama delivers a eulogy for Reverend Clementa Pinckney in Charleston, South Carolina, following a racially charged shooting that killed nine people worshipping inside a church. The President along with the Environmental Protection Agency introduces the Clean Power Plan to reduce carbon pollution from existing power plants by more than 30 percent by Obama announces historic agreement with Iran to prevent the acquisition of nuclear weapons.
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