President Barack Obama
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President Barack Obama
Barack H. Obama is the 44th President of the United States.
His story is the American story — values from the heartland, a
middle-class upbringing in a strong family, hard work and education as
the means of getting ahead, and the conviction that a life so blessed
should be lived in service to others.
With a father from Kenya and a mother from Kansas, President Obama was
born in Hawaii on August 4, 1961. He was raised with help from his
grandfather, who served in Patton's army, and his grandmother, who
worked her way up from the secretarial pool to middle management at a
bank.
After working his way through college with the help of scholarships and
student loans, President Obama moved to Chicago, where he worked with a
group of churches to help rebuild communities devastated by the closure
of local steel plants.
He went on to attend law school, where he became the first African-American president of the Harvard Law Review.
Upon graduation, he returned to Chicago to help lead a voter
registration drive, teach constitutional law at the University of
Chicago, and remain active in his community.
President Obama's years of public service are based around his
unwavering belief in the ability to unite people around a politics of
purpose. In the Illinois State Senate, he passed the first major ethics
reform in 25 years, cut taxes for working families, and expanded health
care for children and their parents. As a United States Senator, he
reached across the aisle to pass groundbreaking lobbying reform, lock up
the world's most dangerous weapons, and bring transparency to
government by putting federal spending online.
He was elected the 44th President of the United States on November 4,
2008, and sworn in on January 20, 2009. He and his wife, Michelle, are
the proud parents of two daughters, Malia, 14, and Sasha, 11.
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