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Barack Hussein Obama II (born August 4, 1961) is an American politician who served as the 44th president of the United States of America from 2009 to 2017. Born in Hawaii, the son of a Kenyan father and a mother from Kansas, he won the 2008 presidential election and was re-elected president in November 2012.
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Islam has always been a part of America's story.
A New Beginning (2009)
Hopefully, more and more people will begin to feel their story is somehow part of this larger story of how we're going to reshape America in a way that is less mean-spirited and more generous.
Do we progress, in an upwards fashion, or merely ride the cycles of war and peace, boom and bust?
If you don't have that sense of national unity, then it's very hard for a country to succeed.
Ramadan is a celebration of a faith known for great diversity and racial equality.
Putin is slouching…looking like that bored schoolboy in the back of the classroom.
I don't want to speculate at this point in terms of who was responsible for this.
The Middle East is obviously an issue that has plagued the region for centuries.
This [mass shootings] just doesn't happen in other countries.
Faith is not just something you have, it's something you do.
Guantanamo will be closed no later than one year from now.
As commander-in-chief, I make no apology for keeping this country safe and secure through the hard work of diplomacy over the easy rush to war.
I do think at a certain point you've made enough money.
Let me be absolutely clear: Iran is a grave threat.
I've been left at the altar now a couple of times.
Remarks on the economy (2011)
We are working aggressively to support our Japanese ally at this time of extraordinary challenge.
Address on the natural and nuclear energy disasters in Japan (2011)
Mandela demonstrated that action and ideas are not enough. No matter how right, they must be chiseled into law and institutions.
Eulogy of Nelson Mandela (2013)
Our people and our children are not for sale.
Remarks at Clinton Global Initiative (2012)
Hope is the bedrock of this nation. The belief that our destiny will not be written for us, but by us, by all those men and women who are not content to settle for the world as it is, who have the courage to remake the world as it should be.
We do not believe that in this country freedom is reserved for the lucky, or happiness for the few.
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Dreams from My Father (1995) · 1 Remarks of Illinois State Sen. Barack Obama Against Going to War with Iraq (2002, speech) · 1 Democratic National Convention speech (2004, speech) · 2 The New Yorker (2004) · 1 Commencement address at the University of Massachusetts Boston (2006, speech) · 1 Voting against a Flag Desecration Amendment (2006) · 1 A World that Stands as One (2008) · 3 Election victory speech (2008, speech) · 1 Yes, we can speech (2008, speech) · 1 A New Beginning (2009) · 20 A World without Nuclear Weapons (2009) · 1 Nobel Prize acceptance speech (2009, speech) · 19 School speech (2009, speech) · 1 nobel peace prize acceptance speech (2009, speech) · 1 State Of The Union (2010) · 2 Weekly Address (2010, speech) · 1 Address on interventions in Libya (2011, speech) · 17 Address on the natural and nuclear energy disasters in Japan (2011, speech) · 4 Remarks at a Dedication Ceremony for the Martin Luther King, Jr., National Memorial (2011, speech) · 1 Remarks on Egyptian political transition (2011, speech) · 3 Remarks on Egyptian protests (2011, speech) · 2 Remarks on death of Osama bin Laden (2011, speech) · 8 Remarks on the economy (2011, speech) · 3 Tucson Memorial Address (2011, speech) · 9 Re-election Speech (2012, speech) · 2