Barack Obama in 1992 back in Chicago, where he ran a voter registration drive. The Obama Story was scheduled for release in the U.S. in English on April 21, 2009. (Courtesy Barack Obama Presidential Library). (Photos courtesy Barack Obama Presidential Library), This moment appears in The Obama Administration made permanent tax cuts for 98 percent of Americans as part of the bipartisan fiscal cliff agreement in January 2013, while allowing costly tax cuts to expire for those with the highest incomes — which will reduce deficits by more than $800 billion over the next ten years. The Obama Administration secured a landmark multilateral deal to roll back the Iranian nuclear program and verify that Iran cannot obtain a nuclear weapon. The children wrote the President letters in the wake of the Newtown tragedy expressing their concerns about gun violence and school safety. (Courtesy Barack Obama Presidential Library), President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama welcome President Hu Jintao of China at the North Portico of the White House for the State Dinner, Jan. 19, 2011. Equality & Social Progress Simple Gifts is the theme for this year’s holiday decorations. President Barack Obama and Massachusetts Gov. Here are just a few citizens who are making a difference. Economic Progress This woman asked the President if she could hug him and he obliged.” (Courtesy Barack Obama Presidential Library), President Barack Obama waves to workers during a tour of the microprocessor manufacturing facility at Intel Corporation in Hillsboro, Ore., Feb. 18, 2011. (Courtesy Barack Obama Presidential Library), U.S. troops capture photos of President Barack Obama as he greets them following his remarks at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, Sunday, May 25, 2014. Democratic Presidential Nominee, Barack Obama and his family on election night in Chicago, IL on Wednesday, November 5, 2008. The Initiative ensured that citizens of all ages have a solid grounding in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) skills that serve as a basis for discovery, invention, and innovation. The Kitchen Garden was planted in the spring of 2009 by Mrs. Michelle Obama with the help of students from a local elementary school. The President pardoned ‘Cheese’ publicly, though both ‘Mac’ and ‘Cheese’ were spared to live out their life at a farm in Ohio.” (Courtesy Barack Obama Presidential Library), Then Illinois State Senator Barack Obama, 2004. The … President Barack Obama signs executive actions to strengthen enforcement of equal pay laws for women, at an event marking Equal Pay Day in the East Room of the White House, April 8, 2014. On February 12, 2013, President Obama signed Executive Order 13636, “Improving Critical Infrastructure Cybersecurity.” The Executive Order was designed to increase the level of core capabilities for our critical infrastructure to manage cyber risk. This moment appears in The President is seated next to Gen. Lloyd J. Austin III, Commander, U.S. Central Command. (Courtesy Barack Obama Presidential Library), President Barack Obama sits with a Lego statue during preparations for the South by South Lawn event on the South Lawn of the White House, Oct. 3, 2016. (Courtesy Barack Obama Presidential Library), President Barack Obama greets former Rep. Gabrielle “Gabby” Giffords and her husband, former astronaut Mark Kelly, in the Oval Office after they testified at a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on gun violence, Jan. 30, 2013. This initiative focuses on developing robots that work with or beside people to extend or augment human capabilities, taking advantage of the different strengths of humans and robots. (Courtesy Barack Obama Presidential Library). (Courtesy Barack Obama Presidential Library), President Obama traveled to South by Southwest in March 2016 — the first sitting President to do so. (Courtesy Barack Obama Presidential Library). (Courtesy Barack Obama Presidential Library). Additionally, the Administration launched programs to restart crucial lending markets for student and auto loans, other forms of consumer credit, housing, and small businesses. (Courtesy Barack Obama Presidential Library), “For a new family portrait, I chose a sofa in the Oval Office mostly because the State Floor was busy with tours for the Christmas holiday. Some produce is donated to Miriam’s Kitchen, a local homeless shelter providing services and homemade meals, a soup kitchen near the White House. In his 2015 State of the Union address, President Obama announced that he’s launching the Precision Medicine Initiative — a bold new research effort to revolutionize how we improve health and treat disease. The Obama Story was scheduled for release in the U.S. in English on April 21, 2009. 50 states have enacted legislation removing credentialing impediments for separating service members and 49 states have enacted legislation assisting in license portability for military spouses. Now, however, he’s telling the whole story with a forthcoming book, Designing History: The Extraordinary Art & Style of the Obama White House, which he previews in this podcast. “Brad” Webb, Assistant Commanding General, Joint Special Operations Command; Deputy National Security Advisor Denis McDonough; Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; and Secretary of Defense Robert Gates. “Tonight in the election, you the American people reminded us that while our road has been hard, while our journey has been long, we have picked ourselves up, we have fought our way back and we know in our hearts that for the United States of America the best is yet to come.”, “The President hugs the First Lady after she had introduced him at a campaign event in Davenport, Iowa. (Courtesy Barack Obama Presidential Library), President Barack Obama meets with DREAMers to discuss how they have benefited from the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals immigration reform program, in the Oval Office, Feb. 4, 2015. Equality & Social Progress. The first kitchen garden on White House grounds since Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt’s Victory Garden during World War II inspired Mrs. Obama’s Let’s Move! The Administration also dedicated new federal resources for economic diversification, job creation, training, and other employment services for workers and communities impacted by layoffs at coal mines and coal-fired power plants. Thank you for signing up.Show your support! Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading Barack Obama: The Story. First and foremost, it includes the permanent reauthorization of the Indian Health Care Improvement Act, ensuring that the IHS is here to stay. “If we are serious about solving this problem, then we’re going to not only have to help the police, we’re going to have to think about what can we do — the rest of us — to make sure that we’re providing early education to these kids; to make sure that we’re reforming our criminal justice system so it’s not just a pipeline from schools to prisons; so that we’re not rendering men in these communities unemployable because of a felony record for a nonviolent drug offense; that we’re making investments so that they can get the training they need to find jobs. President Barack Obama, February 27, 2014. The 240,000 square foot office building is undergoing renovations to the façade and internal systems that are expected to raise their ENERGY STAR rating to 95 (out of 100). It must be about us — it must be about what we can do together.“, President Candidacy Announcement, Springfield, IL, February 10, 2007. He told listeners that day, “ … this campaign can’t only be about me. (Courtesy Barack Obama Presidential Library). In the nineteenth century, the term “State Dinner” was used to denote any affair that honored the President’s Cabinet, Congress, or other dignitaries. Michael Rudulph and his partner Neil Rafferty talk about their service as gay Marines under the "Don't Ask, Don't Tell” policy, which President Obama later repealed in 2010. (Courtesy Barack Obama Presidential Library), “We, the people, declare today that the most evident of truths — that all of us are created equal — is the star that guides us still; just as it has guided our forebears through Seneca Falls, and Selma, and Stonewall… That is our generation’s task — to make these words, these rights, these values of life and liberty and the pursuit of happiness real for every American.”. (Courtesy Barack Obama Presidential Library). However, President Ulysses S. Grant changed the meaning of the term when he welcomed King David Kalakua of the Kingdom of Hawaii in 1874. Higher atmospheric temperatures have led to a steady and dramatic reduction in Arctic sea ice, widespread glacier retreat, increasing coastal erosion, more acidic oceans, earlier spring snowmelt, thawing permafrost, drier landscapes, and more extensive insect outbreaks and wildfires, thus changing the accessibility and natural features of this remote region. (David Katz/Obama for America), “So let us summon a new spirit of patriotism, of responsibility, where each of us resolves to pitch in and work harder and look after not only ourselves but each other.”. In 2009, Mrs. Obama planted the White House Kitchen Garden on the South Lawn to initiate a national conversation around the health and wellbeing of the country. (Courtesy Barack Obama Presidential Library), The view of the South Lawn of the White House as the Foo Fighters performed on July 4, 2009. (Korean: 오바마 이야기: 세상에서 가장 큰 꿈을 꾼 아이) is a manhwa that is a biography of Barack Obama. Until the President made investments in health information technology by signing the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, our health care system ran largely on paper. President Barack Obama shares a laugh with participants prior to an Affordable Care Act implementation meeting with Vice President Joe Biden in the Roosevelt Room of the White House, Sept. 22, 2014. They took care to avoid civilian casualties. Barack Obama, in full Barack Hussein Obama II, (born August 4, 1961, Honolulu, Hawaii, U.S.), 44th president of the United States (2009–17) and the first African American to hold the office. President Obama and Vice President Biden were committed to using every tool at the Administration’s disposal to reduce gun violence. It shows the President posing with Girl Scout Troop 2612 from Tulsa, Oklahoma. Growing up both in the public eye, but also under extreme protection, it's safe to say that Obama's childhood was anything but ordinary. It set up a new competitive health insurance market, giving tens of millions of Americans the same choices of insurance that members of Congress will have, and it brought greater accountability to health care by laying out commonsense rules of the road to keep premiums down and prevent insurance industry abuses and denial of care. Janet Jaywan Shin created the English translation from the original Korean. Senator Obama on 71st St. in South Shore, 1995 photo (C) Marc PoKemper Her mother, Marian, was a secretary at the Spiegel catalog, who later stayed home to raise Michelle and her older brother, Craig. Dasan Books, a Korean publisher, published the story under the U.S. imprint Joyful Stories Press, an imprint for younger readers. Though it calls itself the “Islamic State,” it is neither Islamic nor a state. He launched the Climate Education and Literacy Initiative to ensure that all students and citizens have the knowledge and training they need to address the climate change challenge. Education: More than 100 colleges and universities have signed on to “Educate the Educators”, the Joining Forces commitment that will help prepare educators to lead classrooms and develop school cultures that are more responsive to the social, emotional, and academic needs of children in military families. (Courtesy Barack Obama Presidential Library), “We can all agree that in the wealthiest nation on Earth, all children should have the basic nutrition they need to learn and grow and to pursue their dreams, because in the end, nothing is more important than the health and well-being of our children. (Obama for America). Barack Obama: The Story chronicles as never before the forces that shaped the first black president of the United States and explains why he thinks and acts as he does. (David Katz/Obama for America), “This is the highlight in Chicago’s history to have the first African American president hail from Chicago and have a president from Chicago. B.B. (Courtesy Barack Obama Presidential Library), From left, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, former President Bill Clinton, former First Lady Rosalynn Carter, former President Jimmy Carter, Dr. Jill Biden, and Vice President Joe Biden listen to performers during the State Dinner reception in the East Room of the White House, Jan. 19, 2011. The Obama Administration required that Chrysler and General Motors (GM) adopt viable restructuring plans in exchange for temporary federal loan support, including building more fuel efficient cars. The commitments made in 2014 would reduce cumulative global consumption of these greenhouse gases by the equivalent of 700 million metric tons of carbon dioxide through 2025, equivalent to 1.5% of the world’s 2010 greenhouse gas emissions and the same as taking nearly 15 million cars off the road for 10 years. (Right) President Barack Obama talks with President Hassan Rouhani of Iran during a phone call in the Oval Office, Sept. 27, 2013. “Ever the gentleman, the President helps the First Lady off the stage after she thanked the White House chefs during the State Dinner for President François Hollande of France on the South Lawn of the White House.” Feb. 11, 2014 (Courtesy Barack Obama Presidential Library), “The President and First Lady wait for Indian Prime Minister Singh’s motorcade to depart the White House at the conclusion of the first official state dinner for the Obama administration. Will you join us? Today, students are able to compare the cost of college with other significant data points, such as graduation rates and average salaries of graduates to determine where to get the most bang for their buck. (Courtesy Barack Obama Presidential Library). Shortly after taking office, President Obama adapted the White House tennis court to allow enough room for a full court game of basketball. His daughter Danielle Howell talks to him about being a dad in prison, and what his presidential commutation has meant to him. We must run so our children soar. In March 2016, President Obama traveled to South by Southwest® for a conversation on civic engagement. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. (Courtesy Barack Obama Presidential Library). September, 2016, This moment appears in (Courtesy Barack Obama Presidential Library). On April 20, 2010, the blowout and explosion of the mobile offshore drilling unit Deepwater Horizon resulted in the largest oil spill in U.S. history (Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill). (Courtesy Barack Obama Presidential Library), President Barack Obama attends a roundtable discussion with GM workers at the General Motors Lordstown Assembly Plant in Warren, Ohio, on Sept. 15, 2009. After a firefight, they killed Osama bin Laden and took custody of his body. On March 7, 2015, the First Family traveled to Selma, Alabama to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the marches from Selma to Montgomery. (Left) President Barack Obama visits a pre-kindergarten classroom at the College Heights Early Childhood Learning Center in Decatur, Ga., Feb. 14, 2013. 2.3 million additional young adults (aged 19-25) gained health insurance coverage between the enactment of the Affordable Care Act in 2010 and the start of open enrollment in October 2013 due to the ACA provision allowing young adults to remain on a parent’s plan until age 26. With Barack Obama, Michelle Obama, Brian Williams. Over the past eight years, the President, Vice President, First Lady, and the White House have used social media and technology to engage with people around the country and the world on the most important issues of our time (while having some fun along the way). We are the change that we seek.”. President Barack Obama and former President Bill Clinton listen as Gary Le Francois, Senior Vice President and Director of Engineering, leads them on a tour of the Transwestern Building in Washington, D.C., Dec. 2, 2011. (Courtesy Barack Obama Presidential Library). Jeremiah Wright, election finances, offshore money, Socialists, communists The Obama Story: The Boy with the Biggest Dream! In response, the U.S. Department of Agriculture announced a new investment in nearly 550 renewable energy and energy efficiency projects across the country totaling nearly $7 million in funding through its Rural Energy for America Program (REAP). The Obama Administration led a global effort to achieve the Paris Agreement among 196 countries to take real action on climate change that calls for strong transparency, ensuring countries adhere to ambitious emissions reduction goals, and setting the world on a course to cut carbon pollution and other greenhouse gases. In September 2014, the Administration announced new private sector commitments and executive actions to reduce emissions of hydroflourocarbons (HFCs), powerful greenhouse gases that contribute to climate change. The President read a new batch of letters every night, and he often visited letter writers in their hometowns and spoke about how these messages have inspired him and his policies. Patients can find information on the safety and cost of hospitals, nursing homes, and physicians, empowering them to make smarter health care choices. In February 2011, the Administration announced it would cease legal defense of the Defense of Marriage Act’s provision defining marriage as only between a man and woman, leading to the Supreme Court’s landmark decisions holding the Act unconstitutional. Finally, I offered to quit my job, and at last she relented.”, President Barack Obama whispers into First Lady Michelle Obama’s ear during the White House Cinco de Mayo celebration May 4, 2009. (Courtesy Barack Obama Presidential Library), President Barack Obama joins a discussion on climate change during the South by South Lawn event on the South Lawn of the White House, Oct. 3, 2016. The Treasury invested approximately $245 billion across five bank programs. Over the past 60 years, climate change has caused the Alaskan Arctic to warm twice as rapidly as the rest of the United States, and will continue to transform the Arctic as its consequences grow more severe. The Administration worked with policymakers, consumers, farmers and businesses to save water — and save money — through 21st century water management policies and technology, and used the latest science and research to identify and address emerging pollution challenges. Equality & Social Progress. It did this by focusing on three key areas: (1) information sharing, (2) privacy, and (3) the adoption of cybersecurity practices. (Tim Llewellyn/Obama for America), “I stand here knowing that my story is part of the larger American story, that I owe a debt to all of those who came before me, and that, in no other country on earth, is my story even possible.”, Senator Barack Obama, stood on the steps of the Old State Capitol building in Springfield, Illinois on February 10, 2007 and declared his candidacy for President of the United States. President Barack Obama meets the Weithman family: Joe, Rhonda, and their children, Rachel, 9, and Josh, 11, in their home in Columbus, Ohio, Aug. 18, 2010. Lilly Ledbetter filed a wage discrimination suit against the Goodyear Tire Company upon discovering she was making 40% less than male peers. President Obama believed climate education and literacy are particularly important for building a 21st-century workforce, where tomorrow’s community leaders, city planners, and entrepreneurs have the information, knowledge, and training to make sound decisions and grow businesses in the context of a changing climate. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. Equality & Social Progress. Malia and Sasha Obama join hands with their grandmother, Marian Robinson. The event was part of the launch of Joining Forces, a national initiative to support and honor America’s service members and their families. And our hopes for their future should drive every single decision that we make.”, This moment appears in In the November 2016 issue of WIRED, guest-editor President Obama explored the theme of “Frontiers” that will shape the coming decades. Now, more than 75 percent of doctors now use electronic health records thanks to Administration policies. Millions of Americans who got covered in health insurance marketplaces would be able to stay covered, no matter where they lived. President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama dance to music performed by the United States Marine Band, during the State Dinner reception in a tent on the South Lawn of the White House, May 19, 2010. He served two terms, in 2008 and 2012. She kept refusing. In 1989, President Obama took a summer internship at a top Chicago law firm, Sidley & Austin, where a young associate named Michelle Robinson was assigned to be his adviser and show him around. Many of these crimes were committed by people who never should have been able to purchase a gun in the first place. The terrorist group known as ISIL was formerly al Qaeda’s affiliate in Iraq. 1992 was an election year, and Barack Obama became the director of Illinois Project Vote!, an organization focused on registering minority voters. Collaboration actively engages Americans in the work of their Government.”, This moment appears in Health Care Here he walks along the beach with Florida Gov. The Obama Administration took steps to help the hardest-hit Americans. Senator Barack Obama, stood on the steps of the Old State Capitol building in Springfield, Illinois on February 10, 2007 and declared his candidacy for President of the United States. In Austin, he made the case for people “from all walks of life, working inside or outside of government, to help us make this democracy even stronger.”. It started with a brilliant bit of oratory that alluded to Abner Mikva’s story about the insularity of Chicago politics and sought to turn Obama’s disadvantages into strengths. In Austin, he called on creative thinkers and entrepreneurs from across the country to help tackle our toughest challenges. King performs as President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama host “In Performance at the White House: Red, White and Blues” in celebration of blues music in the East Room of the White House, Feb. 21, 2012. President-Elect Barack Obama, November 2008. Her unsuccessful suit led to the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009. President Barack Obama greets veterans before the Carrier Classic basketball game between the University of North Carolina Tar Heels and Michigan State Spartans on the flight deck of the USS Carl Vinson, docked at North Island Naval Station in San Diego, Calif., Nov. 11, 2011. The U.S. has seen the sharpest reduction in the uninsured rate since the decade following the creation of Medicare and Medicaid in 1965, and the nation’s uninsured rate is now at its lowest level ever. (Courtesy Barack Obama Presidential Library), White House pastry chefs decorate cookies shaped like Bo, the Obama Family Dog, for holiday receptions at the White House, Dec. 8, 2010. That’s why the White House partnered with employers to ensure that the long-term unemployed would have a fair shot at the same opportunities as other job-seekers. Committed to giving every kid the chance to explore America’s great outdoors and unique history, President Obama also launched an “Every Kid in a Park” initiative that provided all fourth-grade students and their families free admission to all Federal lands and waters for a full year. When it comes to tech, the President has had many firsts: the first “Social Media President;” the first President to appoint a Chief Technology Officer; the first President whose White House had built an online civic engagement platform, We The People; the first President with his own tech startups in the United States Digital Service (USDS), 18F, and the Presidential Innovation Fellows. Miriam Schaffer, Claire Winton and Lucy Claire Sharp–are called ‘ Brownies.... 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