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Barack Hussein Obama II (US 
i/bəˈrɑːk huːˈseɪn oʊˈbɑːmə/; born August 4, 1961) is the 44th and current President of the United States, and the first African American to hold the office. 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 constitutional law at University of Chicago Law School from 1992 to 2004. He served three terms representing the 13th District in the Illinois Senate from 1997 to 2004, running unsuccessfully for the United States House of Representatives in 2000.
In 2004, Obama received national attention during his campaign to represent Illinois in the United States Senate with his victory in the March Democratic Party primary, his keynote address at the Democratic National Convention in July, and his election to the Senate in November. He began his presidential campaign in 2007 and, after a close primary campaign against Hillary Rodham Clinton in 2008, he won sufficient delegates in the Democratic Party primaries to receive the presidential nomination. He then defeated Republican nominee John McCain in the general election, and was inaugurated as president on January 20, 2009. Nine months after his inauguration, Obama was named the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize laureate.
During his first two years in office, Obama signed into law economic stimulus legislation in response to the Great Recession in the form of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 and the Tax Relief, Unemployment Insurance Reauthorization, and Job Creation Act of 2010. Other major domestic initiatives in his first term included the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, often referred to as "Obamacare"; the Dodd–Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act; and the Don't Ask, Don't Tell Repeal Act of 2010. In foreign policy, Obama ended U.S. military involvement in the Iraq War, increased U.S. troop levels in Afghanistan, signed the New START arms control treaty with Russia, ordered U.S. military involvement in Libya in opposition to Muammar Gaddafi, and ordered the military operation that resulted in the death of Osama bin Laden. In January 2011, the Republicans regained control of the House of Representatives as the Democratic Party lost a total of 63 seats; and, after a lengthy debate over federal spending and whether or not to raise the nation's debt limit, Obama signed the Budget Control Act of 2011 and the American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012.
Obama was reelected president in November 2012, defeating Republican nominee Mitt Romney, and was sworn in for a second term on January 20, 2013. During his second term, Obama has promoted domestic policies related to gun control in response to the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting, and has called for greater inclusiveness for LGBT Americans, while his administration has filed briefs which urged the Supreme Court to strike down the Defense of Marriage Act of 1996 and California's Proposition 8 as unconstitutional. In foreign policy, Obama ordered U.S. military intervention in Iraq in response to gains made by the Islamic State after the 2011 withdrawal from Iraq, continued the process of ending U.S. combat operations in Afghanistan, and normalized U.S. relations with Cuba.
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The Barack Obama assassination plot in Tennessee refers to an alleged plot by Paul Schlesselman and Daniel Cowart to assassinate Barack Obama, then the 2008 Democratic Party presidential nominee. The two men, both of whom held strong white supremacist beliefs, spoke of killing Obama during a planned murder spree of 88 African Americans in Tennessee, many of whom were to be young students at an unidentified, predominantly black school.
Schlesselman and Cowart were arrested October 22 and found to be in possession of several weapons. The men told authorities of their planned assassination and killing spree, and said they intended to rob a gun store for additional weapons and perform home robberies to help fund the murders. Although the United States Secret Service said they were taking the plot seriously, authorities said they have not yet determined how capable the duo were of carrying out the alleged plot. Both plotters are currently on trial for charges of threatening to kill a presidential candidate, among other related charges.
- ... that the performance of Air and Simple Gifts (pictured) at the inauguration of Barack Obama on January 20, 2009, was the first performance of a classical music quartet at a United States presidential inauguration?
- ... that Million Fax on Washington is a petition to the transition administration of Barack Obama organized by the UFO community to put the extraterrestrial issue on the new administration's agenda?
- ... that the National Review called David Mendell's biography Obama: From Promise to Power "the single best source of background information on our new president"?
- ... that Zeituni Onyango is the half-aunt of U.S. President Barack Obama and a political asylum claimant from Kenya whose case was disclosed in the final days of the 2008 U.S. presidential election?
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Wikinews Barack Obama category
- March 31: Wikinews interviews Rocky De La Fuente, U.S. Democratic Party presidential candidate
- February 14: US Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia dies, aged 79
- January 21: Detroit teachers stage sickout to protest working conditions as Obama visits
- December 13: Wikinews interviews Steve Burke, U.S. Democratic Party presidential candidate
- October 28: Time magazine names Ahmed Mohamed to 'Most Influential Teens of 2015'
- October 10: Shooting kills one near Texas Southern University housing complex
- September 22: Texas student Ahmed Mohamed inspires social movement
- August 20: Wikinews interviews Mark Everson, U.S. Republican Party presidential candidate
- August 16: 'Birther King' announces 2016 campaign for U.S. president
- June 29: US Supreme Court declares same-sex marriage legal
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Presidency: Timeline (2009) • Timeline (2010) • First 100 days • Foreign policy • Political positions • Public image • Judicial appointments • Presidential transition • Cabinet confirmations • Supreme Court candidates • Speech to Congress (2009) • Inauguration • Unofficial inauguration events • We Are One: The Obama Inaugural Celebration at the Lincoln Memorial • Barack Obama Presidential Library and Museum
2008 campaign: 2008 presidential election • 2008 presidential election timeline • 2008 Campaign endorsements • 2008 presidential primary campaign • Victory speech (2008) • Jeremiah Wright controversy • Bill Ayers controversy • Endorsement by Oprah Winfrey • Republican and conservative support • Newspaper endorsements • Inauguration invitations • 2008 Democratic National Convention • "A More Perfect Union" • 2008 campaign staff members • Endorsements from state, local and territory officials • Results of the 2008 Democratic Party presidential primaries • Opinion polling for 2008 election • Comparison of candidates • Congressional endorsements • International reaction • Opinion polling for 2008 Democratic Party candidates • South Carolina Democratic primary, 2008 • United States presidential election in Iowa, 2008
Career: Electoral history of Barack Obama • Early life and career • U.S. Senate career • Illinois Senate career • Illinois Senate elections • Bills sponsored in U.S. Senate • 2004 Democratic National Convention keynote address • United States Senate election in Illinois, 2004 • Illinois's 1st congressional district election, 2000
Family: Michelle Obama • Marian Shields Robinson • Bo • Ann Dunham • Barack Obama, Sr. • Lolo Soetoro • Madelyn Dunham • Maya Soetoro-Ng • Stanley Armour Dunham • Zeituni Onyango • Craig Robinson • Capers Funnye
Books: The Audacity of Hope • Dreams from My Father • The Speech: Race and Barack Obama's "A More Perfect Union" • Barack Obama – Der schwarze Kennedy • The Obama Nation • The Case Against Barack Obama
Miscellaneous: List of places named after Barack Obama • Barack Obama Academy • Caloplaca obamae • Obama Day • Barack Obama "Hope" poster • Obama logo • Barack Obama (comic character) • Barack Obama assassination plot in Denver • Barack Obama assassination plot in Tennessee • "There's No One as Irish as Barack O'Bama" • "Yes We Can[disambiguation needed]" • Nyang’oma Kogelo • Barack Obama citizenship conspiracy theories
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