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Democrat from Illinois
Barack Obama is the president of the United States. Obama was formerly a U.S. senator from Illinois. He was born in 1961 in Hawaii, where his parents met as students at the University of Hawaii. Obama's father is from Kenya and his mother is from Kansas. He graduated from Columbia University and received his law degree from Harvard Law School. Obama previously served in the Illinois state Senate and was an instructor at the University of Chicago Law School. He and his wife, Michelle, have two daughters, Malia and Sasha.
Recent statements involving Barack Obama
Some Republicans who voted against the stimulus "have been all too happy to claim credit for Recovery Act projects and the jobs those projects have produced. They come to the ribbon cuttings."
"We're also cutting a Forest Service economic development program that strayed so far from any mission that it funded a music festival."
Health care reform "would bring down the deficit by as much as $1 trillion over the next two decades."
Obama came into office "with a $1.3 trillion deficit before I had passed any law. ... We came in with $8 trillion worth of debt over the next decade."
"Mr. President, multiple times from your administration there have come statements that Republicans have no ideas and no solutions" on health care.
Recent stories featuring Barack Obama
The Obameter moves in both directions:
With Obama now pursuing a tax credit for companies that add jobs, we change Promise No. 505 from Broken to In the Works.
'Don't ask, don't tell' promise now In the Works:
After a year of inaction, the administration begins to change policy on gays in the military. We change our rating.
Will health care reform knock $1 trillion off deficit?:
President Obama claimed health care reform could reduce the federal deficit by as much as $1 trillion over 20 years. We find the number is based on some shaky long-term estimates.
Checking the GOP response to the State of the Union:
Republicans offered some rebuttals to President Obama's State of the Union address. We check their facts.
Obama overstates impact of Supreme Court decision:
The president says the decision allows foreign corporations to spend unlimited amounts in U.S. political efforts. But the court didn't say that.
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