Barack Obama
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Obama tops Forbes' Most Powerful ListObama tops Forbes' Most Powerful List Ben Bernanke, Fed Chairman, Fourth on List; Google Founders, Rupert Murdoch, Bill Gates in Top 10 Key events in the life of the president-elect CBS) Just in case being president of a United States... In this article: Forbes, Barack Obama, Ben Bernanke, Google, Larry Page, U.S. Federal Reserve, Bill Gates, Rupert Murdoch, Wal-Mart, and Vladimir Putin |
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Miami Herald - Politics | October 30, 2009
Gates among Obama's Oval Office guests
Gates among Obama's Oval Office guests WASHINGTON -- Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates was among those landing Oval Office visits with President Barack Obama during his first months in office. The White House late Friday afternoon released a...
In this article: Bill Gates, John Podesta, White House, The Miami Herald, Microsoft, Joe Biden, Bill Clinton, and George Clooney
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BBC News | November 03, 2009
Global 'caring' portal to launch
...portal to launch The portal could be used to help build schools President Barack Obama and Bill Gates are being invited to back a website that promotes social politics. The web portal, entitled Hope Plus, aims to offer online tools to...
In this article: Democracy, Peace Corps, EBay, Web 2.0, Monster, Bill Gates, Cisco, and IBM
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Denver Post Politics | October 30, 2009
White House releases visitor list
...plans to start disclosing comprehensive visitor lists in coming months. • Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates, March 25, met with Obama for undisclosed reasons. • Andrew Stern, president of the Service Employees International Union, 22...
In this article: White House, Denzel Washington, Service Employees International Union, Bill Gates, Microsoft, John Podesta, and George Clooney
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Medical News Today | October 19, 2009
World Food Day Marked, ActionAid International Releases Hunger Report
...- especially on small farms in the developing world." Gates "praised President Barack Obama" and the G20's agriculture initiative, the news service reports (Zeitvogel, 10/15). Gates told the audience of agronomists, lawmakers and...
In this article: Bill Gates, Tom Vilsack, World Food Day, WFP, India, China, World Food Prize, and Agence France-Presse
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The Hollywood Reporter | November 11, 2009
Murdoch No. 7 on Forbes world power list
...Clinton (No. 17). Topping the list is President Obama, followed by China president Jintao Hu, Russian prime minister Vladimir Putin, Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke and Google founders Sergey Brin and Larry Page. Bill Gates, the...
In this article: Forbes, Larry Page, Rupert Murdoch, Hillary Clinton, Carlos Slim Helu, Sergey Brin, Ben Bernanke, and Jeff Immelt
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Barack Hussein Obama II (IPA: /Barack-Hussein-Obama-en-US-pronunciation.ogg/; born August 4, 1961) is the 44th and current President of the United States. He is the first African American to hold the office, as well as the first president born in Hawaii. Obama previously served as the junior United States Senator from Illinois from January 2005 until he resigned after his election to the presidency in November 2008.
Obama is a graduate of Columbia University and Harvard Law School, where he was the 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 in Chicago and taught constitutional law at the University of Chicago Law School from 1992 to 2004.
Obama began his run for the presidency in February 2007. After a close campaign in the 2008 Democratic Party presidential primaries against Hillary Clinton, he won his party's nomination. In the 2008 general election, he defeated Republican nominee John McCain and was inaugurated as president on January 20, 2009. On October 9, 2009, he was awarded the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize.
- Name At Birth:
- Barack Hussein Obama II
- Birth Date:
- August 04, 1961
- Birthplace:
- Honolulu, Hawaii
- Religion:
- Christian
- Nationality:
- American
- Spouse:
- Michelle Obama
- Residence:
- The White House (official) Chicago, Illinois (private)
- University Attended:
- Occupation:
- Constitutional law Professor
- Political party:
- Democratic
- Vice President:
- Joe Biden
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