Barack Obama
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Guardian Daily podcast: Cumbria's clean-up after record rainfall; plus Ofsted faces crisis of confidence...and children's services heads. Ed Pilkington reports from New York on the Birthers, rightwing conspiracy theorists who challenge the legitimacy of Barack Obama's presidency, arguing that he is not American. Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez... In this article: Carlos the Jackal, Hugo Chavez, Barack Obama, Rory Carroll, Idi Amin, Robert Mugabe, and Mahmoud Ahmadinejad |
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The Australian | 14 hours ago
Deja Vu in Venezuelan-Colombian Relations
...use its agreement with Bogota for the declared anti-narcotics purposes. According to El Universal, he suggested that Obama and Uribe should "go and jump in a lake. " Nevertheless, Chavez has always been, if not 'all mouth and no...
In this article: Hugo Chavez, Venezuela, El Pais, Alvaro Uribe, Caracas, Colombia, Council on Hemispheric Affairs, Bogota, and United States
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The Australian | November 09, 2009
Chavez readies troops for war
...to the border with Colombia on Thursday. Mr Chavez warned US President Barack Obama of using his alliance with Colombian President Alvaro Uribe to mount an offensive against Venezuela. "The empire is more threatening than ever," Mr...
In this article: Hugo Chavez, Venezuela, Colombia, US, Uranium, Australian Computer Society, and UN Security Council
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Washington Times | November 15, 2009
Obama to meet with Myanmar rulers
...at a Summit of the Americas meeting. In front of photographers, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez mugged and posed as he handed Mr. Obama a copy of "The Open Veins of Latin America: Five Centuries of the Pillage of a Continent," a book by...
In this article: Burma, Hillary Rodham Clinton, United States, Hugo Chavez, Asean, Lee Hsien Loong, and Singapore
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Miami Herald - Breaking News | 6 days ago
Judge rejects global warming trial in auction case
...other agenda item: his offer to mediate with Venezuela's Hugo Chavez. Click here for full story Obama defends greeting Venezuela's Hugo Chavez Rebuffing criticism of the warm greetings he exchanged with Venezuelan leader Hugo Chavez,...
In this article: Global warming, Creditor, Bankruptcy, Hugo Chavez, The Philadelphia Inquirer, Philadelphia Daily News, Philadelphia, University of Utah, and Dee Benson
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Daily Mail | November 09, 2009
Chavez to troops: Prepare for war with Columbia
...way of Colombia.' Warning: Barack Obama, pictured stepping off the Marine One helicopter at the White House followed by daughter Sasha yesterday, was told by Chavez that an invasion of Venezuela would be a 'mistake' The government of...
In this article: Hugo Chavez, Venezuela, Colombia, Washington, U.N. Security Council, Alo Presidente, Organization of American States, and U.S.
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Media Matters for America | November 12, 2009
Beck, conservative media fearmonger that cap-and-trade would grant president Chavez-like powers
So you have emergency powers there." Wash. Examiner: Bills contain "an obscure but nasty bureaucratic provision that requires President Obama to act like Venezuelan strong man Hugo Chavez." In a "Hot Zone Alert" editorial headlined...
In this article: Glenn Beck, Examiner, Hugo Chavez, The Volokh Conspiracy, and American Clean Energy and Security Act
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NYDailyNews.com - New York Politics | November 07, 2009
Europe loves President Obama - the United States? Not so much
...Obama in public, while still seeking to thwart the U.S. at every turn. "I want to be your friend," Venezuela's Hugo Chavez told Obama last spring at a grip-and-greet. Libyan supremo Moammar Khadafy told the UN in September that he would be...
In this article: United States, Europe, George W. Bush, Mideast, United Nations, Nicolas Sarkozy, Global warming, Osama bin Laden, and Al Qaeda
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Miami Herald | November 14, 2009
UN food chief stages hunger strike ahead of summit
...here like boxers in a much-anticipated bout. But instead of a knockout, Obama and Chavez shared a friendly handshake at the start of the Fifth Summit of the Americas Friday evening. The Associated Press ROME -- The U.N. food chief...
In this article: United Nations, Jacques Diouf, Food and Agriculture Organization, Hugo Chavez, Unicef, Summit of the Americas, Ministry of Justice, The Miami Herald, and Taliban
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washingtonpost.com | November 15, 2009
WHITE HOUSE NOTEBOOK: Nailing the funny shirt pic
...Venezuelan leader at a summit in Trinidad-Tobago. When Obama met with 10 leaders of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations for a group photograph, the U.S. president stayed far away. Similarly, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton...
In this article: Singapore, Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation, Asean, Burma, Association of Southeast Asian Nations, Hawaii, Bill Clinton, and Thein Sein
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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.
He 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, Obama 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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