Speeches of Barack Obama
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Barack Obama served as the 44th president of the United States from 2009 to 2017. Before his presidency, he served in the Illinois Senate and the United States Senate.
Obama addressing Congress
President Obama delivering the State of the Union to the United States Congress with Vice President Joe Biden and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi
President Obama hugging Hillary Clinton
People waiting on Hooker Fields at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, for Obama to arrive and give a speech
Presidency of Barack Obama
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Barack Obama's tenure as the 44th president of the United States began with his first inauguration on January 20, 2009, and ended on January 20, 2017. Obama, a Democrat from Illinois, took office afte
Speeches of Barack Obama
…the term "slavery" lightly, knowing that this word conjures painful memories of previous forms of slavery in the United States. In the speech, he told his administration to oppose human trafficking to a greater extent than the administration had done previously. He also encouraged people to develop technology to combat…
Official portrait, 2009
US Cabinet official group photo July 26, 2012
President Obama addresses a joint session of Congress, with Vice President Joe Biden and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on February 24, 2009.
Obama and Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor