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laughs

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who is Barack Obama

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do you know who the 44th President of

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the United States is here is a hint he

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is the only president who was born in

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Hawaii need another he was also the

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first African-American to be elected as

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president of the United States

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who is it

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that's right it is Barack Obama and

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today we are going to learn more about

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him Barack Hussein Obama the second was

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born on August 4th 1961 in Honolulu

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Hawaii

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Obama's parents and Durham and Barack

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Obama senior separated when he was just

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two years old and he spent the early

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years of his childhood in Jakarta

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Indonesia with his mother and stepfather

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by the time Obama was 10 years old he

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was back in Hawaii

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living with his maternal grandparents

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when he was young Obama went by the

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nickname Barry and as a teenager Barack

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Obama worked at a Baskin-Robbins ice

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cream store but today does not even eat

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ice cream

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in high school Obama excelled at both

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basketball and academics and graduated

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with honors from Punahou Academy in

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1979. from there Obama attended

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Occidental College for two years and

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then transferred to Columbia University

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graduating in 1983 with a degree in

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political science

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in 1985 Obama moved to Chicago and

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worked with low-income residents and as

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a community organizer he then spent some

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time in Kenya and met many of his

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paternal relatives during the trip in

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1988 Obama began a law school at Harvard

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that same year he also met his future

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wife Michelle Robinson in 1990 Barack

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Obama was elected as the first

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African-American editor of the Harvard

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Law review

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he graduated Harvard Law School in 1991.

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after law school Obama moved back to

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Chicago and started working as a civil

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rights lawyer and a part-time professor

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at the University of Chicago Law School

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on October 3rd of that year Barack and

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Michelle Robinson were married and later

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had two daughters Malia and Sasha

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let's talk about his political life and

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historic election

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Barack Obama was and is a member of the

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democratic party in 1996 Obama ran for

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office in the Illinois state senate and

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won working with both Democrats and

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Republicans to draft legislation that

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addressed social issues like expanding

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health care after losing a primary

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election for the U.S House of

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Representatives in 2000 Obama decided to

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raise money to run for a U.S Senate seat

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in 2004 during this time he was a vocal

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critic of the decision to begin the Iraq

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War Obama beat a former presidential

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candidate and won that election becoming

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only the fifth African-American to serve

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in the U.S Senate and only the third to

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be elected to the office in February of

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2007 Obama announced his candidacy for

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the Democratic presidential nomination

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and ran a campaign with themes of Hope

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and change with goals to reform the

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Health Care System increase energy

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Independence and end the Iraq War

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on November 4th 2008 he defeated

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Republican candidate John McCain to

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become the 44th President of the United

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States

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he's a vice president was Joe Biden who

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would later become the 46th president

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he won the presidential election again

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in 2012 defeating Republican candidate

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Mitt Romney

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this means that President Obama served

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two terms as president for a total of

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eight years in office

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Obama and his administration were able

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to accomplish some super important

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things

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some of these accomplishments include

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the following passing the Lily Ledbetter

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Fair Pay Act which was designed to close

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the pay gap between men and women

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appointing two supreme court justices

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Justice Sonia Sotomayor and Justice

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Elena Kagan

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he was also the first sitting president

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to visit Cuba plus lots and lots more

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now that we have learned more about

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Barack Obama

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let's review

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true or false Barack Obama only served

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one term as president

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false

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President Obama served for two terms or

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eight years

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true or false Barack Obama is a Democrat

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what was President Obama's nickname when

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he was younger

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Barry

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great job friends

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President Barack Obama has left a

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lasting Legacy and continues to do

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important work to this day

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maybe someday you will be president just

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like Barack Obama and help advocate for

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all people regardless of race religion

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or political party

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