2. General Information
• Barrack Obama was born in Honolulu, Hawaii. His wife,
Michelle, was born in Chicago, Illinois. His daughter Malia
was born in 1998 and Sasha was born in 2001.
• Barrack Obama's immediately family is the first family of
the United States and play a prominent role in leading the
nation. They are the first African American family to live in
the White House.
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It is a common misconception that President Barrack
Hussein Obama is Muslim. He is actually Christian.
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Barrack Obama's mother, Ann Dunham, is predominantly
of English descent. His father, Barrack Obama, Sr., is of
Kenyan descent.
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• Malia and Sasha have become role models for young girls
during a time when there are many negative influences on
this group in popular culture.
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Barack Obama is the first African American president of the
United States of America.
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3. Political Background
- Obama, at 34, publishes his first memoir, "Dreams From My
Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance"
Obama is elected to Illinois Senate, which is controlled by
Republicans
Obama begins running for Congress
Obama loses his challenge for Congressional seat held by Rep.
Bobby Rush
Obama begins running for US Senate; the leading Democratic
candidate will withdraw in 2004 due to a sex scandal that
Obama's campaign urged the Chicago Tribune to report.
Obama announces he is considering a run for the Presidency.
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4. Obama Pardons: President Issues 5 Pardons,
1 Prison Commutation
• WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama on
Monday pardoned five people convicted of
charges ranging from intent to distribute
marijuana to running an illegal gambling
business.
• _ Lesley Clay wood Berry Jr. of Loretto, Ky.,
sentenced in 1988 to three years in prison
for conspiracy to manufacture and distribute
marijuana.
• _ Dennis George Bulin of Wesley Chapel, Fla.,
sentenced in 1987 to five years of probation
and a $20,000 fine for conspiracy to possess
with intent to distribute in excess of 1,000
pounds of marijuana.
• _ Ricky Dale Collett of Annville, Ky.,
sentenced in 2002 to one year of probation
for aiding and abetting in the manufacture of
61 marijuana plants.
5. Major Events
• Feb 27th he signed into a law a • Obama unvied his new
787 billion dollar economic Afghanistan strategy hen
stimulus package which was speaking at U.S military
designed to jolt the ailing U.S academy in west point new
economy by providing Gov’t your state .
spending and tax cuts • Jan 4th 2011 president
• June 4th visited Egypt and Obama signs 35 acts into
delivered a speech at Cairo law including the
university calling for a new Government performance
beginning to the U.S Muslim and results modernization
relationship act of 2010 and the FDA
7. Executive privileges
• President Barack Obama’s legal team hasn’t • It’s weaker where, as here, the president’s alleged
yet made an explicit claim of executive “confidentiality interests” involve shielding
privilege, but that seems to be where this is potential malfeasance from the taxpayers on the
hook for Solyndra’s bankruptcy.
heading.
Executive privilege is a judge-made doctrine But since the courts are reluctant to wade into
said to flow from the president’s inter-branch disputes, the struggle for executive-
constitutional role. A privilege claim is branch transparency is often resolved in a tug of
stronger in national security matters and war between the White House and Congress.
areas, like the pardon power, over which the
Constitution gives the president sole In 1996, for example, President Bill Clinton claimed
discretion. executive privilege over documents related to the
Travel gate scandal, but a threat to cite the White
What’s been unearthed so far is House Counsel for contempt of Congress forced a
embarrassing enough. The Obama climb-down.
administration seems to have rushed the
deal through despite multiple warning flags
and a lack of due diligence.
8. Executive order
• WASHINGTON -- President Barack
Obama will issue an executive order
today that will allow U.S. officials for
the first time to impose sanctions
against foreign nationals found to have
used new technologies, from cellphone
tracking to Internet monitoring, to help
carry out grave human-rights abuses.
Social media and cellphone technology
have been widely credited with helping
democracy advocates organize against
autocratic governments and better
expose rights violations, most notably
over the past year and a half in the
Middle East and North Africa.
