Hello again my young fellow students.Today we will talk about a very important man in our lives.Our president Barack Obama.Our president is trying his hardest to make the country better.So far some people think he is doing a good job,and some people not so much.
Barack Hussein Obama was born on August 4,1961.He is the 44th president,and the first African-American man to hold the office.He was born in Honolulu,Hawaii,and is a graduate of Columbia University and Harvard Law School.Several events brought him to national attention during the campaign.Also you can not forget about his victory in March 2004.
He won election to the U.S Senate in November 2004.His presidential campaign began in February 2007.Suprisingly after a close campaign in 2008 Democratic Party against Hillary Clinton ,he won his party's nomination.In 2008,general election,he defeated his Republican nominee John Mccain.Then was inaugurated as president on January 20,2009.
Barack has seven half-siblings from his fathers Kenyan family-six of then living-and a half sister with who he was raised.Besides his native English he speaks Indonesian at the conversational level.He had learned in his four childhood years in Jakarta.He was known as "Barry" in his youth,but he asked to be called his real name in his college years.He plays besketball,a sport he played on the varsity team in high school.
In June 1989,he met Michelle Robinson.She joined them on a group social function,but declined his initial request to date.They began dating later that summer,and were engaged in 1991 and were marriedon October 3,1992.The couples first daughter,Malia Ann,was born on July 4,1998.Followed by a second daughter,Natasha(Sasha)on June 10,2001.The Obama's also have a Portuguese Water Dog, Bo,a gift from Senator Ted Kennedy.Sorry,but that is the end of the tour for the Obama's.For more information you can go to the website http://www.wikipedia.org/.
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