Obama, Barack.

Contents: "What I am opposed to is a dumb war" : Speech Against the Iraq War, Chicago, IL, October 2, 2002 -- "The Audacity of Hope" : Speech at the 2004 Democratic National Convention, Boston, MA, July 27, 2004 -- "How Far We've Come" : Remarks at John Lewis's 65th Birthday Gala, February 21, 2005 -- "We cannot abandon the field of religious discourse" : Keynote Address at the Call to Renewal...

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Publisher / Publication Date: 2017

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Obama, Barack

Summary: The final speeches of the 44th President of the United States, Barack Obama, and First Lady Michelle Obama. Both speeches were instant and moving landmarks, as well as stirring testaments to the time this inspiring and beloved couple spent in the White House.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Melville House 2017

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Hughey, Matthew W. (Matthew Windust)

Summary: "On November 5, 2008, the nation awoke to a New York Times headline that read triumphantly: "OBAMA. Racial Barrier Falls in Heavy Turnout." But new events quickly muted the exuberant declarations of a postracial era in America: from claims that Obama was born in Kenya and that he is not a true American, to depictions of Obama as a "Lyin African" and conservative cartoons that showed the new...

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Publisher / Publication Date: New York University Press 2014

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Klein, Aaron.

Summary: Outline blueprints for President Obama's second term in office, contending that he is preparing a New Deal-style overhaul that will establish government control over the economy and a government-run jobs program based on paycheck fairness.

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Publisher / Publication Date: WND Books 2012

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D'Antonio, Michael

Summary: Once a most unlikely candidate, Barack Obama's successful campaign for the White House made him a worldwide sensation and a transformative figure even before he was inaugurated. Elected as the Iraq War and Great Recession discouraged millions of Americans, Obama's promise of hope revived the national spirit.Had he only saved the economy, Obama would be considered a truly successful president....

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Publisher / Publication Date: 2017

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Halperin, Mark

Summary: The authors of the best-selling Game Change present an account of the 2012 presidential election that draws on hundreds of insider interviews to illuminate what the election meant to both parties, covering such topics as the dramatic Republican nomination fight, the rise and fall of Mitt Romney and Barack Obama's Election Day triumph.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Press 2013

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Woodward, Bob

Summary: Washington Post editor Bob Woodward offers a sweeping chronicle of President Obama's clandestine decisions during his first term in office. From the Afghanistan War to secret operations in Pakistan, Obama's war on terror has been much quieter than his predecessor's. Here, Woodward sheds light on some of the closed-door conversations that have characterized Obama and his administration.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2010

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