The Presidency of Barack Obama began at noon EST on January 20, 2009, when he became the 44th President of the United States. Obama was a United States Senator from Illinois at the time of his victory over Arizona Senator John McCain in the 2008 presidential election. Barack Obama is the first African-American president of the United States, as well as the first born in Hawaii.
His policy decisions have addressed a global financial crisis and have included changes in tax policies, legislation to reform the United States health care industry, promote green renewable energy, foreign policy initiatives and the phasing out of detention of prisoners at the Guantanamo Bay detention camp in Cuba. His economic policy changes and bail-out of the US auto indusry helped the US economy recover from the recession that started at the end of the Bush administration. He stimulate job growth back into positive numbers. He attended the G-20 London summit and later visited U.S. troops in Iraq. On the tour of various European countries following the G-20 summit, he announced in Prague that he intended to negotiate substantial reduction in the world's nuclear arsenals, en route to their eventual extinction. In October 2009, Obama was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for "his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples." On May 1, 2011, President Obama authorized an assault mission to attack a compound in Pakastan where his secret service believed Osama Bin Laden was hiding. This mission successfully killed Osama Bin Laden. This mission provide some closure to thousands of Americans who lost loved ones in the attack that destroyed the two world Trade center building on Sept. 11 2001.
He was elected to a second term on November 6, 2012.
On November 16, 2012, the US leaders announced that President Obama (D) met with House Speaker John A. Boehner (R-Ohio) House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nevada) and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) "to discuss" the plan "to work on" a plan "over the weekend" "to create a plan" that would be ready to present the week of November 26, 2012 concerning the so-called "fiscal cliff".[138]
As the talks dragged on, Obama gained an unexpected ally in the leadership of major corporations, who joined his call for a resolution of the deal that included additional revenues, and also support for immigration and education reforms.
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