President Obama has pursued national security policies that keep the American people safe‚ while turning the page on a decade of war and restoring American leadership abroad. Since President Obama took office‚ the United States has devastated al Qaeda’s leadership. Now‚ thanks to our extraordinary servicemen and women‚ we have reached a pivotal moment – we definitively ended the war in Iraq and have begun to wind down the war in Afghanistan. Meanwhile‚ we have refocused on a broader set of priorities
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How Obama Does That Thing He Does Jack Shafer 1. Who do you believe was the author’s intended audience? Shafer is writing to the American voters‚ and non-voters. He is writing to explain Obama’s excellent speech skills. 2. What was the author’s intended purpose in writing the piece? He is explaining the methods‚ tactics and brilliance to Obama’s speech‚ composure and leadership skills. 3. What point does the author make in the text? Despite Obama’s race‚ he is able to confront
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back to the terrorism issues during Barack Obama’s service in the White House. ISIS is one of the most well known terrorist groups that have executed many maniacal attacks on the U.S. within the past eight years‚ but Obama had the audacity to leave each incident ignored. Barack Obama should have spent more of his effort reducing or removing terrorism threats in America than he did during his presidency because it makes our country a target for other terrorist groups‚ parts of our country are now physically
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Philippines. The reported shutdown of the US government owing to a budget stalemate in Congress might affect the scheduled visit of President Barack Obama to Manila next week‚ Philippine Ambassador to Washington Jose Cuisia Jr. Said. Cuisia told radio station dzBB there is a possibility that Obama might put off foreign trips until the deadlock is resolved. Obama is set to visit the Philippines on Oct. 11 and 12. “I hope Obama’s visit to the Philippines will not be affected by the shutdown‚ but we can’t
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“Health-Care Reform: McCain vs. Obama.” Which relates to Obama’s plan for healthcare and McCain plan though her view is that McCain plan is less likely to help the people who don’t have healthcare. By Catherine Arnest saying‚ “There is a basic philosophical difference at the heart of the health-care reform proposals of Senators John McCain and Barack Obama‚ and in this case McCain really is the maverick.” Catherine stating this meaning that she feels Barack Obama has a better plan for fixing healthcare
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Obama Care “If ‘Obama Care’ becomes fully implemented in 2014‚ it’s going to bankrupt states” (“Lindsay Graham”) This is a quote discussing how Obama Care is the absolute downfall of the United States. Obama Care causes free health care for those who can’t work or those who choose not to work‚ causing middle class people to pay triple the amount for health insurance which won’t cover anything for them if they make over a certain amount‚ so they can pay for all of those people who don’t work. It
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Barack Obama is America’s first black president of the United States. That fact means racism is gone and out of this country right? The belief that racism is gone‚ that after president Barack Obama was elected racism was a thing of the past‚ is a lie and only hinders the process of reaching equality. What is racism? Well in order to know that one must first know what race‚ ethnicity and prejudice are. Race‚ as defined by Kathleen J. Fitzgerald in her book “Recognizing Race and Ethnicity: Power
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Easton The Life of Michelle Obama 10/30/2013 Professor Scmitz Introduction I was tasked to research the life story of a well-known public figure - politician or business mogul. The person I chose to write upon is The First Lady Michelle Obama. In this essay I will briefly give insight on her background‚ how she overcame obstacles‚ the events that helped shape her and education. Background Michelle Obama was born Michelle LaVaughn
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he was assassinated from a grassy knoll and his brother who many thought could also be elected was shot before he even had the chance. So what makes Barack Obama‚ a non-white‚ non-Anglo-Saxon‚ and at one point non-protestant‚ think he can become the next President? His ability to overcome cultural obstacles in order to succeed. Barack Obama has all the makings of a cultural melting pot. Born in Hawaii‚ to a Kenyan father‚ American mother‚ and
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Being the commander in chief of America‚ Obama is an important figure to the citizens of the country. He is the one in charge and who we turn to when devastating situations like Sandy Hook arise. Obama is the first African American president in the United States who served from 2009 to 2017 (“Barack Obama”). Before that‚ Obama served in the Illinois state senate and the United States Senate (“Barack Obama”). He attended Harvard Law School in 1988 and then became a civil rights attorney and professor
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