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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between George W. Bush and Barack Obama turns out to be quite the depressing venture for someone who fell in love with our current president during his first race for president. From Iraq to Afghanistan to nuclear proliferation‚ Obama’s 2008 campaign took every opportunity to distance his policies with those of Bush due to public displeasure and ideological differences. After seeing Obama’s first term and the various foreign policy issues he has faced‚ there are ways Obama has kept his promise and distance
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Obama read a lot throughout his term‚ it gave him “perspective”. “The Three-Body Problem” by the Chinese writer Liu Cixin helped him stay grounded‚ when he thought things were bad‚ he could look back at this book and compare his problems. Marilynne Robinson’s novels gave insight on midwestern citizens such as their values and responsibilities. Writing was his creative outlook‚ he was able to put his thoughts in words‚ following the footsteps of Lincoln. Obama would find people who were isolated
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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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In this essay I am going to compare and contrast the speeches of Barack Obama (‘Yes we can’) and Martin Luther King (I have a dream). When we talk about ’language’‚ sometimes we mean speech (spoken language)‚ sometimes writing (written language).Do you think is there any difference between spoken language and written language? Of course‚ speech is spoken and heard‚ while writing is written and read. There are many types of spoken languages such as news report‚ interview‚ speech‚ debates and conversations
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President Obama and President Putin are great examples of leaders who have different views on how to run a country. Both Obama and Putin are Presidents who are in charge of controlling the military‚ vetoing legislative bills‚ and appointing their Cabinet. In both cases Presidents Obama and Putin seek the assistance of their cabinets to support them on their opinions on how to run their country. Similarly‚ Obama and Putin choose to fill their cabinet with close friends who all think congruously.
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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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