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The president was in office when Osama bin Laden was found and killed. He was in office during the great Recession and his supporters would say he helped to turn things around and prevent a depression. He was in office when Hurricane Sandy destroyed large portions of New York and New Jersey. He was in office during the European financial crisis. He was in office during the Swine Flu pandemic in 2009. He was in office when long-time Massachusetts senator Edward M. "Ted" Kennedy died of cancer. He was in office during the BP Oil Spill in the Gulf of Mexico. He was in office during the "Arab Spring" in Tunisia, Egypt, and other Arab countries. He was in office when the government of dictator Moammar Ghaddafi fell. He was in office when Japan endured a tsunami, earthquake and meltdown at its nuclear facilities.

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the us is in so much debt we wont be able to pay in back in the next 50 years\

Probably the most important world event so far during President Obama's term was the elimination of Osama bin Laden.

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Osama Bin Laden was found and killed. He gave a lot of people Health Insurance. He did so many things and yet people criticize him. After all it is another of work to find a person who would kill thousands of people in two buildings but people can say what they want to say but people should not criticize him

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Barack Obama assumed office on January 20, 2009. During his presidency, some important events that occurred are:

  • Israel withdrew from the Gaza strip
  • Outbreak of H1N1
  • Michael Jackson died
  • Earthquake in Haiti
  • Tsunami in Japan
  • 33 Chilean miners trapped in collapse saved
  • Encyclopedia Britannica discontinues printing
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A few important events in his life would include these:

Barack Obama was born in Hawaii in 1961.

He graduated from Columbia in 1983.

He graduated from Harvard Law School in 1991.

He got married to Michelle Robinson in 1992.

He published his first book, "Dreams from my Father" in 1995.

He was elected to the Illinois State Senate in 1996 and re-elected several more times.

He was elected to the US Senate in 2004.

He was elected President of the United States in 2008, becoming the first African-American president in US history.

He won a Nobel Peace Prize in 2009.

He was re-elected president in 2012.

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High rate in taxes. and thats alll i know ;)

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He is the first African American and passed the first health care reform

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obama care perhaps the worst idea known to man

this man will go under history as a oneofakind president

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some major events, to date, in no particular order: the death of Osama bin Laden; passage of health care reform; rescue of the US auto industry

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