Barack Obama

Michelle Obama is not currently employed in a traditional job. Since leaving the role of First Lady of the United States, she has focused on various philanthropic efforts, public speaking engagements, and writing. She has also launched initiatives such as the Girls Opportunity Alliance, which aims to empower girls through education.

Barack Obama, the 44th President of the United States, was born to a father from Kenya and a mother from Kansas. He was the first African-American to hold the presidency and served two terms in office from 2009 to 2017.

Probably not. There are some genealogy blogs that say Mark Twain is a very, very distant cousin of the president's on his mother's side, but there is no way to know how reliable that information is; and President Obama has never mentioned any relationship between his mother's family and that of Samuel Clemens (Mark Twain).

The current secretary is Tom Vilsack

When Mrs. Obama went to England for the Olympics, she was representing the United States. She therefore traveled with a secret service contingent to protect her, and with aides and a press secretary, all of whom helped to keep her up-to-date on her schedule and her appointments. While in England, she not only was the head of the U.S. Olympic delegation; according to the White House website, she also attended a reception at Buckingham Palace hosted by Queen Elizabeth II, met the wife of the British prime minister, and visited with U.S. military personnel at the Royal Air Force's Mildenhall base.

No, he did not. Although this assertion became popular on certain websites, it is not entirely accurate. A 2011 spending bill that needed to be passed in order to keep the government going had several non-related items attached to it (this often happens in congress). One unrelated attachment was to no longer fund inspections of slaughter-houses. After the spending bill passed, some people interpreted it in partisan ways, and one interpretation was that President Obama had allowed horses to be slaughtered for food; but there was no such language in the legislation. Other people interpreted the bill to say that we would soon have more slaughterhouses killing horses, but that has not happened either.

After college, Barack Obama worked as a community organizer in Chicago before attending law school. He then worked as a civil rights attorney and a constitutional law professor at the University of Chicago Law School. Later, he served as a state senator in Illinois and then as the U.S. Senator from Illinois before being elected as the 44th President of the United States.

During his presidency, Barack Obama implemented policies to wind down the US involvement in wars, particularly in Iraq and Afghanistan. He withdrew US troops from Iraq in 2011, fulfilling a promise to end the war there. In Afghanistan, Obama announced a drawdown of troops, aiming to end combat operations by the end of 2014. However, it is worth noting that the situation in both countries remains complex and conflicts continue despite the efforts to reduce US military presence.

Yes and no. He worked for three different organizations in Chicago as a community organizer and advocate for the poor. One was Project Vote, and another was a group run by the Catholic Church. A third was run by ACORN. It should be noted that back then, the organization known as ACORN was considered no more and no less disreputable than any other group that helped the poor. It was much later when certain conservative talk shows decided to focus on ACORN as an example of something negative. But at the time, all of the groups Mr. Obama worked for were considered typical of groups that helped poor residents of Chicago with issues like finding housing, educational opportunities, job training, and legal aid.

Yes, Barack Obama has expressed an appreciation for rap music. He has mentioned artists such as Jay-Z and Kendrick Lamar as some of his favorites. Obama has also acknowledged the impact and cultural significance of rap music.

It is subjective to determine which candidate's economic policies are better for the economy. President Obama focused on stimulus packages and financial regulations, while Governor Romney proposed tax cuts and deregulation. Different economic theories and perspectives may argue for the effectiveness of either approach. Ultimately, the impact on the economy depends on various factors such as the prevailing economic conditions and global circumstances.

Before becoming the 44th President of the United States, Barack Obama had various work experiences. He worked as a community organizer in Chicago, helping to improve living conditions in low-income neighborhoods. He also worked as a civil rights attorney, a law professor, and served as a state legislator in Illinois before being elected to the U.S. Senate.

You may be thinking of Stevie Wonder's song "Signed, Sealed, Delivered (I'm Yours)" which played when the president and his family took the stage, before he made his victory speech in the November 2012 election.

I am not sure he has an official "manifesto," since in our world of internet and instant media, candidates need to react to changing political circumstances at a moment's notice. Thus, presidents in the modern age tend to promote their positions through their website, by going on radio or TV, and being interviewed in print publications and web magazines. President Obama is a centrist Democrat, and many of his stated positions are in line with those of his party.

For example, he has stated that some of his priorities include continuing to move the economy forward to get more people back to work; expanding access to affordable health care; fixing the tax code so that everyone (including the wealthy) pays their fair share; making sure our infrastructure is modernized, etc. The best place to find the president's officially stated positions on issues is at his website. I enclose the link.

No, a Hawaiian 'Certificate of Live Birth' alone is not sufficient proof of US citizenship to obtain a US passport. In order to obtain a passport, you need to provide an original or certified copy of a US birth certificate, naturalization certificate, Certificate of Citizenship, or a Consular Report of Birth Abroad, along with other required documents and forms.

There is no evidence that the word "Obama" exists in Cherokee. For one thing, the sound of the letter M is not an original sound in Cherokee and was added to the language much later. But on the other hand, Cherokee is a living language, and it adds new words or borrows them, as all living languages do. No doubt the name "Obama" was added when he was running for president back in 2007-2008. And the chances are that "Obama" is just treated as a last name, with no particular meaning, since it is not a word that is native to the Cherokee language.

The Constitution Art II Sec. 1 requires that the President serve a term of four years. It further requires that the Congress set the date of electing the President. As Congress has set the first Tuesday of November of ever 4th year evenly divisible by 4 there must be an election November 4th of this year.

The term "czar" is colloquially used to refer to top-level officials within the US government. These individuals are typically appointed by the President to oversee specific policy areas. The exact cost of these positions can vary depending on factors such as salaries, staff, and resources allocated to each position. However, it is important to note that the total cost of czars during the Obama administration is not readily available, as this information may not be publicly disclosed.

Barack Obama is a member of the Democratic Party, which is traditionally represented by the color blue in the reports of election results.

First, it is false to say that "nobody remembers him." This assertion is based on an internet myth, promoted by the president's political opponents, and especially by people like Donald Trump; but there is no truth to it. Many people who knew the president at both Columbia and Harvard have been interviewed, and Mr. Obama was also written up in the alumni magazines of both colleges. Further, at Harvard, he was the editor of the Law Review, so we have his written work, plus his college adviser has spoken about what kind of student he was. When people claim "nobody knew him," they are being intentionally dishonest.

Obama wants to tax higher income people, while giving the middle income tax payers a break. Too bad both parties can't get it together. We can't keep spending money and not collect taxes. The argument that cutting taxes for the weathly to promote jobs is about insane. Of course being involved in two major military confrontations and several other minor confrontations with the military budget we have is also insane.

During his first four years, President Obama signed 140 executive orders, which is not an unusual number. Internet reports that he signed 900 of them are false.

Yes, President Barack Obama used a teleprompter during his 2009 inauguration speech. It is a common practice for presidents to use teleprompters during major speeches to ensure accuracy and help deliver the speech smoothly.

Barack Obama transferred from Occidental College to Columbia University in 1981 because he wanted to pursue a different academic environment and be closer to urban life. As he wrote in his autobiography, Dreams From My Father, he felt that Occidental lacked a racially diverse student body and wanted to surround himself with a more politically active campus community. Transferring to Columbia allowed him to study political science and international relations, which aligned with his interests and future career goals.

I think you are asking about "colonialism." Many people whose countries were taken over by England, France, Belgium, Spain, or other European powers, had very mixed feelings about it. On the one hand, the colonial powers modernized and improved the infrastructure and education in some third-world countries. But the problem was that these colonial powers often regarded the residents of their colonies (most of whom were from black or brown races) as inferior, treated them like servants, and rarely allowed them to move up in society or make decisions about their governance.

For example, people from British colonies like India and Kenya were very ambivalent, or even negative, about colonial rule: they felt the British treated them with contempt while plundering their countries' natural resources and giving the colonists little ability to decide the destiny of their own country. Barack Obama Senior was pleased with the education he received in Kenya under the British system, but some sources say he was not happy about the limitations of colonialism. That said, not all sources agree that Barack Senior was anti-colonialism. This is a theory put forward by certain conservative Republicans, who claim President Obama inherited his father's hatred of colonialism. Since the president barely knew his father, and since it is not entirely clear that his father hated colonialism, the theory is not very credible.