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"President Barack Obama." //The White House//. 1999. Web. 18 Nov. 2011. .

1. The govt. agencies have saved 17. million by reducing payment errors for programs like medicare,medicaid,pell grants, and food stamps. 2.working with states to imporve fraud detection 3.born august 4,1961 4.he was the 44th president of the untied states 5.has a law degree 6.obama was hired in chicago as derector of the development comitties project 7.was the first african amerian president 8.he sponsered a law increase on tax credits 9. he was born in honolulu hawaii 10. he lived in kansas where his father worked on oil rigs during the depression 11. after high school obama studied at occidental college in los angeles 12. he worked on the south side as an organizer community organizer for two years for low income resident in the roseland and the altgeld gardens communities. 13. he reached across the aisle to pass groundbraking lobbying reforms, locked up the most dangerous weapons. 14.after qorking his way through college with the help of scholarships he moved to chicago to help with some of the churches. 15.in illinoise he passed the first ethics reform in 25 years. 16.bringing transparency to the government by putting federal spending online. 17.his parents seperated when he was 4 years old. 18. obama and his wife were born on feb 2, 1961. 19. the scholarship that allowed him to leave kenya pursued his dreams of college in hawaii. 20.in 2000 obama mabe an unsuccessful democratic primary run for the u.s house of represenatives.

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"Barack Obama Biography - Facts, Birthday, Life Story - Biography.com." //Famous Biographies & TV Shows - Biography.com//. 1996. Web. 18 Nov. 2011. .

1.obama was still a state senator till he spoke up about iraq during a rally at chicago. 2.he also created a state earning income taxes for the working poor. 3.November 2004 obama earned 70 percent of the votes and keyes only earned 27 percent, the largest Illinois history. 4.when obama took office he inherited a global economic recession. 5.he also took on foreign wars and the lowest international favor ability rating for the united states ever. 6. he also insisted that,despite current opsticals, he was determined to help American citizens through the nations current domestic difficulties. 7. he won the Nobel peace prize. 8.he took pirates off the coast of Somalia and prepared for the nation of attack in swine flu. 9.January 27,2010 hedelivered his first state of the union speech. 10.he addressed the challenges of the economic. 11.proposed a fee for large banks. 12.he annonced a possible freeze on govt. spending. 13. he also was speaking against the supreme court's reversal of law capping campegin. 14.stopped challenged poloticians to stop thinking of re-electing and make posative changes.\ 15.cut taxes for working families, small buisnesses. 16. he put housing credit on life support. 17. he emphasized the importance of unity. 18.made veiled jabs at the bush administration and the devirtionary use of wedge issuses. 19. he was the third African American elected in the u.s senate since the reconstruction. 20. on November 4, 2009 he defeated republican presidential nomine jhon micane.

http://www.issues2000.org/Barack_Obama.htm

"Barack Obama on the Issues." //OnTheIssues.org - Candidates on the Issues//. 1999. Web. 18 Nov. 2011. 

1.he was known as o, bomer in high school becuase he was good at basketball. 2.he collected spider-man and conan the barbarian comics. 3.as a teenager he took drugs including marajana and cocaine. issues he is working on 4. corporations 5. crime 6. drugs. 7.education 8.energy and oil. 9. environment 10.foreign policy 11.free trade 12.govt. reforms 13.gun control 14.health care. 1. for aids and any other care needed 15.homeland security 1.give woman a right to serve. 16.immigration 17.principles and values 18.tax reforms 1. tax cuts for middle class man and poor homeowners. 19.war and peace 1. in the Iraq war he will only send the troops if its really necessary. 20.welfare and poverty