Barack Obama was inaugurated as the 44th President of the United States on January 20, 2009. He was the first African American president, the first multiracial president, and the first non-white president. Obama’s first-term actions addressed the global financial crisis and included a major stimulus package. In his second term, Obama took steps to combat climate change, signing a major international climate agreement.
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Barack Obama was inaugurated as the 44th President of the United States on January 20, 2009. He was the first African American president, the first multiracial president, and the first non-white president. Obama’s first-term actions addressed the global financial crisis and included a major stimulus package. He also appointed Supreme Court Justices Elena Kagan and Sonia Sotomayor, the latter of whom became the first Hispanic American on the Supreme Court. The Obama administration orchestrated the military operation that resulted in the death of Osama bin Laden on May 2, 2011. In his second term, Obama took steps to combat climate change, signing a major international climate agreement and an executive order to limit carbon emissions. He continued to grapple with Congressional Republicans over government spending, immigration, judicial nominations, and other issues. Obama was succeeded by Republican Donald Trump, who won the 2016 presidential election. The presidential transition period began following Obama’s election to the presidency in November 2008, though Obama had chosen Chris Lu to begin planning for the transition in May 2008. During the transition period, Obama announced nominations for his Cabinet and administration. He delivered his inaugural address immediately following his oath of office at 12:00pm, EST. Following his inauguration, Obama and the Senate worked to confirm his nominees to the Cabinet. An early list of Obama’s Cabinet choices came from Michael Froman, then an executive at Citigroup. Obama chose to retain several prominent rivals of his rivals, including Robert Gates, Robert Gates and Rahm Emanuel, as defense secretary and White House Chief of Staff.
He chose Vice President Joe Biden as his running mate, who he had chosen at the 2008 Democratic National Convention. Obama and Biden were nominated as the Democratic ticket at the August 2008 Democratic Party Convention. In the general election, Obama defeated John McCain, taking 52. 9% of the popular vote and 365 of the 538 electoral votes. Obama also presided over the implementation of the Affordable Care Act and other legislation passed in his first term, and he negotiated rapprochements with Iran and Cuba. The number of American soldiers in Afghanistan fell dramatically during Obama’ssecond term, though U.S. soldiers remained in Afghanistan throughout Obama’s presidency and continue to as of 2020. In 2012, in the Congressional elections, Democrats added to their majorities in both houses of Congress, and Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid both remained in their posts. Republicans John Boehner and Mitch McConnell continued to serve as House Minority Leader and Senate Minority Leader, respectively. In 2014, Republicans took control of the Senate after the 2014 elections, and Obama continued to grappled with Republicans over spending levels and the debt ceiling. In 2016, Obama won re-election to a second term as president, defeating Republican Mitt Romney in the 2012 election. He took office following a decisive victory over Republican nominee John McCain in the 2008 presidential election, Four years later, he defeated Republican Romney to win re- Election. He is the first president to have been born in Hawaii.
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