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Obama also represented a generational change as the first man elected president who was born in the 1960s. He inherited the 2007–2008 financial crisis, which Peter Orszag termed an "economic mess". [7] Obama was 47 years, 169 days old on the day of taking the office, which makes him the fifth youngest person to be inaugurated to date.
[24] [25] At the public inaugural ceremony, Vice President Biden was sworn in using the Biden family Bible, while President Obama was sworn in using two Bibles owned by Abraham Lincoln and Martin Luther King Jr. President Obama became the 17th U.S. president to be re-elected for a second term of office.
Becoming is Obama’s personal story, but, as Oprah noted when she made her Book Club announcement back in 2018, “I know it’s going to spark in you the desire to think about your own becoming.”
Rising Star: The Making of Barack Obama is a 2017 biography of former President of the United States Barack Obama by American author and academic David Garrow. [1] It is Garrow's fifth book. [ 2 ] [ 3 ]
January 20, 2009 was a cold day in Washington D.C., with temperatures hovering right below freezing, but an estimated 1.8 million people flooded onto the National Mall to see incoming President ...
Supporters at Grant Park watch Obama delivering his speech. Obama spoke of the core issues facing the United States at the time, among them the economy, and the Iraq War. [11] Even as we stand here tonight, we know there are brave Americans waking up in the deserts of Iraq and the mountains of Afghanistan to risk their lives for us.
Biden is seen with First Lady Jill Biden, Hunter Biden, grandson Beau Biden and granddaughter Naomi Biden on the balcony of the White House after being sworn in as US President in January 2021 ...
Citizen's Briefing Book is a work of suggestions by individuals compiled into a book format and submitted to President Barack Obama after his inauguration on January 20, 2009. [1] Internet users originally posted their suggestions at Change.gov , [ 2 ] with the plan that after Barack Obama was sworn in as president the website hosting the ...