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The Obama presidency saw a major thaw in relations with Cuba, which the United States embargoed following the Cuban Revolution and the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis. Starting in the spring of 2013 secret meetings were conducted between the United States and Cuba, with the meetings taking place in the neutral locations of Canada and Vatican City. [380]
Obama and Raul Castro reversed over 60 years of tension between the U.S. and Cuba by restoring diplomatic ties. 4. He urged states in 2013 to raise the minimum wage to $10.10 an hour.
During his eight years in office, President Obama spent about 14 percent of his time on foreign travel, which equates to about seven months. He became the first sitting U.S. president to visit ...
Of presidents since 1960, only Ronald Reagan and (in interim results) Barack Obama placed in the top ten; Obama was the highest-ranked president since Harry Truman (1945–1953). Most of the other recent presidents held middling positions, though George W. Bush placed in the bottom ten, the lowest-ranked president since Warren Harding (1921 ...
The question was asked on 'Pod Save America,' a podcast from new media start-up Crooked Media featuring former Obama staffers and speechwriters. Obama: This was the scariest night of my presidency ...
The following is a timeline of the presidency of Barack Obama, from January 1, 2012, to December 31, 2012.For his time as president-elect, see the presidential transition of Barack Obama; for a detailed account of his first months in office, see first 100 days of Barack Obama's presidency; for a complete itinerary of his travels, see list of presidential trips made by Barack Obama.
President Barack Obama's economic team released a massive 447-page report (link opens PDF) on the economy last week. The introductory text describes what you might expect from such a report: The ...
Barack Obama, a Democrat from Illinois, was elected president of the United States on November 4, 2008 and was inaugurated as the nation's 44th president on January 20, 2009. . He was re-elected on November 6, 2012; his second inauguration was on January 20, 2013, and his presidency ended on January 20, 2017, with the inauguration of Donald Tru