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The following is a timeline of the presidency of Barack Obama from his inauguration as the 44th president of the United States on January 20, 2009, to December 31, 2009. 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 the Barack Obama presidency; for a complete itinerary of his travels ...
In his first week in office, Obama signed Executive Order 13492 suspending all ongoing proceedings of the Guantanamo military commissions and ordering the Guantanamo detention facility to be shut down within the year. [13] Another order, Executive Order 13491, banned torture and other coercive techniques, such as waterboarding. [14]
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. . 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
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.
The National Defense Resources Preparedness executive order (Executive Order 13603) is an order of the President of the United States, signed by President Barack Obama on March 16, 2012. [1] The purpose of this executive order is to delegate authority and address national defense resource policies and programs under the Defense Production Act ...
Providing an Order of Succession Within the Environmental Protection Agency May 21, 2012 May 24, 2012 May 21, 2012 77 FR 31157 2012-12883 [256] [257] 127 13615: Providing an Order of Succession Within the Office of Management and Budget May 21, 2012 May 24, 2012 May 21, 2012 77 FR 31159 2012-12889 [258] [259] 128 13616
The order ensures that "jurisdictions that fail to comply with applicable Federal law do not receive Federal funds, except as mandated by law." 12. Executive Order: Border Security and Immigration ...
Because work on the bills started before President Obama officially took office on January 20, 2009, top aides to President-Elect Obama held multiple meetings with committee leaders and staffers. On January 10, 2009, President-Elect Obama's administration released a report [ 12 ] that provided a preliminary analysis of the impact to jobs of ...