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Barack Obama was born August 4, 1961, in Honolulu, Hawaii.
His mother, Ann Dunham, and his father, Barack Obama, Sr., met when they were both students at the University of Hawaii. Obama's Father left when he was 2 years old and died in a car accident 19 years later. As a teenager he wasn't the best student but he played varsity basketball. He also used cocaine, marijuana, and drank alcohol.

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He met Michelle Robinson after his first year at Harvard Law School. After 4 years, they got married in 1992. Their daughter Malia was born in 1998, and Natasha was born in 2001.

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Obama went to Occidental College, Columbia University, and Harvard law school for a total of 8 years in college!!!

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- a community organizer for low-income residents in Chicago
- an editor of Harvard Law Review
- Civil Rights Lawyer in Chicago
- Part-time Constitutional law lecturer/professor
- Voter Registration Organizer
-  Illinois State Senator

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Obama was elected President on November 4, 2008.
Some issues he focused on included:
- Opposing the Iraq War
- Lowering Taxes for low-middle income individuals, Raising for High-Income individuals
- Alternative Energy
- Improving Health care/insurance
- Allowing Abortion and Gay couples to Adopt

Obama was a Democratic President from 2008-2016

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- He can bench press 200 pounds
- The crowd at his inaugurational ceremony was the largest in history, with almost 2 million people.

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aka BFF's

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Osama Bin Laden, the leader of Al-Qaeda (group that claimed responsibility for 9/11), was killed in Pakistan in 2011.

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America downgraded.