Timeline of some major events in President Barack Obama's life and Presidency from 2008-Present
On August 27, 2008, Barack Obama was declared a nominee of the Democratic Party for the 2008 presidential election. He became the first African American presidential nominee for a major political party.
- ("BARACK OBAMA TIMELINE") & (LANG, NITA.)
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OBAMA WON THE ELECTION ON NOVEMBER 4, 2009 Making him the first african american president of the united states of america |
As Obama prepared to take office the nation faced |
As promised in his campaign, Obama took a bipartisan approach, keeping on Bush administration defense secretary Robert Gates and naming Republican Ray LaHood as secretary of transportation. |
February 17 2009: congress approved a $787 billion Economic Stimulus Bill that |
Shortly after taking office in 2009, Obama announced that most of the U.S. troops stationed in Iraq would exit by the end of August 2010. |
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March 8, 2013: The Violence Against Women Act is signed into law |
October 17, 2013: "The Continuing Appropriations Act is signed into law containing a continuing resolution ending the US government shutdown of 2013 and the debt-ceiling crisis of 2013" |
2014-2015
February 12, 2015 Obama signed an "executive order to raise the minimum wage for federal contractors"
January 20, 2015 President obama delievers his 2015 annual state of the union address to a Republican majority joint session of Congress for the first time in his six year Presidency.
("Barack Obama Timeline." N.p., n.d. Web. 12 June 2015.)