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Obama

[oh-bah-muh]

noun

  1. Barack (Hussein), Jr. born 1961, 44th president of the U.S. 2009–17.

  2. Michelle Michelle LaVaughn Robinson, born 1964, U.S. First Lady 2009–17 (wife of Barack Obama).



Obama

/ əʊˈbɑːmə /

noun

  1. Barack ( Hussein ) (bəˈrɑːk). born 1961, US Democrat politician: 44th president of the US from 2009

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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“There is no doubt and it is beyond argument that irreparable harm will begin to occur if it hasn’t already occurred,” said McConnell, an Obama appointee.

Indeed, the premium spike threatens to lock out the very Americans that the 2010 Affordable Care Act — President Obama’s signature domestic policy win — was intended to help, said Altman.

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New Start was negotiated by President Obama and extended by President Biden.

Four years later, President Obama established the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA, program to protect immigrants who were brought to the U.S. as children.

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But perhaps more than anything else, he was able to convey a positive message summed up by the slogan Het kan wel - an optimistic phrase that borrows from Barack Obama's "Yes, we can".

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