BARACK OBAMA

“A change is
brought about
because ordinary
people do
extraordinary
things.”
– Barack Obama
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 BIRTH
Born in 1961, in
Honolulu, Hawaii,
U.S.A. as Barack
Hussein Obama II to
Ann Dunham and
Barack Obama Sr., a
Kenyan governmental
economist.
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 SCHOOLING AND EDUCATION
Obama excelled in basketball and
graduated with academic honors.

• Occidental College from 1979-

1981.
• Columbia University from 1981-
1983.
• Harvard University’s law school
from 1988-1991.
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 WORK
• Community Organizer in
Chicago.
• Director of DEVELOPING
COMMUNITY PROJECT
from June 1985 – May
1988
• Professor at University of
Chicago Law School
teaching Constitutional http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_mLvmwb_jlxQ/TStrGQirY_I/AAAAAAAAAEU/5IG_eZT8w5Y/s1600/obama-at-law-school.jpg

Law from 1992-2004.

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 MARRIAGE AND KIDS
• He met Michelle Robinson,
an associate at the Chicago
law firm of Sidley Austin.
• It was in the autumn of
1982, when both Michelle
and Barack tied wedding
knot and moved to
Chicago's South Side.
Several years later they http://img.timeinc.net/time/quotes/2009/01/0112_obama_harvard.jpg

were blessed with two

daughters Malia and http://www.barackobama.net/pictures/barack-obama-family.jpg

Sasha.
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 JOURNEY TO THE WHITE HOUSE
• Obama was elected to the
Illinois State Senate in 1996.
• He was re elected in 1998 &
2002.
• He ran for the U.S Senate in
2004 and was elected.
• He started his campaign for the
president in early 2007 and
defeated Republican contender
John McCain. http://mauialmanac.com/img/bo-victory.jpg

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 CHALLENGES OVERCOME
• Killed Osama bin Laden who had taken America
hostage in 2001.
• Removed all combat troops from Iraq.
• The Affordable Care Act, will establish universal health
care for the first time in the history of the United States.
• Ratification of the nuclear weapons reduction treaty with
Russia.

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 WHAT MAKES OBAMA A GREAT
SPEAKER?
• One of the Democratic Party’s great contemporary orators
• Lyricism in writing
• Obama borrows devices from great speakers of the past
(Kennedy)
• Body orientation, hands close to body,
limited pitch ranges (enables him
to “convey passion without
exhibiting it”)
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 WEBLIOGRAPHY
• https://en.Wikipedia.org/wiki/Barak_Obama
• https://www.boston.com/bostonworks/galleries/obamajo
bs?pg=1
• http://www.goodreads.com/quotes/tag/barack-obama
• Search engine for images – www.google.co.in/images

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