Barack Obama Essay Examples

August 4, 1961 (age 60)

Barack Obama is an American politician who served as the 44th president of the United States from 2009 to 2017. He was the first African-American president of the United States. A member of the Democratic Party, he previously served as a U.S. senator from Illinois from 2005 to 2008 and as an Illinois state senator from 1997 to 2004.

Ended the War In Iraq.
Signed The Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA).
Signed The Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals Act.
Repealed the “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” Act.
Signed the Affordable Care Act which provided health insurance to over 20 million uninsured Americans
Ordered for the capture and killing of Osama Bin Laden
Saved the U.S. auto industry