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Milestones in the life and presidency of Obama
Thursday November 04, 2010 06:00:10 PM,
IANS
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Washington:
Milestones in the life and presidency of US President Barack Obama
who will be in India Nov 6-9:
Aug 4, 1961: Barack Obama is born to Barack Obama Sr, a Kenyan
economist, and Ann Dunham, an anthropologist from Kansas.
1991: Graduates as a lawyer from Harvard Law School.
1992: Marries Michelle Robinson in Chicago.
1993: Works as a lecturer in the University of Chicago Law School.
1996: Gets elected to Senate of Illinois.
November 2004: Wins the election from Illinois to US Senate.
February 2007: Announces candidacy for US presidency.
August 2008: Declared nominee of Democratic Party for 2008
presidential election.
November 2008: Becomes first African American in history to win
the US presidential election.
January 2009: Sworn into the office. Announces decision to close
the Guantanamo Bay detention centre, citing high cost of operating
it, and Al Qaeda still using the image of Guantanamo to justify
attacks.
February 2009: Decides to pull out of Iraq and Afghanistan; signs
a $787 billion economic stimulus package aimed at helping the
economy recover from recession.
March 2009: Reverses a policy adopted by the Bush government to
limit funding of embryonic stem cell research.
July 2009: Introduces plan for overhauling the US healthcare
system and signs the bill into law in March 2010.
2009: Awarded Nobel Peace Prize "for his extraordinary efforts to
strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between
peoples".
April 2010: Handles massive offshore oil spill in the Gulf of
Mexico - an
environmental disaster considered the largest in US history. This
is considered the darkest spot in Obama's tenure as president.
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