Since his inauguration on 20 January 2009, US President Barack Obama has been busy reversing and dismantling many of his predecessor's decisions and policies. Seven weeks into his presidency, he finally lifted the controversial restraints on embryonic‐stem‐cell research that had barred the National...
With President Barack Obama’s presidency coming to an end, it has come time, once again, for citizens of the United States to vote for a new president. Many might think that their vote may not count because it will not change anything, while others think that it is our duty as citizen...
They married in Hawaii in 1961 and separated later that year. He married Michelle Obama in October 1992. He and Michelle have two daughters, Malia and Sasha. Associated With He defeated Republican candidate John McCain to win the presidency in 2008. Video Barack Obama Highlights ...
The black American writer James Baldwin made a comment in a talk he gave in 1961 that has had haunting resonance during President Barack Obama’s presidency: [Attorney General] Bobby Kennedy recently made the soul-stirring promise that one day—thirty years, if I’m lucky—I can be President...
For instance, when former US president Barack Obama tried to begin a healthcare reform during his presidency, some senators(参议员) were opposed at first. But after reading the poem titled Fishing in Snow(《江雪》)translated by Xu, one senator was so impressed with the fisherman's ...
In what might be the most anticipated event in SXSW history, President Barack Obama sat for a Keynote interview with journalist Evan Smith. At the time, Obama was in the last year of his second term as President of the United States, and he discussed his presidency and feelings about the...
Barack Obama: We have gone through a presidency that disregarded a whole host of basic institutional norms, expectations we had for a president that had been observed by Republicans and Democrats previously. And maybe most importantly, and most disconcertingly, what we've seen is what some people...
D. Joe Biden didn't have a pet during his presidency. 相关知识点: 试题来源: 解析 阅读理解D 1. C 根 第二段第二 “The wife of John Quincy Adams, the sixth US president, had silkworms. "可知 C 项正确。 2. A 第一 “Their wish came true! A friend of Obama gave him a ...
PRESIDENT OBAMA: Oh, I think that given the number of things that I've had to deal with since I came into office, there are a whole bunch of things that I've staked my Presidency on. Right? That we can bring about an economic recovery that produces jobs in this country and gets us...
Barack Obama was the 44th president of the US. Through the Democratic Party, he served the country for two terms ranging between 2009 and 2017. Barack Obama made history as the first African-American to be elected for presidency in the US. He also made history by serving as the first bla...