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GIves first speech about apartheid, and Occidental's disinvestment from South Africa
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Graduated in 1983 with a Bachelor's degree in political science.
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Selected as Editor of Harvard Law Review (newspaper) and he made it in the paper when he became the first black president
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Sponsored many new laws and policies, like more tax credits for low-income families, and welfare reform
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Gave speech in the same place that Lincoln gave his historic "House Divided" speech. Symbolic.
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Obama assumes office, inauguration
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Sent in more troops to "stabilize a deteriorating situation in Afghanistan"
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Removed all troops in August 2010, next mission is from combat to counter terrorism, train, equip and advise Iraqi security forces
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Announced re-election in a video titled "It Begins With Us"
