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Barack Obama was elected President defeating John McCain with 365 Electoral votes and won 52.9% of the popular vote.
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President Obama was sworn into office with the Bible that Abraham Lincoln was Inaugurated with commemorating his 200th birthday.
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Issues Executive Order to shut down Guantanamo Bay but it did not get shut down.
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Obama passed a bill that put new restrictions on factories and power plant in an attempt to limit greenhouse gas production.
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Obama passed the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act allowing more federal investigation on hate crimes and expands hate crimes to gender, sexual orientaion, and disability.
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Wins Nobel Peace Prize
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Obama signed the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act allowed for the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to be amended.
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Obama announced that human space exploration will be happening again and try to travel to Mars.
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The Wall Street Reform was signed by Obama to try and protect investors money and avoid another crash in the economy.
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Obama repeals the Don't Ask, Don't Tell Act allowing gays and lesbians to serve in the Armed Forces.
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Obama states that he would like to innovate education. He also says that he would like to cut out tax breaks for oil companies and tax the wealthy more. He also promises over 1 million electric cars will be on the road by 2015.
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The White House releases Obama's birth certificate to end the rumors.
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Announces that the troops in Iraq will be home by December 31.
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Obama openly states his support for same- sex marriage after changing opinion several times.
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Obama is elected to his second term defeating Mitt Romney
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Obama has his second Inauguration where his main focus was to speak about same sex marriage.