BarackObama2012Election


 * Obama's History and Platform by: Noah Gorski, Britten Jones

== Incumbent Barack Obama is running for relection in November with his vice president Joe Biden. In 2008, his campaign slogan was "Yes We Can!" but now he has chosen "Forward." Watch the clip below, a campaign ad, that supports President Obama's first four years in office. media type="youtube" key="F0OVngTHkNg" height="315" width="560" align="center"





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= __ A Little Bit About Obama: __ Barack Obama was born in Honolulu Hawaii August 4th 1961.He is 51 years old his parents Ann Dunham Barack Obama Sr. Ann Dunham was an english teacher and head of and a director of the Lembaga Pendidikan dan Pengembangan Manajemen. She also had a career in rural development championing women's work and micro credit for the world's poor. She worked with leaders from organizations supporting Indonesian Human's rights and women's rights. Barack Obama Sr. was hired by an oil company and served as an economist in the Kenyan Ministry of Transport.Barack Obama liked to play basket-ball and listen to jazz music. In 2005 Obama was sworn in as senator for Illinois. (the state.) Obama has graduated from Columbia University and Harvard Law School. He was a community organizer before learning his law degree. He worked as a civil rights attorney in chicago and taught constitutional law at the University Of chicago Law School. __ What issues is he focusing on for 2012? __ = Obamas plans for the budget, deficite, and taxes are: >
 * Focusing on the economy by creating new jobs

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[|http://bostonherald.com/news/us_politics/view/Barack_Obama_candidate_platform] [|http://www.barackobama.com/about/barack-obama?source=primary-na] []

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