An Essay About Barack Obama

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In 2008 Barack Obama became president of the U.S. He is the first African American president of the U.S this motivated many people in the United States. This changed many things for us.
First of all, Obama is the 44th president of the U.S. Obama ran for president against John McCain. In fact, Barack Obama ran for president two terms and won both of the elections. Barack picked Senator Joe Biden to run for vice president. Then, on August 27 Obama became a Democratic Party official for president. He soon faced off against his Republican opponent McCain. These men both ran tough campaigns. On the other hand, voters looked to them for answers about the American economy and about the Iraq war. In the close election Obama won. He took office on January 20, 2009 our very own president Obama promised changed and gave the people hope for the future of America.
After all being the president of the U.S comes with benefits. When Obama holds his place as president he has a salary of 400,000 dollars yearly. Barack lives in the white house with 24 hour round the clock secret service protection. W...

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