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Barack Obama was born on August 4, 1961 in Honolulu, Hawaii. He attended Occidental College in LA until he transferred to Columbia University. After graduating in 1983 with a degree in Political Science. After working as a community organizer in Chicago, Obama attended Harvard Law School, where is became the first African- American to be the editor of the Law Review. He first ran for state senator in 1996 as a Democrat. He tried unsuccessfully to become a US Senator in 2000. In 2004, he became the 3rd African American to serve in the US Senate from Illinois. In 2008, Barack Obama won his bid to become President of the United States of America.
President Obama is serving his role as Chief Executive. He is meeting in the Oval Office of the White House to speak with his Chief of Staff, Emanuel Rahm. 1
As Commander in Chief, Preident Obama is in charge of the armed forces as well at the moral of the military personal. Obama is speaking a a soldier who will be deployed to Iraq. 2
As Chief of State, the President is the ceremonial head of our government and speaks to the nation. 4
As Chief Diplomat, the Preident must choose ambassadors and greet ambassors from other nations.
As Chief Legislator, the President must sign bills passed by the House and the Senate into law. 3
Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time. We are the ones we've been waiting for. We are the change that we seek.
