Goodbye Barack Obama – 14 of the moments we won’t forget
A leader of humour and grace bows out.
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Barack Obama was president of the United States from 2009 to 2017. Born in 1961, he attended Columbia University and Harvard Law School. He subsequently became a civil rights attorney and academic, then senator for Illinois from 2004.
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Barack Obama throws a Reaganesque baton of hope to Hillary Clinton
The 44th President’s speech backing Clinton was also his swan song.
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Barack Obama delivers a hammerblow to the Brexiters
The US president demolished the Leave campaign’s economic boasts as he warned the UK would go to “the back of the queue” for…
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The Brexit brigade are mishandling Barack Obama’s visit – but that helps them, not Remain
If the referendum looks like a foregone conclusion for Remain, it boosts the chances of a British exit.
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David Cameron’s future depends on how much the UK loves Barack Obama
The “Atlantic bridge” between the US and the UK looks creakier than anyone could have predicted.
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The Brexiters are foolish to pick a fight with Barack Obama
The US president is a popular and trusted figure in the UK. Opponents of his EU stance should behave with…
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Hemmed in at home, Barack Obama turns to the world elsewhere
Like Reagan and Clinton, Obama’s response to entrenched opposition in Congress is to look outwards.
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With his foreign policy, Barack Obama is trying to win by playing a loser’s game
If you’re playing a loser’s game, strategy is unnecessary. You avoid errors, but in dangerous times risk being buffeted by…
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What Hillary Clinton’s new book tells us about her unspoken pact with Barack Obama
Clinton gets Obama’s donors and operatives, and in return Obama gets the Democratic nominee best able to make sure his…
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ByQuote of the Day: Barack Obama on the fiscal cliff deal
The US president on why the country must avoid excessive cuts.
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There is no incentive for the Democrats to be conciliatory on the budget negotiations; nor, after the last few years…
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On Sunday, Barack Obama spoke to the vigil for the victims of the Sandy Hook shooting.
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The full text and video of the US president response to the massacre at Sandy Hook elementary.
ByBarack Obama’s acceptance speech: video and full text
I believe we can seize this future together because we are not as divided as our politics suggests.
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Compared to Romney, Obama is downright folksy.
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