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Barack Obama gave eighteen speeches on behalf of the Clinton Campaign, many of which were in battleground states, such as North Carolina and New Hampshire. His last speech on behalf of the campaign was delivered at a rally at Independence Hall in Philadelphia on the eve of Election Day on November 7, 2016.
Hope. Obama began drafting his speech while staying in a hotel in Springfield, Illinois, several days after learning he would deliver the address. [9] According to his account of that day in The Audacity of Hope, Obama states that he began by considering his own campaign themes and those specific issues he wished to address, and while pondering the various people he had met and stories he had ...
Barack Obama delivering a speech in March 2008. Then-Senator Barack Obama, the son of a white American mother and black Kenyan father, launched a campaign in January 2007 to be the Democratic Party's 2008 presidential nominee. His election marked the first election of an African-American president in American history. [6]
The president gave high praise for Hillary Clinton while reminding his supporters while they'll miss him
Pool/Getty Images News President Barack Obama, flanked by Vice President Joe Biden and House Speaker John Boehner delivers his State of the Union speech before a joint session of Congress in ...
By RYAN GORMAN President Barack Obama's State of the Union speech touched on many subjects including taxes, racial tensions and income inequality -- here are some of the most notable quotes.
US President Barack Obama at Cairo University. On his way to Cairo, Obama stayed overnight at the ranch of King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia outside Riyadh. While there, the two leaders discussed peace and economics. [26] On the day of the speech, Obama and Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak met at Koubbeh Palace to discuss the Israeli-Palestinian ...
In 2007, Wright was appointed to Barack Obama's African American Religious Leadership Committee, a group of over 170 national black religious leaders who supported Obama's bid for the Democratic nomination. [12] However, it was announced in March 2008 that Wright was no longer serving as a member of this group. [13]