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On November 6, 2008, Rahm Emanuel accepted the Cabinet-level position of White House Chief of Staff under Barack Obama. He resigned his congressional seat effective January 2, 2009. [ 194 ] A special primary to fill his vacated congressional seat was held on March 3, 2009, and the special general election was held on April 7, 2009.
Barack Hussein Obama II [a] (born August 4, 1961) is an American politician who served as the 44th president of the United States from 2009 to 2017. A member of the Democratic Party , he was the first African-American president in U.S. history.
Within minutes of Obama's taking office, his chief of staff, Rahm Emanuel, issued an order suspending last-minute regulations and executive orders signed by his predecessor George W. Bush. [11] Some of the first actions of Obama's presidency focused on reversing measures taken by the Bush administration following the September 11 attacks . [ 12 ]
Listed below are executive orders numbered 13489–13764 and presidential memoranda signed by U.S. President Barack Obama (2009-2017). There are an additional 1186 presidential proclamations that are not included here, but some of which are on WikiSource. The signing statements made by Obama during his time in office have been archived here.
Obama and Raul Castro reversed over 60 years of tension between the U.S. and Cuba by restoring diplomatic ties. 4. He urged states in 2013 to raise the minimum wage to $10.10 an hour.
President Barack Obama meets with White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel in the Oval Office. The White House chief of staff is the head of the Executive Office of the President of the United States, a cabinet position in the federal government of the United States.
(Bloomberg Opinion) -- President Barack Obama’s creative use of executive power set a precedent that President Donald Trump is now exploiting. But what kind of precedent will Trump’s actions ...
Valerie June Jarrett (née Bowman; born November 14, 1956) [1] is an American businesswoman and former government official, who has been the chief executive officer of the Obama Foundation since 2021. [2] She was the longest-serving senior advisor to U.S. President Barack Obama.