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Democrat from Illinois
Barack Obama is the president of the United States. Obama was formerly a U.S. senator from Illinois. He was born in 1961 in Hawaii, where his parents met as students at the University of Hawaii. Obama's father is from Kenya and his mother is from Kansas. He graduated from Columbia University and received his law degree from Harvard Law School. Obama previously served in the Illinois state Senate and was an instructor at the University of Chicago Law School. He and his wife, Michelle, have two daughters, Malia and Sasha.
Recent statements involving Barack Obama
"No candidate has run more negative ads in American history than Barack Obama did in 2008, especially in the general.’’
"Today, for the first time in fifteen years, Master Lock’s unionized plant in Milwaukee is running at full capacity."
"This president went before the United Nations and castigated Israel for building settlements. He said nothing about thousands of rockets being rained in on Israel from the Gaza Strip."
Says Steve Jobs was responsible for creating more jobs than the stimulus bill.
"For the first time in 13 years, our dependence on foreign oil is below 50 percent."
Recent stories featuring Barack Obama
Does Obama 'demonize,' 'denigrate' almost every sector of our economy?:
Mitt Romney has adopted a new attack against President Barack Obama -- that the president "demonizes and denigrates almost every sector of our economy." We took a closer look by reviewing dozens of Obama's speeches and public remarks.
Fact-checking the State of the Union address:
President Barack Obama's State of the Union address Tuesday night seemed to be as much about political positioning as it was a report on his progress.
Fact-checking the State of the Union address:
The president makes his annual address to a joint session of Congress. We put some of his claims to the Truth-O-Meter.
Reader: Maybe rename PolitiFact the Opinion-O-Meter?:
When readers find us off our rockers, they let us know. Here’s to another dip in the mailbag.
Mitt Romney warns U.S. military is becoming archaic:
During the recent South Carolina debate, GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney said that "our Navy is smaller than it's been since 1917. Our Air Force is smaller and older than any time since 1947." But military experts told us that comparing ship and aircraft numbers to those from a century ago don't say very much about how effective a fighting force we have today.
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