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Barack Obama
Age: 63
Born: 1961
Born: August 4
44Th U.S. President
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Occasionally I would like the German people to give us the benefit of the doubt, given our history, as opposed to assuming the worst -- assuming that we have been consistently your strong partners and that we share a common set of values.
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Increasing America’s debt weakens us domestically and internationally. Leadership means that 'the buck stops here.' Instead, Washington is shifting the burden of bad choices today onto the backs of our children and grandchildren. America has a debt problem and a failure of leadership.
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For top executives to award themselves these kinds of compensation packages in the midst of this economic crisis isn't just bad taste, it's bad strategy, and I will not tolerate it as president.
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The only reason I send a single young man or woman in uniform anywhere in the world is because I think it's necessary to keep us safe.
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Each wave of immigrants that have come in have been able to assimilate, integrate and then rise up and become part of this great American Dream.
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We reject all efforts to denigrate the religious beliefs of others.
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The Greek people are entrepreneurial.
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I can guarantee that not because I give Attorney General [Loretta] Lynch a directive. That is institutionally how we have always operated. I do not talk to the attorney general about pending investigations [On Hillary Clinton].
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When it comes to crime, the violent crime rate in America has been lowered during my presidency and any time in the last three, four decades.
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I think it's perfectly consistent to say that I want my government to be operating for all faiths and all peoples, including atheists and agnostics, while also insisting that there are values tha tinform my politics that are appropriate to talk about.
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Do I need to apologize for Mr.[Tom] Coburn's statements? Because I certainly don't agree with those, either.
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There are some who might say that somebody named Barack Obama can't be elected senator in the state of Illinois. They're probably the same folks who said that a guy named Rod Blagojevich couldn't be elected governor of the state of Illinois.
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The genius of our founders is that they designed a system of government that can be changed. And we should take heart, because we’ve changed this country before.
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I said that America’s role would be limited that we would not put ground troops into Libya that we would focus our unique capabilities on the front end of the operation and that we would transfer responsibility to our allies and partners.
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Lobbyist influence comes from access, not money.
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The fact that there is a robust debate in Congress is good. The fact that the debate sometimes seems unanchored to facts is not so good.
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Obviously, if Congress wants to talk about anything, we're happy to provide information. We're committed to moving forward under the current act.
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Climate change constitutes a serious threat to global security, an immediate risk to our national security, and, make no mistake, it will impact how our military defends our country.
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The worst thing that colonialism did was to cloud our view of our past.
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We consume about 25 percent of the world's oil. We only have 2 percent of the reserves.
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