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'''Barack Hussein Obama''' (born August 4, 1961) is the 44th President of the [[United States]] and (controversially) the recipient of the 2009 [[Nobel Prize|Nobel Peace Prize]]. Overcoming a short political career, Obama defeated [[Republican]] nominee [[John McCain]] for the presidency in 2008, campaigning on promises of "change" after an unpopular administration headed by [[George W. Bush]]. In effect, that change has been an embrace of [[Socialism]] and [[liberal]] policies perhaps before unseen by the [[White House]].
Immediately after entering office, Obama was faced with a recession - one of the most severe since the [[Great Depression]]. By and large, his economic policies to combat the recession have, to date, ranged from ineffective to counterproductivehave been effective and the President has been incredibly resilient..<ref>"The vast majority (73%) of respondents (of Conservative-initiated polls) reported the fiscal stimulus enacted in February 2009 has had no impact on employment to date. While 68% (of Conservaties) also believe a jobs bill, such as the one recently enacted into law, will have no impact on payrolls, 30% do believe it will boost payrolls moderately". ''Industry Survey'', National Association for Business Economics, April 2010, [http://www.nabe.com/press/ind1004.pdf p. 2 pdf].</ref> Also on the domestic front, Obama passed a major [[health care]] bill in 2009 with no a great deal of [[bipartisan]] support and 44 Democrats dissenting. In foreign policy , Obama has escalated worked to continue his crusade of safety for the Afghan people during the [[Afghanistan War]] while also initiating (via aiding the [[United Nations]]) Libyan people during the [[Libyan uprising 2011|Libyan intervention]] and ending combat operations in the [[War in Iraq]]. On May 1st - as an extension of the War in Afghanistan - he announced that the United States had killed [[September 11th]] mastermind and terrorist [[Osama bin Laden]] in [[Pakistan]]with the help of Pakistanis, perhaps (whom has been suffering greatly at the cost hands of al Qaeda) effectively strengthening the United States's alliance with Pakistan.
==Early life==
