Name: Eulade Hagenimana Date: 04/03/2017 Class: COMM101 Informative Speech Rough draft How Barack Obama became President Introduction: Without getting into too much about the background of former president Obama‚ am going to start with a quick bio of Obama. Obama started off as a community organizer in the south side of chicago where he went Obama was not. In this speech‚ I’ll talk in summary about Barack Obama’s road to the presidency. in 1997 he was elected as an Illinois state senator‚ and 2004
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and he was assassinated from a grassy knoll and his brother who many thought could also be elected was shot before he even had the chance. So what makes Barack Obama‚ a non-white‚ non-Anglo-Saxon‚ and at one point non-protestant‚ think he can become the next President? His ability to overcome cultural obstacles in order to succeed. Barack Obama has all the makings of a cultural melting pot. Born in Hawaii‚ to a Kenyan father‚ American mother‚ and
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THE STRENGTH AND WEAKNESS OF BARACK OBAMA His strength are : 1.He pulls the republicans and democrats closer together. Although Obama is running for the Democratic side of the presidential election he makes Republicans think on subjects they would have never thought on before without him bringing them up.He brings Democrats and Republicans closer so that they can view each other’s point of view. 2.He is a very smart man who knows what he’s doing for someone who’s very limited in experience
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When Barack Obama was nominated the 44th President of the United States‚ he became “the first African American to serve in that office_ on January 20‚ 2009 ”.After his election as U.S. Senate he became the “highest ranking African American office holder in the country ”‚ Ahead of his presidency his political career was rather abridged yet impressive. During his active years as a politician Barack Obama established himself as “master of the craft” and a seasoned politician “Over the course of his
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The Life of Barack Obama By: Aeja Hinton I will be talking about Barack Obama‚ our first black president of the United States of American. Hardly anyone would have pointed to him and say “He’s going to be president one day”. He came from an unusual background. He had a strange name. But most of all‚ the United States had never had an African American for president. So in that case Obama made HISTORY. Barack Obama was born on August 4‚ 1961‚ in Honolulu‚ Hawaii
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Barack Obama was born at the Kapi’olani Medical Center for Women & Children in Honolulu‚ Hawaii‚[1][2] to Ann Dunham‚ a white American from Wichita‚ Kansas[3] of mainly English‚ Irish and smaller amounts of German descent.[4][5][6] Obama’s father was Barack Obama‚ Sr.‚ a Luo from Nyang’oma Kogelo‚ Nyanza Province‚ Kenya. His parents met in 1960 while attending the University of Hawaii at Mānoa‚ where his father was a foreign student.[7][8] The couple married on February 2‚ 1961;[9] they separated
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Barack Obama once said “When we fail to pursue peace‚ then it stays forever beyond our grasp. That’s where human progress ends.” With that in mind‚ my partner and I negate the resolution. Resolved: Unilateral military force by the United States is justified to prevent nuclear proliferation. Introduction----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Definitions We define unilateral as “done or undertaken by one party without the agreement
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On the 7th of November 2012 Barack Obama delivered his presidential victory speech in his hometown of Chicago. This is a critical commentary of that speech. Barack’s aim apart from thanking voters was to deliver the message that through working together‚ they could drive America forward. The mood was more subdued than the jubilant one of 2008 which carried a similar message of unity. The uplifting tone present four years earlier whilst not replaced‚ was just a little more sombre. It could be argued
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Background and Beliefs: Barack Obama Barack Hussein Obama Jr. was born on August 4‚ 1961 to a Kenyan father and American mother in Honolulu‚ Hawaii. When he was two years old‚ his parents separated and later divorced. After his father received his Doctor of Philosophy in Economics from Harvard‚ he moved back to his native country of Kenya‚ where he became a finance minister until he was killed in a car accident in 1982. His mother remarried‚ and Obama moved with his mother and new stepfather
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United States of America “Barack Hussein Obama”.As the first African American to become president and inspire with the ideology “Yes We Can” motto to set American tradition. Obama steps up in the time of crisis and able to think and act creatively in a difficult situation. It takes a great man and women to run the nation but it takes a great leader to have the trust of the people and stay true to fulfilling the each promise. A leader represent many different forms and Obama represent more than one
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