Obama's Eight Years In Office

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In 2009 Barack Hussein Obama was inaugurated as president and he became the first african american and first president to be born outside of U.S and in his first year as president he won the Nobel peace prize which showed that he was destined for greatness as president. Many people will say that Obama has done nothing in his 8 years in office but this essay will argue that during Obama`s eight years in office he has had a great impact on America and the world. Obama helped america and the world from the 2008 recession which is considered to by the worst in history, he has reformed America's health care, and Obama has been improving America and the world's climate.

In 2008 the year Obama got in office he was left with the recession which

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