Barack Obama

Barack Obama Dept: When Obama first took office as the 44th U.S. president, many Americans hoped the symbolism of the first black man in the White House was a turning point in the country's deeply troubled racial history. Obama vowed to moderate the animus that was engulfing the country, but, four years later, the nation is only more divided. While Obama convincingly won a second term, the jubilation that surrounded him four years ago is subdued this time around. 'This is Dr. King's birthday we're going to be celebrating this weekend.' U.S. President Barack Obama, according to CBC. Yet onerous problems remain and his success in resolving them will define his place in history. He faces fights with opposition Republicans over gun control, avoiding a default on the nation's debts, cutting the spiraling federal deficit and preventing Iran from building a nuclear weapon and battered yet still popular after a bruising first term as U.S. president, Barack Obama raises his right hand Sunday to be sworn in for another four years as the leader of an America that is, perhaps, as divided politically and socially as at any time since the U.S. Civil War more than 150 years ago. Obama guided the country through many crushing challenges after taking office in 2009: ending the Iraq war, putting the Afghan war on a course toward U.S. withdrawal and saving the collapsing economy. He won approval for a sweeping health care overhaul. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.