The Barack Obama Miscellany - Hundreds of Fascinating Facts About America's Great New President

The Barack Obama Miscellany - Hundreds of Fascinating Facts About America's Great New President
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He's the 44th President of the United States, the first African-American to hold the office and a devoted husband and father of two. But how much do you really know about the world's most beloved politician? • Did you know, for example, that his first job was scooping ice-cream at Baskin-Robbins? Or that his favourite book is Moby Dick? • Maybe you want to find out where he took his wife, Michelle, on their first date or the facts behind his meteoric rise from junior state Senator to leader of the free world? • Best-selling author and Obama enthusiast Mark Hanks has compiled hundreds of the most intriguing and informative facts to amaze and inspire you. Prepare to find out everything you ever wanted to know about the most powerful man on the planet.• Filled to the brim with fun facts and interesting anecdotes on the most exciting election in recent history and the man with the plan for Change, The Barack Obama Miscellany is the perfect gift for anyone swept up in the tide of Obamania.

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Mark Hanks. The Barack Obama Miscellany - Hundreds of Fascinating Facts About America's Great New President

Contents

Obama Trivia

Favourite Books and Writers

Gamblin’ Man

Early Obama

CHILDHOOD

UNIVERSITY AND EARLY CAREER

Political Obama

The Election Campaign

Barack and the Media

Campaign Number Crunch

Obama Tube

Pastor Disaster

The Big Day

Inauguration Days

Obama’s First Lady

Quirky Michelle

BARACK AND MICHELLE

The proposal

The Wedding

Friends of Obama

Obama ~ Round the World

BARACK IN THE UK

OBAMA AND KENYA

OBAMA AND IRELAND

OBAMA AND IRAN

OBAMA AND IRAQ

OBAMA AND AFGHANISTAN

OBAMA AND ISRAEL AND PALESTINE

Obama’s Family

Sporty Obama

Obama and the Big Issues

THE ECONOMY

FOREIGN POLICY

SEX & GENDER

RACE

RELIGION

DRUGS

Obama Humour

Obama Family Ties

Republican Relatives

PARENTS. Barack Hussein Obama Sr and Stanley Ann Dunham

GRANDPARENTS. Hussein Onyango Obama and Akumu

Stanley Armour Dunham and Madelyn Lee Payne

GREAT-GRANDPARENTS. Obama and Nyaoke

Ralph Waldo Emerson Dunham and Ruth Lucille Armour

Rolla Charles Payne and Leona McCurry

GREAT-GREAT-GRANDPARENTS. Jacob William Dunham and Mary Ann Kearney

Harry Ellington Armour and Gabriella Clark

Charles T. Payne and Della Wolfley

Thomas Creekmore McCurry and Margaret Belle Wright

GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GRANDPARENTS. Jacob Mackey Dunham and Louisa Eliza Stroup

Falmouth Kearney and Charlotte Holloway

George and Ann Armour

Christopher Columbus Clark and Susan C. Overall

Benjamin T. Payne and Eliza C. Black

Robert Wolfley and Rachel Abbott

Harbin Wilburn McCurry and Elizabeth Edna Creekmore

Joseph J. Wright and Frances Allred

BARACK’S BROTHERS AND SISTERS. Barack Obama Sr and Kezia’s children. Abongo Obama

Auma Obama

Abo Obama

Bernard Obama

Barack Obama Sr and Ruth Nidesand’s children. Mark Ndesandjo

David Ndesandjo

Barack Obama Sr and Jael’s child. George Hussein Onyango Obama

Ann Dunham and Lolo Soetoro. Maya Soetoro-Ng

All the President’s Men

Vice President of the United States Joseph R. Biden

Department of State Secretary Hillary Rodham Clinton

Department of the Treasury Secretary Timothy F. Geithner

Department of Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates

Department of Justice Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr

Department of the Interior Secretary Kenneth L. Salazar

Department of Agriculture Secretary Thomas J.Vilsack

Department of Commerce Secretary Gary F. Locke

Department of Labor Secretary Hilda L. Solis

Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Charles E. Johnson

Department of Housing & Urban Development Secretary Shaun L.S. Donovan

Department of Transportation Secretary Raymond L. LaHood

Department of Energy Secretary Steven Chu

Department of Education Secretary Arne Duncan

Department of Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric K. Shinseki

Department of Homeland Security Secretary Janet A. Napolitano

Director of the Central Intelligence Agency Leon Panetta

Council of Economic Advisers Chair Christina Romer

Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lisa P. Jackson

Office of Management & Budget Director Peter R. Orszag

United States Trade Representative Ronald Kirk

White House Chief of Staff Rahm I. Emanuel

Press Secretary Robert Gibbs

Obama Speaks

‘We, the people, in order to form a more perfect union’ 18 March 2008

The American Promise Acceptance Speech at the Democratic Convention Mile High Stadium, Denver, Colorado 28 August 2008

Inauguration Address – 20 January 2009

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Title Page

1 Obama Trivia

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According to Obama, his worst habit is constantly checking his BlackBerry.

He uses an Apple Mac laptop.

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