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    Have you ever gone to a presidential inauguration? Barack Obama and George Washington are two presidents of 45 presidents that were inaugurated and made inaugural addresses for the future of the country. Both presidents talked about their own views, with some similar and others different. They were both elected to office in bad times for the country. George Washington was elected when the United States gained independence and Barack Obama was elected when they were at war with Iran and Afghanistan

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    written by Barack Obama first published in 1995.This moving memoir is a picture of a young black American (Barack Obama) in search of his identity, a belonging, in a white American community. His journey is about himself as he painlessly takes his readers with him to find that identity. Obama was born in 1961 to a white mid-western American woman and a black Kenyan student who came to the US to study. He was reared in Hawaii by his mother and her parents as his father left the family to pursue further

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    Victory Speech Ethos

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    works of literature. Ethos, pathos, and logos are the three forms of persuasion. In 2008 a man by the name of Barack Obama created his Victory Speech after a very hard fought campaign. He utilizes the three modes of persuasion to create his very persuasive speech. Persuasion is one of the most crucial strengths to any speaker, especially when applying ethos, pathos, and logos just as Barack Obama did in his 2008 Victory Speech. What are ethos, pathos, and logos and how are they incorporated in with the

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    Obama’s Presidency Barack Obama was inaugurated as the 44th President of the United States, making history by becoming the first African American to serve in the office on January 20, 2009. He has always been a leader in a true sense. Even before becoming the 44th United States President and holding two terms at the office, Obama was an incredible politician and was revered by the American public especially from his home state of Illinois and city of Chicago from where he was elected as Senator

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    Barack Obama and George W. Bush have to be the most controversial presidents in history so far. They have a lot in common but also have many differences. Barack Obama is a Democrat while George W. Bush is a Republican, but the biggest differences between the two are the background which they came from; Bush came from money while Obama lived in middle class and was raised by his grandmother. Bush was a first lieutenant in the air force and when he finished that he returned home to take over his father’s

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    Michelle Obama Biography

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    Michelle Obama was born as Michelle La Vaughn Robinson on January 17, 1964, in Chicago, Illinois. She was the 44th first lady of the United States and wife of US president Barack Obama. Michelle grew up in a small bungalow on Chicago's South Side. Her father, Fraser Robinson, was a city-pump operator and a Democratic district captain. Her mother, Marian Robinson, was a secretary but later stayed home looking after Michelle and her older brother, Craig. They were a perfect and warm family since normally

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    A dumb war. A rash war. A war based not on reason but on passion, not on principle but on politics” Obama clears up things about his awareness of all the horrible things Saddam Hussein commits, but he also confirms that Saddam is no threat to the U.S. or neighboring countries. Obama tries inform the audience to sympathize by including some of Iraq’s problems, other than terrorism, “…the Iraqi economy is in shambles, that the Iraqi military

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    volunteer in their communities. Because I believe each of us has something to contribute to the life of this nation,” stated Michelle Obama, First Lady and influential leader of the United States. As long as Michelle Obama has been living, she has taught others to be fair, thoughtful, hard-working, and an overall successful person. Michelle Obama, wife of President Barack Obama, and influential leader of the United States has a strong background full of success and hard work. She is beneficial to everyone

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    lost both parents at a relatively young age, and experienced an unconventional upbringing; Barack Obama is one of the most intelligent, and capable leaders to ever grace this country, and proof that one man can change the world. President Obama was born in Honolulu, Hawaii on August 4th, 1961 to Stanley Ann Dunham and Barack Obama Sr. His parents separated soon after he was born, and Stanley and a young Barack moved to Washington to pursue her degree. The next ten years of Obama’s life consisted of

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    My Father Thesis

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    Synopsis: In 1995 Barack Obama released his emotional memoir, Dreams of My Father. The novel reveals profound stories on how the current U.S. President faced endeavors in order to acknowledge and comprehend the efforts that structured the man he is today; a man who is the son of an African American male and the son of a white American mother. The death of his father elicited recollection, thus motivating the powerful journey toward the truth about his father and for a feasible significance in his

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