" In a June 13, 2009, article, New York Times columnist Frank Rich said of Voight's speech, in which Voight called to " bring an end to this false prophet Obama ," that: " This kind of rhetoric, with its pseudo-Scriptural call to action, is toxic.

On January 17, 2009, The Presidents released a single on the National Public Radio show Weekend America called " Moving In ," detailing the journey of Barack Obama in celebration of his inauguration as president.

At the 2009 G-20 London summit, U. S. President Barack Obama called South Korea " one of America's closest allies and greatest friends.

In June 2009, U. S. President Barack Obama signed into law the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act which has been called a " sweeping anti-smoking " bill.

Ellsberg expressed hope that either Assange or President Obama would post the video, and expressed his strong support for Assange and Manning, whom he called " two new heroes of mine ".

In 2007, Barack Obama, then running for president, said that the five-member Nuclear Regulatory Commission had become " captive of the industries that it regulates " and a nuclear policy analyst at Greenpeace USA has called the agency approval process a " rubber stamp ".

Despite statements as a Senator, where he called for marijuana decriminalization, promises as a presidential candidate where he stated that marijuana laws needed to be reconsidered and explicit statements as president that he would respect state medical marijuana laws, Barack Obama has presided over 1. 7 million marijuana arrests and a nationwide campaign of raiding medical marijuana dispensaries.

President Barack Obama has cited Niebuhr as his favorite philosopher, while former President Jimmy Carter has called Niebuhr his favorite theologian.

In the United States, California Baptist pastor Wiley Drake achieved notoriety for boasting that he had prayed for the death of current president Barack Obama ; he had previously used such prayers against employees of the Internal Revenue Service, Americans United for Separation of Church and State, and George Tiller ; while serving as a party for the plaintiff in a 2009 case regarding Obama's citizenship, he later retracted his prayer, and called for other Christians to abstain from similar action " until Obama can be tried for treason ".

British celebrity chef Jamie Oliver called Sarah Palin a " Froot Loop " for criticizing the Obama administration's healthy eating initiatives.

* On September 18, 2009, Statler and Waldorf were shown in a routine on The Tonight Show with Conan O ' Brien called " Statler and Waldorf Heckle Obama ", consisting of a video recording of President Barack Obama at a health care rally, with old Muppet Show clips of Statler and Waldorf interspersed within it.

In 2008 Kaloogian chaired an Anti-Barack Obama political action committee called " Our country deserves better ".

In 2010, as United States President Obama called for talks between Netanyahu and Abbas, Ovadia Yosef called Palestinians " evil, bitter enemies of Israel " and said " Abu Mazen and all these evil people should perish from this world.

In an off-the-record portion of an interview the following day, President Barack Obama called West a " jackass " for his antics.

" She has called President Barack Obama " Spock ".

Dan Balz called the comments " accidental Sister Souljah moment " for Obama, since Jackson had distanced himself from the candidate, without Obama having to take a stand.

Many temples related to the Yamato Dynasty are located in Obama, and the city is called " Nara by the sea ".

When President Barack Obama named gay activist Harry Knox to the White House Office of Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships in 2009, Donohue termed Knox " an anti-Catholic bigot who has called the pope a liar.

On July 7, 2011, Tom Parkinson reported that Nelson had said that Congress “ starved ” the space program of funding for several years, but suggested that the situation was turning around and called on the Obama Administration to push for NASA funding.

" Phelps concluded by stating, in an apparent reference to the Book of Revelation, that all the nations of the world would soon march on Israel, and that they would be led by President Barack Obama, whom she called the " Antichrist ".

On February 4, 2008, Phil and Friends joined Grateful Dead guitarist Bob Weir and drummer Mickey Hart, along with Barry Sless and Ratdog guitarist Mark Karan, for a concert called " Deadheads for Obama ", in support of Barack Obama's presidential campaign.

In response to the 2010 Haiti earthquake, U. S. President Barack Obama announced that Clinton and George W. Bush would coordinate efforts to raise funds for Haiti's recovery.

* Republican and conservative support for Barack Obama in 2008

No symbol for Barack Obama has appeared in the strip ; the May 30, 2009 strip had Obama and an aide wondering what the reason for this might be ( off panel ).

President Barack Obama, Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta, and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Admiral Mike Mullen, sent that certification to Congress on July 22, 2011, which set the end of DADT for September 20, 2011.

Plaintiffs introduced statements by President Barack Obama, from prepared remarks, that DADT " doesn't contribute to our national security ", " weakens our national security ", and that reversal is " essential for our national security ".

Ellensburg leans toward supporting Democrats, giving then-Senator Barack Obama of Illinois 56. 3 percent of its total vote in the 2008 presidential election to 41. 5 percent for his Republican rival, Senator John McCain of Arizona.

John Landis recalled that " Although he was extremely ill he told me he could not die until he voted for Obama for President and he did.

Senator Daniel Inouye, a Democrat from Hawaii and chairman of the appropriations committee, said he initially had favored keeping Guantanamo open until Obama produced a " coherent plan for closing the prison.

After U. S. President Barack Obama announced the deployment of another 30, 000 soldiers in 2010 for a period of two years, Der Spiegel published images of the US soldiers who killed unarmed Afghan civilians.

During periods of particularly high demand for ammunition, such as after the November 2008 election of President Barack Obama, or after the 1994 Assault Weapons Ban in that country, factory ammunition can become considerably more expensive or even unavailable in stores.

The second Gershwin Prize for Popular Song was awarded to Stevie Wonder by U. S. President Barack Obama on February 25, 2009.

Ehrlich and his colleagues ( including John Holdren, later an advisor to President Barack Obama for Science and Technology ) picked five metals that they thought would undergo big price increases: chromium, copper, nickel, tin, and tungsten.

At an event on June 27, 2008 in Unity, New Hampshire, Lynch formally endorsed Barack Obama for President ,.

As of August 2012, Lynch has not announced support for President Barack Obama ’ s reelection efforts.

In 2010, the Obama Administration reversed the Bush Administration policy and pledged to protect " critical habitat " and draft a recovery plan for the species.

When appearing on Governor Mike Huckabee's Fox News talk show, Voight said Obama was arrogant, caused civil unrest and stood for all that this country was against during its past.

In her autobiography Thank Heaven she states that she became an American citizen — evidently based on her mother having been born in the United States — in time to vote for Barack Obama for president.

Lederman was an early supporter of Science Debate 2008, an initiative to get the then-candidates for president, Barack Obama and John McCain, to debate the nation's top science policy challenges.

On Thursday, May 17, 2012, the White House Press Office announced that President Barack Obama had nominated Derek Mitchell to the U. S. Senate for confirmation to serve as U. S. Ambassador to Burma.

President Obama ordered in July 2012 the U. S. Treasury Department to issue two licenses, one giving special permission for investment in Burma and the other allowing financial services.