Then-Senator Barack Obama spoke to a capacity crowd at the AA on March 7, 2008.

Then-Senator Simpson's spokesman Charles Pelkey, when asked about Simpson's galactic origins, told the AP: " We've got only one thing to say: Klaatu barada nikto.

Then-Senator Simpson's spokesman Charles Pelkey, when asked about Simpson's galactic origins, told the Associated Press: " We've got only one thing to say: Klaatu barada nikto.

His successor President Barack Obama has expressed his desire to recognize the Armenian Genocide during the electoral campaigns, but after being elected, has not used the word genocide in his first annual April 24 speech in 2009.

In her opinion, President Barack Obama, who is the son of a Kenyan immigrant, although technically African-American, is not black.

* 1961 – Barack Obama, American politician, 44th President of the United States, Nobel Prize laureate

Standing behind Clinton is then-Senator Barack Obama.

Some worried that as an ex-president, he was too active on the trail, too negative to Clinton rival Barack Obama, and alienating his supporters at home and abroad.

Clinton with President Barack Obama and Senior Advisor Valerie Jarrett in July 2010

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.

At the 2012 Democratic National Convention, Clinton gave a widely praised speech nominating Barack Obama.

Barack Obama and Lara during the US President's tour of Trinidad and Tobago in 2009.

Barack Obama, the first black president of the United States, was throughout his campaign criticized as being either " too black " or " not black enough ".

" Is Barack Obama the first black President of the United States?

Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper ( right ) and President of the United States | U. S. President Barack Obama ( left ) meet in Ottawa in February 2009

Many people around the world know the name and face of the current U. S. president Barack Obama.

At a forum at the university during the 2008 presidential election campaign, both John McCain and Barack Obama said that the university should consider reinstating ROTC on campus.

Other more recent political figures educated at Columbia include U. S President Barack Obama, Associate Justice of the U. S. Supreme Court Ruth Bader Ginsburg, former U. S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, former chairman of the U. S. Federal Reserve Bank Alan Greenspan, U. S. Attorney General Eric Holder, and U. S. Solicitor General Donald Verrilli Jr .. Dwight D. Eisenhower served as the thirteenth president of Columbia University from 1948 to 1953.

Image: Official portrait of Barack Obama. jpg | Barack Obama, President of the United States and Nobel Laureate, Class of 1983, Columbia College

* Barack Obama has made the camp's Evergreen Chapel his primary place of worship, as George W. Bush had done before him.

On July 10, 2011, an F-15 Intercepted another small two-seat passenger plane flying near Camp David where President Barack Obama was in residence, totalling the number of interceptions over the July 9 weekend at 3 planes.

* Republican and conservative support for Barack Obama in 2008

In 2008 however Barack Obama became the first Democrat since 1964 to win Ormsby County / Carson City, defeating John McCain 49 % to 48 %, by 204 votes, a margin of under 1 %.

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 ).

Thirty-five years after her death, Barack Obama, in his inauguration speech as 44th President of the United States on January 20, 2009, echoed lyrics by Fields when he said, " Starting today, we must pick ourselves up, dust ourselves off, and begin again the work of remaking America ".

Later in the campaign, after Barack Obama had become the Democratic nominee for president, Republican nominee John McCain echoed a similar sentiment.

In the presidential race, Barack Obama won 62, 166 votes, or 59 %, while 42, 031 votes ( 40 % of those cast ) were for John McCain

* Contempt for the mainstream establishment, in particular for public figures who, in his view, gain mainstream respectability by criticizing those to their left ; targets have included The New York Times, President Barack Obama, Senator Bernie Sanders, the late academic Irving Howe, and some of his colleagues at The Nation, including Marc Cooper, David Corn and Eric Alterman.

Campaigns he has contributed to include those of Bill Clinton, Barack Obama, Bill Bradley, John Edwards, Hillary Clinton, Bob Casey, Jr., Mark Udall, Harry Reid, Russ Feingold, Patrick J. Kennedy, and Tim Kaine.

Despite this, he has compared his government's actions and policies to those of Bill Clinton's administration, and supported Barack Obama in the 2008 United States presidential election.

The United Nations Special Rapporteur on torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment – Professor Manfred Nowak – on 20 January 2009, remarked on German television that, following the inauguration of Barack Obama as new President, George W. Bush has lost his head of state immunity and under international law the U. S. is now mandated to start criminal proceedings against all those involved in violations of the UN Convention Against Torture.

Following President Barack Obama's win of the 2008 presidential election, Change. gov hosted a service on their website named the Citizen's Briefing Book allowing United States citizens to give their opinion on the most important issues in America, and allow others to vote up or down on those ideas.

His overall fundraising strategy is patterned after those of Howard Dean and Barack Obama, as he seeks to finance his campaign via small but continuous contributions from a large donor pool.

" Just over half of Democratic caucus-goers said change was the No. 1 factor they were looking for in a candidate, and 51 percent of those voters chose Barack Obama ," said CNN senior political analyst Bill Schneider.

Ice-T also speculated that his past affiliation with Body Count could hurt Barack Obama's chances if he endorsed him, so he'd choose instead to ruin John McCain's campaign by saying he supported him.

President Barack Obama later confirmed the death of bin Laden, but did not directly mention the involvement of DEVGRU, saying only that a " small team " of Americans undertook the operation to bring down bin Laden.

" Nevertheless, Eastwood, in an expression of patriotism, wished Barack Obama well upon his subsequent victory saying, " Obama is my president now and I am going to be wishing him the very best because it is what is best for all of us.

In January 2009 President Barack Obama restored US funding to UNFPA, saying in a public statement that he would " look forward to working with Congress to restore US financial support for the UN Population Fund.

* At the October 16, 2008 Alfred E. Smith Memorial Foundation Dinner, then, Democratic Presidential candidate Barack Obama joked that he was from Krypton, saying " Contrary to the rumors you have heard, I was not born in a manger.

U. S. President Barack Obama cheered news of the latest developments in Côte d ' Ivoire and CNN quoted U. S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton as saying Gbagbo's capture " sends a strong signal to dictators and tyrants.

He has opposed Barack Obama, saying that the U. S. voters don't know a phoney when they see one, and if they did, " Barack Obama would not be president ".

On July 10, 2008, prior to a taping of Fox and Friends, civil-rights activist Jesse Jackson was unwittingly caught by an open microphone whispering to a fellow interviewee, saying that then-candidate Barack Obama was talking down to black people and that he, Jackson, wanted to cut Obama's " nuts off ".

In 2009 and 2010, however, when President Barack Obama and the Democratic Party proposed a health reform bill featuring mandated health insurance, Grassley vocally opposed the health insurance mandate, saying that it was a deal breaker.

President Barack Obama expressed his concern over the Supreme Court's decision during his 2010 State of the Union Address, delivered January 27, saying, " With all due deference to separation of powers, last week the Supreme Court reversed a century of law that I believe will open the floodgates for special interests –- including foreign corporations –- to spend without limit in our elections.

Moran voted against authorizing the Iraq War in 2002 and did not support the troop increase for the Afghanistan War proposed by President Barack Obama in 2009, saying first that he appreciated Obama's " careful consideration regarding the U. S .' s engagement in Afghanistan ", but later defining the issues on which he and the President disagreed :" Our security concern is Al-Qaeda, not the Taliban.

As an example of the routine's cultural impact, Barack Obama directly referenced it while campaigning to be elected President during a Father's Day speech on June 15, 2008, saying " Chris Rock had a routine.

Citizens who have contributed to the Social Security system throughout their lives should have proper customer service when their benefits come due .” In addition, Higgins, along with many other congressional members, sent a letter to President Barack Obama encouraging him to keep social security, and make it stronger, saying “ We write today to express our strong support for Social Security and our view that it should be strengthened.

The on-line version of the National Catholic Reporter reported on November 19, 2008 that Cardinal Stafford harshly criticized President-elect Barack Obama, saying he has " an agenda and vision that are aggressive, disruptive and apocalyptic.

On December 14, 2011, it endorsed Mitt Romney for the 2012 Republican presidential nomination, saying he was the only Republican who could beat Barack Obama in the general election.

In November 2008 Benjamin Emanuel, the father of U. S. president Barack Obama's new Chief of Staff appointee Rahm Emanuel was quoted by a Hebrew language daily as saying, " Obviously, he will influence the President to be pro-Israel.

The Washington Post has identified Haridopolos as “ one of the state Republican Party ’ s rising stars .” The Sunshine State News called him “ Telegenic and energetic ,… a rising star in the party, a relentless campaigner and a bona fide conservative who would draw a sharp philosophical contrast to Nelson .” Haridopolos sought to tie Nelson to President Barack Obama, saying, “ Up to this point, he has been lock-step with President Obama.

Also on April 9, presidential candidate Barack Obama termed Imus's comments, " Divisive, hurtful, and offensive to Americans of all backgrounds ", saying " With a public platform comes a trust.

This song is often used by Michael Savage on his radio program, The Savage Nation, particularly after Savage plays a clip of someone ( such as George W. Bush, John McCain, or Barack Obama ) saying something that Savage deems to be ridiculous.

In 2009, President Barack Obama spoke at the club's annual dinner, saying " this dinner began almost one hundred years ago as a way to celebrate the birthday of General Robert E. Lee.

During a press conference on January 19, 2011, President Barack Obama ( a longtime Chicago Bears fan ) said he would attend Super Bowl XLV if the Chicago Bears defeated the Green Bay Packers, saying " If the Bears win, I ’ m going no doubt ".

On June 30, 2011, Halperin was suspended from his duties at MSNBC for " slurring " President Barack Obama on the program Morning Joe, saying the President came off as " kind of a dick " during the previous day's press conference.