(Baonghean.vn) - In just over 2 months, US President Barack Obama will complete his 8-year term in the White House. Let's take a look back at the most memorable moments of the 44th President of the United States through 100 photos compiled by CNN.
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| Barack Obama was sworn in as the 44th President of the United States on January 20, 2009. His wife, First Lady Michelle, held the Bible for her husband to take the oath, with their daughters Malia and Sasha standing next to them. About 1.5 million people attended the ceremony as Obama became the country's first African-American President. |
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| The Obamas were in an elevator as they headed to one of the inaugural balls on January 20, 2009. “It was a little chilly, so the president took off his jacket and put it around his wife’s shoulders,” said White House photographer Pete Souza. “They had a little bit of a private moment as the staff and agents looked away.” |
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| Obama wears 3D glasses to watch the Super Bowl at the White House on February 1, 2009. |
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| Obama talks with aides in the Oval Office at the White House on February 4, 2009. From left: Senior Advisor Pete Rouse, White House Director of Legislative Affairs Phil Schiliro, Senior Advisor David Axelrod, National Economic Council Director Lawrence Summers and White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel. |
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| Vice President Joe Biden watches as President Obama signs the economic stimulus bill on February 17, 2009. The document aims to stimulate the sluggish US economy through increased federal spending and tax cuts. |
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| Obama received a standing ovation before making his first address to a joint session of Congress on February 24, 2009. The US President focused on three budget priorities that he later presented to the Congress: energy, health care and education. |
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| A boy touches President Obama’s hair in the Oval Office on May 8, 2009. White House photographer Pete Souza said: “A White House staffer brought his family to the Oval Office to take a souvenir photo before leaving President Obama. The staffer’s son whispered to the President that he had just gotten a haircut like President Obama’s, and asked if he could touch the President’s hair to see if it felt like his own.” |
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| Obama hugs Sonia Sotomayor after nominating her to the Supreme Court on May 26, 2009. Sotomayor later became the first Latino justice on the US Supreme Court. |
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| The US President returns to the Oval Office after going out for hamburgers with West Wing staff and aides on May 29, 2009. |
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| Obama closes his eyes to relax before recording his weekly radio address at the White House on June 2, 2009. |
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| Obama visits the pyramids and the Sphinx in Giza, Egypt on June 4, 2009. In a speech at Cairo University, he pledged to “look toward a new beginning between America and Muslims around the world,” asking the United States and the Muslim world to put aside their mutual suspicions and create new alliances. |
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| Obama lays flowers at the Buchenwald Memorial during a visit to the former concentration camp site in Germany on June 5, 2009. |
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| Sasha Obama hides behind a sofa in the Oval Office to sneak up on her father, August 5, 2009. When Obama took office, Sasha was just 7 years old, and Malia was 10. |
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| Obama stands at the podium before addressing troops in Jacksonville, Florida on October 26, 2009. In his speech, Obama said: “Of all the privileges I have as President, none is greater than serving as your Commander in Chief.” |
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| Obama stands at attention as the coffins of 18 US soldiers killed in Afghanistan are brought home at the Dover Air Force Base in Delaware on October 29, 2009. |
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| US President Barack Obama fist bumps a custodian of the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on December 3, 2009. |
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| Obama poses for a photo after the Nobel Peace Prize ceremony in Oslo, Norway on December 10, 2009. The Norwegian Nobel Committee said it honored Obama for “his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples.” Obama is the fourth U.S. president to win the Nobel Peace Prize. |
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| US President Barack Obama talks on the phone as he steps off the Marine One helicopter in Baltimore on January 29, 2010. |
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| Obama plays with his daughter in the Rose Garden of the White House during a snowstorm on February 6, 2010. |
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| Obama calls a congressman to discuss health care reform on March 19, 2010. A bill passed the Senate in December 2009, but it was the subject of intense negotiations before it passed the House. After more than a week of bitter partisan debate, the bill passed 219-212, with 178 Republicans vetoing it, and 34 Democrats voting against it. |
Thu Giang
(According to CNN)
