Author:Barack Hussein Obama

Barack Hussein Obama II
(1961–)

Barack Hussein Obama II

Works

• Podcasts
• Letters
• Floor statements
• Senatorial Speeches
• Presidential works
• Presidential Proclamations
• Presidential Study Directives
• Presidential Policy Directives
• Executive orders
• Administrative orders
• Weekly addresses
• Town hall meetings

Inaugural addresses

• Barack Obama's First Inaugural Address (20 January 2009)
• Barack Obama's Second Inaugural Address (21 January 2013)

Addresses to Congress

• Barack Obama's First State of the Union Address (24 February 2009)
• Health Care Speech (9 September 2009)
• Barack Obama's Second State of the Union Address (27 January 2010)
• Barack Obama's Third State of the Union Address (25 January 2011)
• Barack Obama's Fourth State of the Union Address (24 January 2012)
• Barack Obama's Fifth State of the Union Address (12 February 2013)
• Barack Obama's Sixth State of the Union Address (28 January 2014)
• Barack Obama's Seventh State of the Union Address (20 January 2015)
• Barack Obama's Eighth State of the Union Address (12 January 2016)

Democratic National Convention Speeches

• 2004 Democratic National Convention Keynote Address (27 July 2004)
• 2008 Democratic Party Nomination Acceptance Speech (28 August 2008)
• 2012 Democratic Party Nomination Acceptance Speech (6 September 2012)

Books

• Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance (1995)
• The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream (2006)
• Of Thee I Sing: A Letter to My Daughters (2010)

Presidential debates

2008 campaign season

• 2007 Democratic Debate (26 April)
• 2007 Democratic Debate (3 June)
• 2007 Democratic Debate (28 June)
• 2007 Democratic Debate (12 July)
• 2007 Democratic Debate (23 July)
• 2007 Democratic Debate (30 October)
• 2007 Democratic Debate (15 November)

see also 2008 Presidential Campaign

2008 Presidential campaign

• Announcement to Run for U.S. President (10 February 2007)
• Selma Voting Rights March Commemoration (4 March 2007)
• Remarks to the Chicago Council on Global Affairs (23 April 2007)
• Remarks to the California State Democratic Convention (2 May 2007)
• Remarks to the National Conference of Black Mayors (5 May 2007)
• Remarks to the Detroit Economic Club (7 May 2007)
• Remarks at Southern New Hampshire University Commencement (19 May 2007)
• Cutting Costs and Covering America: A 21st Century Health Care System (29 May 2007)
• Remarks to the Hampton University Annual Ministers' Conference (5 June 2007)
• Take Back America 2007 (19 June 2007)
• Taking Our Government Back (22 June 2007)
• Remarks to the National Education Association Annual Meeting (5 July 2007)
• Changing the Odds for Urban America (18 July 2007)
• Remarks of Senator Barack Obama to Caucus4Priorities (October 2007)
• Iowa Jefferson-Jackson Dinner Speech[1] (10 November 2007)
• The Bedrock of This Nation (3 January 2008)
• New Hampshire Primary Speech (8 January 2008)
• The Great Need of the Hour - given at Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s church in Atlanta, Georgia (20 January 2008)
• On My Faith and My Church (14 March 2008)
• A More Perfect Union - given across from Liberty Hall, Philadelphia (18 March 2008)
• U.S. Economy Speech (27 March 2008)
• Press conference re: Jeremiah Wright (29 April 2008)
• The Full Measure of Their Devotion (26 May 2008)
• Remarks to the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (4 June 2008)
• Remarks to the Health Care Town Hall (5 June 2008)
• Remarks on Chicago's 2016 Summer Olympic bid (6 June 2008)
• Remarks at Carnegie Mellon University (26 June 2008)
• Remarks on Patriotism given in Independence, Missouri (30 June 2008)
• A World that Stands as One given in Berlin (24 July 2008)
• New rules for a 21st century economy (16 September 2008)
• Press conference re: the economic crisis (23 September 2008)
• Election victory speech in Chicago (4 November 2008)
• Communication From the Honorable Barack Obama (19 November 2008) (resignation from the United States Senate)

The Obama–Biden Transition Project

• Remarks to the Bipartisan Governors Climate Summit (18 November 2008)
• Remarks to the International Olympic Committee (21 November 2008)
• Remarks on the terrorist attacks in Mumbai (28 November 2008)
• Remarks on World AIDS Day (1 December 2008)
• Remarks to the National Governors Association (2 December 2008)
• The Change.gov Agenda (3 December 2008)
• Remarks on rising unemployment rates (4 December 2008)
• Interview on Meet the Press (7 December 2008)
• Remarks on Human Rights Day (10 December 2008)
• Remarks on the auto-industry bailout (12 December 2008)
• Remarks on Bill Richardson's withdrawal (4 January 2009)
• The American Recovery and Reinvestment Plan (8 January 2009)
• Interview on This Week (11 January 2009)
• A Better World in Our Time (17 January 2009)
• Voices Calling for Change (18 January 2009)

Press Conferences as President-elect

• The State of Our Economy (7 November 2008)
• Economic Policy Team I (24 November 2008)
• Economic Policy Team II (25 November 2008)
• Economic Policy Team III (26 November 2008)
• National Security Team (1 December 2008)
• Secretary of Commerce (3 December 2008)
• Secretary of Veterans Affairs (7 December 2008)
• Secretary of Health and Human Services (11 December 2008)
• Energy & Environment Team (15 December 2008)
• Secretary of Education (16 December 2008)
• Agriculture and the Interior (17 December 2008)
• Financial Regulatory Team (18 December 2008)
• Labor, Transportation, USTR, and SBA (19 December 2008)

Significant Presidential Works

• First Presidential Press Conference (9 February 2009)
• What Needs to be Done (12 February 2009)
• Press Conference with Stephen Harper (19 February 2009)
• The Price of Freedom is Great (27 February 2009)
• Protecting Our Security and Our Values, closing Guantanamo Bay, (21 May 2009)
• A New Beginning (4 June 2009)
• Barack Obama's speech announcing the goal of Total Nuclear Disarmament (5 April 2009)
• Statement of President Barack Obama on Armenian Remembrance Day (24 April 2009)
• President addresses the Ghanaian Parliament in Accra (11 July 2009)
• Remarks at NAACP centennial (16 July 2009)
• Barack Obama's remarks on winning the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize (9 October 2009)
• Barack Obama's Afghanistan Strategy Speech (1 December 2009)
• Barack Obama's Nobel Peace Prize acceptance speech (10 December 2009)
• Barack Obama's Martin Luther King day 2010 speech (18 January 2010)
• President Barack Obama on Space Exploration in the 21st Century (15 April 2010)
• Remarks by the President in Address to the Nation on the End of Combat Operations in Iraq (31 August 2010)
• Barack Obama's Condolences for Japan (17 March 2011)
• Remarks by the President on Osama bin Laden (2 May 2011)
• Barack Obama's address to the people of Ireland (23 May 2011)
• Barack Obama speech to both Houses of the British Parliament (25 May 2011)
• Barack Obama's speech on military intervention in Syria (10 September 2013)

2010 speeches

• Remarks by the President at Rally for Maryland Governor Martin O'Malley (October 7, 2010)

2011 speeches

• Remarks by President Obama on the Middle East and North Africa (May 19, 2011)

2012 speeches

• Pentagon Memorial Service in Remembrance of 9/11

2012 Presidential Campaign

• Ohio State University Campaign Rally, with Michelle Obama (5 May 2012)
• Our Destiny is Not Written For Us (25 October 2012)
• Election victory speech in Chicago (6 November 2012)

Notable Legislation Enacted

Full List: Acts of the 111th United States Congress

• Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009 (29 January 2009)
• Children's Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2009 (4 February 2009)
• DTV Delay Act of 2009 (11 February 2009)
• American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (17 February 2009)
• Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 (30 March 2009)
• Edward M. Kennedy Serve America Act (21 April 2009)
• Fraud Enforcement and Recovery Act of 2009 (20 May 2009)
• Helping Families Save Their Homes Act of 2009 (20 May 2009)
• Weapon Systems Acquisition Reform Act of 2009 (22 May 2009)
• Credit Card Accountability Responsibility and Disclosure Act of 2009 (22 May 2009)
• Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act (22 June 2009)
• Enhanced Partnership with Pakistan Act of 2009 (15 October 2009)
• American Communities' Right to Public Information Act (28 October 2009)
• OPEN FOIA Act of 2009 (28 October 2009)
• Protected National Security Documents Act of 2009 (28 October 2009)
• Military Commissions Act of 2009 (28 October 2009)
• Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act (28 October 2009)
• Worker, Homeownership, and Business Assistance Act of 2009 (6 November 2009)

2014 speeches

• President Obama's Statement on Keeping the Internet Open and Free

2015 speeches

• Statement by the President on the Passing of Leonard Nimoy
• Statement by the President on the Murder of Boris Nemtsov
• President Obama Delivers Remarks on the 50th Anniversary of the Selma Marches
• Remarks by the President at the 2015 Gridiron Dinner
• President Obama Delivers Eulogy for the Honorable Reverend Clementa Pinckney (June 26, 2015)
• Cool clock, Ahmed. Want to bring it to the White House? (September 16, 2015)
• Statement by the President on the Shootings at Umpqua Community College, Roseburg, Oregon (October 1, 2015)
• Remarks by the President at the 2015 White House Astronomy Night (October 19, 2015)

2016 speeches

• Remarks by the President Announcing Judge Merrick Garland as his Nominee to the Supreme Court (March 16, 2016)
• US President Obama letter to Senator Mark Kirk on meeting with Merrick Garland (April 7, 2016)

Foreign speeches

• President Obama's Address to the Joint Session of the Indian Parliament (8 November 2010)
• Remarks by Barack Obama in Address to the People of India (27 January 2015)
• Remarks by President Obama in Address to the People of Vietnam (24 May 2016)
• Remarks by President Obama and Prime Minister Abe of Japan at Hiroshima Peace Memorial (27 May 2016)
• Barack Obama's remarks at Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center in Athens, Greece (16 November 2016)

Other

• A Presidential Document by the Executive Office of the President on 01-03-2017 (2016-31922) (transcription project)
• "Obama's Virtual Commencement Speech to Class Of 2020"

Sources

• Obama White House Archives.
• Compilation of Presidential Documents (CPD) at GPO's Federal Digital System (FDsys)

See also

• Major speeches 2002–2008 at BarackObama.com
• Barack Obama at WorldCat
• Barack Obama at C-SPAN