Last year,the top news story was the election of Barack Obama as the first African-American president of the United States.

VOA: special.2010.01.02

President Barack Obama has a plan to deal with a central cause of the economic crisis: America's troubled housing market.

VOA: special.2009.02.20

Aides to President-elect Barack Obama have been negotiating with Congress on a 2-year recovery plan for the world's largest economy.

VOA: special.2009.01.16

Visitors find it much easier to take a popular bus tour and see Barack Obama's best-liked places around Chicago.

VOA: special.2009.01.12

They chose the election of Barack Obama as president of the United States as the top news story of 2008.

VOA: special.2009.01.03

Kenya - the birthplace of Barack Obama's father - will host the Africa and International Friends Inaugural Ball.

VOA: special.2009.01.19

He said the most urgent threat that Barack Obama and other presidents after him will have to deal with is another attack.

VOA: special.2009.01.17

President-elect Barack Obama is calling on Congress to pass an economic recovery plan in the next few weeks.

VOA: special.2009.01.09

Secretary Clinton praised efforts to fight Islamic extremism in Indonesia, where Barack Obama spent part of his childhood.

VOA: special.2009.02.21

During last year's campaign Barack Obama offered ways to control health costs and expand coverage to all Americans.

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Forty-four percent in a USA Today/Gallup Poll released this week approved of Barack Obama's handling of the issue.

VOA: special.2009.07.25

Then Barack Obama heads to Turkey for the last stop on his first trip to Europe as president.

VOA: special.2009.04.04

Those are some of the musicians who will perform at the presidential inauguration of Barack Obama on Tuesday.

VOA: special.2009.01.16

But Barack Obama warns that without decisive action, trillion-dollar deficits will be a reality for years to come.

VOA: special.2009.01.09

Barack Obama's inaugural ceremony will include poetry by Elizabeth Alexander and music by singer Aretha Franklin, violinist Itzhak Perlman and cellist Yo-Yo Ma.

VOA: special.2009.01.19

This week,President Barack Obama went before Congress and the nation to better explain his health care proposals.

VOA: special.2009.09.12

Among other things, they say he sought to profit from his duty to appoint a United States senator to complete Barack Obama's term.

VOA: special.2009.01.12

However,he made a surprise appearance at the Democratic National Convention to support Barack Obama's candidacy for president.

VOA: special.2009.09.13

The AP accuses him of using one of its photographs of Barack Obama for his famous poster.

VOA: special.2009.04.08

For example,when he was a presidential candidate, Barack Obama announced his choice for vice president on Twitter.

VOA: special.2009.02.06

Barack Obama plans to honor the 16th president, one of his political heroes, at his own inauguration.

VOA: special.2009.01.19

Standing in front of the Capitol, Barack Obama became the first African-American president of the United States.

VOA: special.2009.01.24

By tradition, George and Laura Bush will leave Washington immediately after Barack Obama is sworn-in on Tuesday.

VOA: special.2009.01.17

This week marked Barack Obama's first month as president -- and his first major action as commander-in-chief.

VOA: special.2009.02.21

Bettye LaVette sang in January at the inaugural celebration at the Lincoln Memorial for Barack Obama.

VOA: special.2009.06.08

BARACK OBAMA: "Now, after one hundred days, I am pleased with the progress we have made.

VOA: special.2009.05.02