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

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It's... -Aren't you supporting Barack Obama?

这个。。。，-你不是一直挺奥巴马的吗？

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Well, I guess the, I guess the most obvious is Barack Obama, correct?

我想我们学校最出名的校友就是贝拉克·奥巴马了吧？

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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

Yeah, because he just changed the situations dramatically And you could say that Bush continued, etc. But Reagan... Which candidate would do the most to stimulate growth in the years to come, Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton ? or John McCain?

当然，里根对经济的推动多大啊,布什只是邯郸学步，哪比得上里根。,以下哪位候选人将会,在近几年，最能推动刺激经济增长，巴拉克·奥巴马，希拉里·克林顿,还是约翰·麦凯恩？

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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

Yes, but predicting what he does versus what Clinton will do or Bush is a bit too much noise Nobody would have predicted George Bush So Bill Clinton was right, voting for Barack Obama would be a roll of the dice?

我倒是想，但是要预测他的政策,比起预测克林顿，或者布什，太不靠谱了,当时谁又会想到乔治·布什是这样的总统呢,这么说，看来比尔·克林顿没说错，他说，给奥巴马投票等于在赌运气，是吗？

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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.

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

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

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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.

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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.

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

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

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

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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.

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

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

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

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

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

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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.

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

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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.

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