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Obama,America & Hopewhat you should know

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Barack Obama

United States of America

Hope & Change

BARACK OBAMA

The Man

Borne in Hawaii

Grown up in Jakarta

Raised by both grandparents & mother

Attended Columbia University

& Harvard Law School

Graduated with a J.D.(law degree)

Senate of Illinois: 1997–2004

U.S. Senator: 2005–2008

Presidential Candidate of Democrat

(from left to right)Barack, Sasha, Michelle, and Malia Obama

The Obama’s

AMERICA

The States

Obama’s To Do List

Global Financial Crisis War in Iraq

War in Afghanistan

Bad Image of U.S.A.

ObesityEnvironmental Movement

Abortion

Racism

Terrorism

Education Reform

Equal Rights to Women

Health Care Reform

Economic Down-turnPolitical Partisanship

Human Right Abuse

Immigration Reform

Energy Policy

Obama’s To Do List

Global Financial Crisis

Education Reform

Equal Rights to Women

U.S.ANorway

LuxembourgBritish

SingaporeFinland

U.S.A spent a lot $ on Education

But U.S. Student performances are poor

• OECD’s Assessment of International Student– Math: 37– Science: 26– Literature: Also bad

Global Financial Crisis

• Unemployment -> UP• Trade flow -> down• Production -> down

Global Growth will be down 2.7%

2006 2007 2008 2009 2010-4

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0

2

4

6

8

10

Equal Pay

American women still earn only

77 % compare to men.

HOPE & CHANGE

The Future

What the People Want is

• A Doer• A Uniter• A Better Government

What Obama Promise…

• Change versus a broken status quo• People versus the special interests• Politics that would lift people and the country up;

Hope – Hope in the face of difficulty. Hope in the face of uncertainty. The audacity of hope!

BARACK OBAMA, speech, 2004 DNC Convention

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