President Barack Obama

President Barack Obama, 44th President of the United States of America, sent out the following Independence Day message via the Internet. The Obama letter was sent by e-mail in advance of President Obama’s first official visit to Russia. The Obama July 4th message follows:

This weekend, our family will join millions of others in celebrating America. We will enjoy the glow of fireworks, the taste of barbeque, and the company of good friends. As we all celebrate this weekend, let’s also remember the remarkable story that led to this day.

Two hundred and thirty-three years ago, our nation was born when a courageous group of patriots pledged their lives, fortunes, and sacred honor to the proposition that all of us were created equal.

Our country began as a unique experiment in liberty — a bold, evolving quest to achieve a more perfect union. And in every generation, another courageous group of patriots has taken us one step closer to fully realizing the dream our founders enshrined on that great day.

Today, all Americans have a hard-fought birthright to a freedom which enables each of us, no matter our views or background, to help set our nation’s course. America’s greatness has always depended on her citizens embracing that freedom — and fulfilling the duty that comes with it.

As free people, we must each take the challenges and opportunities that face this nation as our own. As long as some Americans still must struggle, none of us can be fully content. And as America comes ever closer to achieving the perfect Union our founders dreamed, that triumph — that pride — belongs to all of us.

So today is a day to reflect on our independence, and the sacrifice of our troops standing in harm’s way to preserve and protect it. It is a day to celebrate all that America is. And today is a time to aspire toward all we can still become.

With very best wishes,

President Barack Obama

July 4th, 2009

President Obama has made the decision to terminate a ban on providing funding for organizations that provide abortion services overseas, thus reversing a policy enacted by the previous administration of George W. Bush. This is one of a number of executive orders being issued by Barack Obama that reverses policies of the previous president.

The policy of George W. Bush, referred to as the “global gag rule,” prevented organizations that provide relief in foreign countries from being recipients of U.S. funding if they were connected in any way in the support or provision of abortion services. Non-profit health organizations have indicated they have incurred severe financial distress, as the U.S. government is one of the primary funders of family planning programs on a global scale. President Barack Obama’s decision will be received as welcome news by these organizations.

With hundreds of groups functioning in many of the world’s poorest countries, where both infant and maternal mortality rates are very high, they have had to make a difficult choice. They could agree to sign the gag rule of the Bush administration, agreeing to be silent on abortion, or refuse to sign and be deprived of significant amounts of financial aid from the United States. President Obama will now remove the “global gag rule,” allowing funding to be directed to those organizations that had refused to obey the policy of the Bush administration. Barack Obama is demonstrating in his first days as 44^th U.S. president that he intends to chart a course much different from that of his predecessor.

Barack H. Obama is now officially the 44th President of the United States. The first African-American to be elected president of the U.S.A. was sworn in with the same Bible used at the inauguration of Abraham Lincoln in 1861.

An estimated two million people were present in Washington D.C. for the inauguration of Barack Obama as 44th President. The audience that watched the swearing in of President Obama was global, and may possibly be counted in the billions.

In his inaugural address, President Barack Obama spoke with great eloquence not only to his own fellow American citizens, but also to citizens of the world. He pledged renewed American leadership on the world stage for those oppressed politically and seeking economic opportunity with justice. On the home front, President Obama also spoke of individual responsibility, the need to make tough choices and the long road ahead for leading America out of the global economic crisis.

Now that Barack Obama is the 44th President and Joe Biden the Vice President, it can be truly said that the George W. Bush era is over. The entire world now looks to President Obama to lead America in a new direction.

In three more days, Barack Obama will be inaugurated as the 44^th president of the United States of America. The entire world is alive with anticipation and excitement, as the day of the inauguration draws near. The specter of Obama mania will probably ensure that a global audience of billions will be watching President-elect Obama being sworn in, his hands on the same Bible that Abraham Lincoln, 16^th U.S. president, used at his inauguration.

From January 20th, 2009 the world will be referring to President Barack Obama. Soon to be past history will be the eight years of George W. Bush, which has left America alienated from much of the world, mired in two wars and now with an economy in the throes of a major depression.

So many Americans, and others across the world, have high expectations in Barack Obama. Will a President Obama be able to deliver on the hopes of so many? His challenges are so immense and daunting, the odds are so great. However, just by being elected 44^th President, Barack Obama has already demonstrated his capacity to overcome steep odds, and fulfill the “Audacity of Hope.” The world now awaits President Barack Obama.

Barack Obama told a meeting of state governors of the National Governors Association, concerned about their own budget deficits, that they will receive help from the incoming Obama administration. The news could not come too soon, as many state budgets are under terrific strain resulting from the global economic crisis.

President-elect Barack Obama urged state governors to assist with crafting an economic recovery plan. Obama has already indicated that a first priority once he is inaugurated as America’s 44^th president will be an economic stimulus program to jumpstart the U.S. economy. During the meeting of the National Governors Association, Barack Obama repeated his priority for a plan that will save or retain two and a half million jobs. The Obama plan would also provide tax cuts to the middle class

Barack Obama is only the President-elect while George Bush remains officially U.S. president until January 20, 2009. However, as far as the world’s political and business leaders are concerned, Barack Obama is the one in charge. Bush is seen as a lame duck while the global economic crisis worsens, and his statements on the American financial collapse are viewed as increasingly irrelevant. However, when Obama holds a news conference or announces a senior appointment, the whole world listens with riveted attention.

It appears that the American people and most of the world cannot wait until the Bush presidential term is finally history, and Barack Obama is inaugurated as the 44th president. What is also clear, however, is everyone is looking to Obama to provide leadership that will lead America out of its worst financial crisis since the Great Depression. Judging by his initial responses, it seems apparent that Barack Obama has no illusions as to the depth of the challenge and responsibility he is now assuming.

At a Chicago news conference announcing his economic team, President-elect Barack Obama urged rapid passage of an economic stimulus bill by Congress, which would provide assistance to the three domestic automakers, among other financial measures.

With 57 days before he is inaugurated as the nation’s 44th president, Barack Obama warned about the ailing economy, saying that, “the economy is likely to get worse before it gets better.” He added that, “most experts now believe that we could lose millions of jobs next year.” Obama also expressed surprise at the big three auto makers, saying that he was surprised they did not have at present any well-conceived plans for recovery prior to asking Congress to approve their urgent request for $25 billion in emergency loans.

As the economic news goes from bad to disastrous, and the lame-duck President Bush becoming increasingly irrelevant, the world is already turning to President-elect Barack Obama to lead America out of the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression, which he plans to do in part by creating 2.5 million jobs through a major public works program that includes rebuilding roads and bridges and modernizing schools while developing alternative energy sources and more efficient automobiles.

President-elect Barack Obama said, “These aren’t just steps to pull ourselves out of this immediate crisis. These are the long-term investments in our economic future that have been ignored for far too long.”

Obama’s objective is to steer his infrastructure investment plan rapidly through Congress, facilitated by assistance from both political parties, after Barack Obama is inaugurated as the nation’s 44th president on January 20, 2009. In his radio broadcast, Obama indicated that he sees 2.5 million new jobs added by 2011 if his plan is adopted. With the U.S. economy shedding jobs at an alarming rate, it is clear that a jobs creation program is a top priority for the incoming Obama administration.

Barack Obama has been elected 44th President of the United States, and thousands of items connected with America’s first African-American president are now being listed on Ebay. One of the most expensive is an Internet domain name certain to be one of the most highly coveted in the world after the inauguration of Barack Obama as 44th president; BarackObama44thPresident.com.

Listed with a minimum bid of $10 million, the domain name BarackObama44thPresident.com reflects the unique status of Barack Obama as an international superstar celebrity, and the historic nature of his election as 44th president of the United States.

Other Obama domain names being auctioned on Ebay for high prices include ObamaFirstFamily.com and PresidentBarackObamaUSA.com.