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unusual facts about Presidency of Barack Obama


Paycheck Fairness Act

The 2010 Senate version of the bill had the support of the Obama administration and that of Democrats in the Senate.


Broadband mapping in the United States

The Broadband Technology Opportunities Program (BTOP) was funded as part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (known as the "stimulus package") under the Obama administration.

If Israel Lost the War

In May 2010 Israeli right-wing columnist Hagai Segal published a two-page summary of it in the Makor Rishon newspaper, proposing to his fellow-rightists to get a new edition published as part of their efforts to mobilise Israeli public opinion against the Obama Administration's Middle East peace plans.

Jarrod Bernstein

Prior to joining the Obama Administration, Bernstein served in the administration of New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg for seven years.

Jeffrey Crowley

Jeffrey S. Crowley (born c. 1966) is a member of the Domestic Policy Council in the administration of U.S. President Barack Obama and has been the Director of the Office of National AIDS Policy (ONAP) since February 2009.

Lynn S. Adelman

On January 22, 2010, United States Senators Herb Kohl and Russ Feingold forwarded four names to the Obama White House for consideration to fill the vacancy on the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals created when Judge Terence T. Evans assumed senior status.


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