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unusual facts about President Barack Obama



Anne Treisman

In 2013, Treisman received the National Medal of Science from President Barack Obama for her pioneering work in the study of attention.

Governor of Illinois

Rod Blagojevich (D), governor from 2003 to 2009, and Ryan's successor, was impeached and removed from office by the Illinois General Assembly in a unanimous vote in January 2009 after being tied to multiple "pay to play" schemes, including attempting to sell the former Senate seat of recently elected President Barack Obama.


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Ahmed Ghappour

In 2009, Ghappour along with Reprieve founder Clive Stafford Smith faced the possibility of being found in contempt of court because of a letter they sent to President Barack Obama explaining allegations of torture by US agents of their mutual client Binyam Mohamed.

Axeman

David Axelrod, Senior Advisor to U.S. President Barack Obama, is sometimes referred to as The Axeman in the media

Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers

Nine winners of the Nobel Peace Prize, including Archbishop Desmond Tutu and the Dalai Lama, were signatories to a letter to pressure U.S. President Barack Obama to reject the $7-billion pipeline expansion project by the Canadian-based company TransCanada to build the Keystone XL.

Charles Payne

Charles T. Payne (born 1925), great uncle of US President Barack Obama

HASP

Homeowners Affordability and Stability Plan, a U.S. program announced on February 18, 2009 by U.S. President Barack Obama

Imbecile

On October 5, 2010, President Barack Obama signed Senate Bill 2781, known as "Rosa's Law", which changed references in many Federal statutes that referred to "mental retardation" to refer instead to "intellectual disability".

Kent Kresa

He was named the Chairman of GM on March 30, 2009 after Rick Wagoner, the Chairman and CEO of GM was ordered to resign by U.S. President Barack Obama.

Log Cabin Republicans

On September 29, 2011, the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit vacated the district court's decision, ruling that the legislative repeal of "don't ask, don't tell" by President Barack Obama and the outgoing Democratic congressional majority in December 2010 rendered the case moot.

Pamela J. H. Slutz

Ambassador Slutz then served as Deputy Chief of Mission at the U.S. Embassy in Nairobi, Kenya (2006-2009) before being nominated by President Barack Obama to be the U.S. Ambassador to Burundi (2009-2012).

Toot

Nickname of Madelyn Dunham (1922–2008), grandmother of U.S. president Barack Obama

UK Youth Climate Coalition

To achieve their aims and objectives, the organisation provides training to young people on public narative, using the techniques developed by Marshall Ganz who was part of the U.S. President Barack Obama's election campaign, whilst coordinating a series of projects and events each year, including sending a youth delegations to the United Nations Climate Negotiations.