Barack Obama’s First Term Accomplishments
Many people have different opinions on Barack Obama’s accomplishments for his first term as president. Although I’m not the biggest Obama fan, I think he had some good accomplishments during his first 4 years of office.
In my opinion, Obama’s biggest accomplishment is the one that I remember hearing about the most. The 
killing of Osama bin Laden was all over the news. In 1993, bin Laden was targeted by President Clinton after attempting to take down the world trade centers. Clinton was unsuccessful with killing bin Laden. Then in 2001, bin Laden caused the most tragic attack, 9/11. He was then targeted again by President Bush. Bush was also unsuccessful with this. In 2011, it was announced that Osama bin Laden was killed, under Barack Obama’s presidency.
A few of his other major accomplishments had to do with the wars. Obama ended the war in Iraq. The last troops stationed in Iraq were brought home on December 18, 2011. In June of 2011, he began to withdraw many troops from Afghanistan. I bet with all the troops beginning to come home, many families were thankful. As if that wasn’t a big enough accomplishment for Obama, he also began to encourage businesses to hire these veterans. That’s a lot to be thankful for.
In his first term, Obama began improving many things to make a healthier nation and to help support those who needed help with their health. Many of this based on helping children. One of these changes affected me as well as all the students at school. I’m in favor of this because it is the biggest change/accomplishment of Obama’s that has affected me. .. serving healthier lunches at school. This rule requires schools to only serve whole grain to students and double the amount of vegetables and fruits. Another huge accomplishment came into effect when the 2009 Children’s Health Insurance Authorization Act was signed. This act made it possible for 4 million more children to have health care. It was paid for by the tax that was increased on tobacco.
To read more about all of Obama's accomplishments click here.
Sources:
Glastris, Paul, Ryan Cooper, and Sihu Hu. "Obama's Accomplishments." The Washington Monthly. N.p., Mar.-Apr. 2012. Web. 13 Jan. 2013. <http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/magazine/march_april_2012/features/obamas_top_50_accomplishments035755.php>;.
Stein, Sam. "Osama Bin Laden Dead, Obama Announces." The Huffington Post. TheHuffingtonPost.com, 01 May 2011. Web. 13 Jan. 2013.
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Well done Jenna!