Barack Obama Accomplishments:
Some of the most well known accomplishments that President Obama has achieved during his presidency are Obamacare, the death of Osama Bin Laden, repealing "Don't Ask, Don't tell", ending the war in Iraq, and the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.
Obamacare is also known as the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. It's purpose is to provide people with health insurance and lower the cost of health care. This act states that everyone must be covered under insurance, and insurance companies can't refuse to cover anyone. Medicaid is a topic that is also talked about very often. Medicaid is for people that can't pay for their own insurance. Many states are expanding their qualifications for Medicaid. Many people do not like the idea of Medicaid because it is expected to cost the country $1.1 trillion over the next ten years.
The death of Osama Bin Laden was a high point in Barack Obama's Presidency. In September 2002, the US military began to follow leads to find Osama Bin Laden. The CIA used surveillance cameras to spy on the compound in which they thought Bin Laden was living in. People suggested working with the Pakistani forces, but President Obama wanted to work quickly and ruled that option out. On April 19, Obama gave approval for a helicopter raid. On April 29, Obama gave the go-ahead for the invasion. The invasion was successfully completed in 38 minutes.
The Don't Ask, Don't Tell policy involves gay people in the military. It stated that unless men were asked about their sexuality, they were not to talk about it. Therefore there could be no openly gay men in the military. President Barack Obama, along with a few others, provided certification for congress to repeal the Don't Ask, Don't Tell policy in 2010.
On October 21, 2011, President Obama announced at a White House press conference that by the end of 2011, all US troops would be out of Iraq. On November 11, 2011 the Senate formally voted to end the war. President Obama fulfilled his promised and the last of the US troops were brought home on December 18, 2011.
The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act was an economic stimulus package that President Obama introduced in February, 2009. The main goal of this act was to create jobs immediately. Other goals were to provide relief programs for groups that were impacted by the recession. It also invested in infrastructure, education, "green energy", and health. Money was also spent on the expansion of unemployment benefits and other social welfare alterations. The act also included some long-term spending projects. The total amount estimated to be invested into this project is $831 billion.
These are just a few things that President Obama has accomplished during his presidency are there are sure to be many more in the upcoming years.
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