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Obama was born in 1961 in [[Honolulu|Honolulu, Hawaii]], two years after the territory was admitted to the Union as the 50th state. Raised largely in [[Hawaii]], Obama also spent one year of his childhood in [[Washington (state)|Washington State]] and four years in [[Indonesia]]. After graduating from [[Columbia University]] in 1983, he worked as a [[Community organizing|community organizer]] in [[Chicago]]. In 1988 Obama enrolled in [[Harvard Law School]], where he was the first black president of the (contracted; show full) and his landslide November election to the Senate. In 2008, Obama was nominated for president, a year after [[Barack Obama presidential campaign, 2008|his campaign began]], and after [[Democratic Party presidential primaries, 2008|a close primary campaign]] against [[Hillary Clinton]]. He was [[United States presidential election, 2008|elected]] over [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] [[John McCain]], and was [[First inauguration of Barack Obama|inaugurated]] on January 20, 2009. Nine months 
lafterwards, Obama was named the [[2009 Nobel Peace Prize]] laureate.bar<!--See [[WP:EGG]] before attempting to hide this link!-->

During his first two years in office, Obama signed many landmark bills. Main reforms were the [[Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act]] (often referred to as "Obamacare"), the [[Dodd–Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act]], and the [[Don't Ask, Don't Tell Repeal Act of 2010]]. The [[American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009]] and [[Tax Relief, Unemployment Insurance Reauthorization, and Job Creatio(contracted; show full)[[Category:Presidents of the United States]]
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