Barack Obama's Security Shift

Barack Obama

Winning the 2008 election, Barack Obama transitioned U.S. counterterrorism strategy by ending the Iraq war, authorizing the raid that killed Osama bin Laden, and increasing drone strikes. His administration sought to rebuild diplomatic alliances while shifting military focus toward global nuclear security and new geopolitical challenges.

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Year	Barack Obama
1960	Noelani Elementary School (Age: 1 years before birth, Period: Childhood, 1960s, Location: Honolulu, Hawaii, United States)
1961	Birth of Barack Obama (Period: August 4, 1961, Location: Kapiolani Medical Center for Women and Children, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA)
1967	Move to Indonesia (Age: 5 years old, Period: 1967–1971, Location: Jakarta, Indonesia) St. Francis of Assisi Catholic School (Age: 5 years old, Period: Around 1967–1970, Location: Jakarta, Indonesia)
1970	SDN Menteng 01 (Age: 8 years old, Period: 1970–1971, Location: Jakarta, Indonesia)
1971	Return to Hawaii (Age: 9 years old, Period: 1971, Location: Honolulu, Hawaii, United States) Punahou School (Age: 9 years old, Period: 1971–1979, Location: Honolulu, Hawaii, United States)
1979	Occidental College (Age: 17 years old, Period: 1979–1981, Location: Los Angeles, California, USA)
1981	Columbia University (Age: 19 years old, Period: 1981–1983, Location: New York City, New York, USA)
1985	Community organizing in Chicago (Age: 23 years old, Period: 1985–1988, Location: Chicago, Illinois, United States)
1988	Harvard Law School (Age: 26 years old, Period: 1988–1991, Location: Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States)
1990	Appointment as President of the Harvard Law Review (Age: 28 years old, Period: 1990, Location: Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States) Democratic Party Political Activities (Age: 28 years old, Period: 1990s–Present, Location: Illinois, Washington, D.C., USA, etc.)
1991	Legal career and involvement in local politics (Age: 29 years old, Period: 1991–2004, Location: Chicago, Illinois, United States)
1992	University of Chicago Law School (Age: 30 years old, Period: 1992–2004, Location: Chicago, Illinois, United States) Marriage (Barack Obama, Michelle LaVaughn Robinson, Age: 31 years old, Period: October 3, 1992, Location: Chicago, Illinois, United States, Trinity United Church of Christ)
1995	Publication of autobiography "Dreams from My Father" (Age: 33 years old, Period: 1995, Location: United States)
1998	Illinois State Senate Election (Age: 36 years old, Period: 1996, Re-elected 1998, Location: Illinois, USA)
2000	Candidacy for U.S. House of Representatives (Age: 38 years old, Period: 2000, Location: Illinois 1st Congressional District, USA) Defeat in the 2000 U.S. House election (Age: 39 years old, Period: November 2000, Location: Illinois 1st Congressional District, USA)
2001	War in Afghanistan (Age: 40 years old, Period: Since 2001, particularly 2009–2013, Location: Afghanistan)
2003	Iraq War (Age: 41 years old, Period: 2003 onward, Location: Iraq)
2004	Keynote address at the Democratic National Convention (Age: 42 years old, Period: July 27, 2004, Location: Boston, Massachusetts, United States)
2005	U.S. Senate Election (Age: 43 years old, Period: Elected 2004, Tenure 2005–2008, Location: Illinois, Washington, D.C., USA) Election to the U.S. Senate (Age: 44 years old, Period: November 2004; took office on January 4, 2005, Location: Illinois, USA)
2006	Publication of "The Audacity of Hope" (Age: 45 years old, Period: October 2006, Location: United States)
2007	Global Financial Crisis (Age: 45 years old, Period: 2007–2008, Location: Countries Around the World, Including the United States) 2008 Democratic Presidential Nomination (Age: 45 years old, Period: 2007–2008, Location: Across the United States) Announcement of presidential candidacy (Age: 45 years old, Period: February 10, 2007, Location: Springfield, Illinois, United States)
2008	2008 Presidential Election (Age: 47 years old, Period: November 2008, Location: United States) Victory in the 2008 presidential election (Age: 47 years old, Period: November 4, 2008, Location: United States)
2009	Operation Fast and Furious controversy (Age: 47 years old, Period: 2009–2011, Location: U.S.–Mexico border region) Controversy over drone strikes and civilian casualties (Age: 47 years old, Period: 2009–2017, Location: Pakistan, Yemen, Somalia, and other countries) Inauguration as President of the United States (Age: 47 years old, Period: January 20, 2009, Location: Washington, D.C., USA) Awarded the Nobel Peace Prize (Age: 48 years old, Period: December 10, 2009, Location: Oslo, Norway)
2010	IRS scrutiny of conservative organizations controversy (Age: 48 years old, Period: Became prominent in 2010–2013, Location: United States) Haiti earthquake (Age: 48 years old, Period: January 12, 2010, Location: Port-au-Prince area, Haiti) Deepwater Horizon oil spill (Age: 48 years old, Period: April 20–September 2010, Location: Gulf of Mexico, United States)
2011	Syrian Civil War (Age: 49 years old, Period: 2011–present, Location: Syria) Controversy over the legal basis for the 2011 Libya intervention (Age: 49 years old, Period: 2011, Location: Libya and the United States) Libyan Civil War (Age: 49 years old, Period: February–October 2011, Location: Libya)
2012	Controversy over the response to the 2012 Benghazi attack (Age: 50 years old, Period: 2012–2016, Location: Benghazi, Libya, and the United States) 2012 Presidential Election (Age: 51 years old, Period: November 2012, Location: United States) Reelection in the 2012 presidential election (Age: 51 years old, Period: November 6, 2012, Location: United States)
2013	National Security Agency (NSA) mass surveillance controversy (Age: 51 years old, Period: Became prominent in 2013–2014, Location: United States and various locations worldwide)
2015	Normalization of diplomatic relations with Cuba (Age: 54 years old, Period: Announced on December 17, 2014; embassies reopened in July 2015, Location: Cuba and the United States)
2016	Visit to Hiroshima (Age: 54 years old, Period: May 27, 2016, Location: Hiroshima, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan)
2017	Post-Presidency Democratic Party Support Activities (Age: 55 years old, Period: 2017–Present, Location: Across the United States) End of presidential term (Age: 55 years old, Period: January 20, 2017, Location: Washington, D.C., USA)

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2004 Presidential Election	George W. Bush Karl Rove Dick Cheney Joe Lieberman John Kerry John Edwards Ralph Nader John McCain Howard Dean Wesley Clark Howard Fineman
2008 Presidential Election	John Edwards Ralph Nader John McCain Hillary Clinton Barack Obama Joe Biden Sarah Palin Rudy Giuliani Mitt Romney Mike Huckabee Ron Paul Fred Thompson Bob Barr Cynthia McKinney

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