Barack Obama

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Current President of the United States

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Aug 04 1961

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United States

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Quote Date	Quote	Quote Type	Accuracy	Company
Apr 27 2012	"Bring an end to the aggressive — and sometimes dishonest — recruiting” by increasing oversight, strengthening the rules about who can come on post to talk to service members, and making it easier to file complaints"	Promise	N/A
Feb 03 2011	"New tax incentives, government investment and revamped regulations for energy efficiency"	Promise	N/A
Aug 28 2012	"As president, I’ll continue to make sure that the federal government is doing everything possible to prepare for and recover from this dangerous storm"	Promise	N/A
	"The American people need us to put an end to the petty partisanship that passes for politics in Washington. And they need us to enact comprehensive immigration reform once and for all. We can’t wait 20 years from now to do it. We can’t wait 10 years from"	Promise	50%
	"He endorses the goal of sending human missions to the Moon by 2020, as a precursor in an orderly progression to missions to more distant destinations, including Mars"	Promise	60%
	"I will use the bully pulpit to urge states to treat same-sex couples with full equality in their family and adoption laws"	Promise	50%
	"A vote for him means a vote for a candidate who won’t be swayed by the influence of special interests and Super PACs."	Promise	0%
	"Reform our immigration laws"	Promise	0%
	"Make employers automatically enroll employees in 401(k) and IRA investments"	Promise	10%
	"End the practice of torture"	Promise	50%
	"Prevent drug companies from blocking generic drugs from consumers."	Promise	0%
Feb 05 2009	"This plan will save or create over three million jobs — almost all of them in the private sector."	Promise	0%	Government
Jan 29 2009	"It will be the policy of my administration to reverse our dependence on foreign oil while building a new energy economy that will create millions of jobs."	Promise	40%
Jul 26 2010	Increase "the VA budget to recruit and retain more mental health professionals.	Promise	100%
Jul 28 2010	Obama will reinstate Executive Order No. 13173 which President Clinton issued just before he left office. Executive Order No. 13173 failed to achieve its mandate of hiring an additional 100,000 federal employees with disabilities within five years. Obama will issue this executive order early in his first term and designate a senior White House official to assure that all federal departments and agencies meet the mandate.	Promise	100%
Jan 09 2010	"In markets where the insurance business is not competitive, "force insurers to pay out a reasonable share of their premiums for patient care instead of keeping exorbitant amounts for profits and administration."	Promise	100%
Jun 04 2009	Establish an independent institute to guide reviews and research on comparative effectiveness to provide accurate and objective information.	Promise	100%
Apr 06 2009	Build up our special operations forces, civil affairs, information operations, engineers, foreign area officers, and other units and capabilities that remain in chronic short supply.	Promise	90%
Feb 27 2009	Barack Obama supports plans to increase the size of the Army by 65,000 troops and the Marines by 27,000 troops. Increasing our end strength will help units retrain and re-equip properly between deployments and decrease the strain on military families.	Promise	100%
Feb 17 2009	As Obama removes our combat brigades from Iraq, he will send at least two additional brigades to Afghanistan, where the Taliban is resurgent. He will also provide our armed forces with the reset capability that they need. He will replace essential equipment, and he will ensure that our men and women in uniform get the care and support they have earned.	Promise	100%
Feb 27 2009	"The U.S. will not maintain permanent bases in Iraq."	Promise	30%
Feb 27 2009	"Barack Obama will work with military commanders on the ground in Iraq and in consultation with the Iraqi government to end the war safely and responsibly within 16 months."	Promise	0%
Jan 21 2009	"On my first day in office, I would give the military a new mission: ending this war."	Promise	20%
Jan 08 2009	Will direct the Federal Communications Commission to "provide an accurate map of broadband availability using a true definition of broadband instead of the current 200 kbs standard and an assessment of obstacles to fuller broadband penetration.	Promise	30%
Oct 07 2010	"Will implement the Women Owned Business contracting program that was signed into law by President Bill Clinton, but has yet to be implemented by the Bush Administration." The program seeks to get more women-owned businesses to compete for federal contracts."	Promise	10%
Aug 15 2008	"Adopt the economic substance doctrine, a policy that states that tax changes must have significant economic justification, as a federal law."	Promise	30%
Aug 15 2008	"Create an international tax haven watch list of countries that do not share information returns with the United States."	Promise	40%
Aug 05 2009	"Will create an Advanced Manufacturing Fund to identify and invest in the most compelling advanced manufacturing strategies. The Fund will have a peer-review selection and award process based on the Michigan 21st Century Jobs Fund, a state-level initiative that has awarded over $125 million to Michigan businesses with the most innovative proposals to create new products and new jobs in the state."	Promise	20%
Dec 21 2010	"Will extend aspects of the Bush tax cuts such as child credit expansions and changes to marriage bonuses and penalties."	Promise	40%
Nov 10 2007	"I’m in this race for the same reason that I fought for jobs for the jobless and hope for the hopeless on the streets of Chicago; for the same reason I fought for justice and equality as a civil rights lawyer; for the same reason that I fought for Illinois families for over a decade…That’s why I’m running, Democrats — to keep the American Dream alive for those who still hunger for opportunity, who still thirst for equality."	Promise	70%
Nov 07 2007	"We also need to change a system that is stacked against women. Forty percent of working women do not have a single paid sick day. More and more women are denied jobs or promotions because they’ve got kids at home. As the son of a single mother, that is not the America that I believe in. I’ll be a president who stands up for working parents. We’ll require employers to provide seven paid sick days each year. We’ll enforce laws that prohibit caregiver discrimination..."	Promise	30%
Oct 14 2007	"I’ve fought successfully in the Senate to increase our investment in renewable fuels…I reached across the aisle to come up with a plan to raise our fuel standards… And I didn’t just give a speech about it in front of some environmental audience in California. I went to Detroit, I stood in front of a group of automakers, and I told them that when I am president, there will be no more excuses — we will help them retool their factories, but they will have to make cars that use less oil."	Promise	60%
Oct 27 2007	"We have an obligation to protect Social Security and ensure that it’s a safety net the American people can count on today, tomorrow and forever. Social Security is the cornerstone of the social compact in this country…Coming together to meet this challenge won’t be easy…It will take restoring a sense of shared purpose in Washington and across this country. But if you put your trust in me — if you give me ‘your hand and your heart’ — then that’s exactly what I intend to do as your next President."	Promise	30%
May 29 2007	"We now face an opportunity — and an obligation — to turn the page on the failed politics of yesterday’s health care debates... My plan begins by covering every American. If you already have health insurance, the only thing that will change for you under this plan is the amount of money you will spend on premiums..."	Promise	40%
Feb 07 2008	"When I am President, I promise you I will commit myself every day to keeping up Washington’s end of this trust. This will be a priority of my presidency. And I will make it clear to members of my Administration that their responsibilities don’t end in places like the 9th ward – they begin there."	Promise	50%
Jul 01 2007	"To renew American leadership in the world, I intend to rebuild the alliances, partnerships, and institutions necessary to confront common threats and enhance common security. Needed reform of these alliances and institutions will not come by bullying other countries to ratify changes we hatch in isolation. It will come when we convince other governments and peoples that they, too, have a stake in effective partnerships."	Promise	30%
Aug 01 2007	"To succeed, we must improve our civilian capacity. The finest military in the world is adapting to the challenges of the 21st century. But it cannot counter insurgent and terrorist threats without civilian counterparts who can carry out economic and political reconstruction missions – sometimes in dangerous places. As president, I will strengthen these civilian capacities, recruiting our best and brightest to take on this challenge..."	Promise	20%
Jul 01 2007	"To renew American leadership in the world, I will strengthen our common security by investing in our common humanity. Our global engagement cannot be defined by what we are against; it must be guided by a clear sense of what we stand for. We have a significant stake in ensuring that those who live in fear and want today can live with dignity and opportunity tomorrow."	Promise	60%
Jun 04 2008	"Our alliance is based on shared interests and shared values. Those who threaten Israel threaten us. Israel has always faced these threats on the front lines. And I will bring to the White House an unshakeable commitment to Israel’s security…I will ensure that Israel can defend itself from any threat - from Gaza to Tehran.…"	Promise	60%
Oct 03 2007	"Most contractors act as if the law doesn't apply to them. Under my plan, if contractors break the law, they will be prosecuted."	Promise	40%
Aug 01 2007	"I will increase both the numbers and capabilities of our diplomats, development experts, and other civilians who can work alongside our military. We can't just say there is no military solution to these problems. We need to integrate all aspects of American might."	Promise	50%
Mar 06 2007	"We are here to do the work that ensures no other family members have to lose a loved one to a terrorist who turns a plane into a missile, a terrorist who straps a bomb around her waist and climbs aboard a bus, a terrorist who figures out how to set off a dirty bomb in one of our cities. This is why we are here: to make our country safer and make sure the nearly 3,000 who were taken from us did not die in vain. Their legacy will be a safer and more secure nation."	Promise	70%
Nov 07 2007	"We need to put a college education within reach of every American. That's the best investment we can make in our future. I'll create a new and fully refundable tax credit worth $4,000 for tuition and fees every year, which will cover twothirds of the tuition at the average public college or university..."	Promise	30%
Jun 15 2007	"At the dawn of the 21st century we also have a collective responsibility to recommit ourselves to the dream; to strengthen that safety net, put the rungs back on that ladder to the middle-class, and give every family the chance that so many of our parents and grandparents had. This responsibility is one that’s been missing from Washington for far too long – a responsibility I intend to take very seriously as president."	Promise	50%
	"As president, he will help family farms and rural small businesses find profitability in the marketplace and success in the global economy."	Promise	40%
May 04 2008	"We've got rising food prices here in the United States. My top priority is making sure that people are able to get enough to eat."	Promise	20%
	"Dramatically simplify taxes by consolidating existing tax credits, eliminating the need for millions of senior citizens to file tax forms, and enabling as many as 40 million middle-class Americans to do their own taxes in less than five minutes without an accountant."	Promise	30%
	"Eliminate capital gains taxes for small businesses, cut corporate taxes for firms that invest and create jobs in the United States, and provide tax credits to reduce the cost of healthcare and to reward investments in innovation."	Promise	20%
	"Provide generous tax cuts for low- and middle-income seniors, homeowners, the uninsured, and families sending a child to college or looking to save and accumulate wealth."	Promise	50%
Aug 01 2007	"It is time to turn the page. It is time to write a new chapter in our response to 9/11. . . . When I am president, we will wage the war that has to be won, with a comprehensive strategy with five elements: getting out of Iraq and on to the right battlefield in Afghanistan and Pakistan; developing the capabilities and partnerships we need to take out the terrorists..."	Promise	80%
	"$50 Billion To Turn our Economy Around and Prevent More Than 1 Million from Losing Their Jobs."	Promise	0%
Oct 02 2007	"I will remove one or two brigades a month, and get all of our combat troops out of Iraq within 16 months. The only troops I will keep in Iraq will perform the limited missions of protecting our diplomats and carrying out targeted strikes on al Qaeda. And I will launch the diplomatic and humanitarian initiatives that are so badly needed. Let there be no doubt: I will end this war."	Promise	50%
	"Provide a tax cut for working families."	Promise	0%
	"Provide a $1,000 Emergency Energy Rebate to American Families."	Promise	10%
Nov 10 2007	"I am in this race to tell the corporate lobbyists that their days of setting the agenda in Washington are over. I have done more than any other candidate in this race to take on lobbyists — and won. They have not funded my campaign…and they will not drown out the voices of the American people when I am president."	Promise	50%
	"Double federal funding for basic research over 10 years."	Promise	30%
	"Ensure freedom to unionize and fight for passage of the Employee Free Choice Act."	Promise	30%
	"Create secure borders"	Promise	50%
	"Insure more Americans, provide a range of insurance options accessible through an exchange, and end insurance company abuses."	Promise	20%
Apr 05 2009	"Secure all loose nuclear materials in the world within four years."	Promise	60%	Government
	"Make a sustained push to support Israel and achieve the goal of two states — a Jewish state in Israel and a Palestinian state."	Promise	20%
	"Engage in tough, direct diplomacy with Iran without preconditions. Offer incentives if Iranian leaders abandon the country’s nuclear program and support for terrorism; step up economic pressure and political isolation if they continue troubling behavior."	Promise	30%
	"Deploy at least two additional combat brigades and $1 billion in additional non-military aid to Afghanistan."	Promise	60%
	"Ban torture and close Guantanamo."	Promise	20%
	"Ensure 10 percent of U.S. electricity comes from renewable sources by 2012 and 25 percent by 2025. Establish a low national carbon-fuel standard."	Promise	50%
	"Improve education by making math and science a priority, reforming “No Child Left Behind” and streamlining the financial aid process."	Promise	10%
	"Reverse Bush's tax cuts for the wealthiest Americans."	Promise	30%
	"Raise the minimum wage, index it to inflation and increase the Earned Income Tax Credit for the working poor."	Promise	0%
	"Give the Federal Reserve greater oversight over the financial institutions it has been called on to bail out."	Promise	40%
	"Enact a 90-day foreclosure moratorium for homeowners who are making good faith efforts to pay their mortgages."	Promise	30%
	"Create or save 1 million jobs with a $25 billion investment in infrastructure projects."	Promise	0%
	"Expand hate-crimes statutes"	Promise	30%
	"Reform government spending by slashing earmarks and conducting a line-by-line review of the federal budget."	Promise	40%
	"End the practice of writing legislation behind closed doors and close special-interest corporate loopholes."	Promise	30%
	"Convene a bipartisan group of key lawmakers to foster better executive-legislative relations and bipartisan unity on foreign policy."	Promise	20%
	"Establish a credit card bill of rights to protect consumers."	Promise	20%
Jan 01 2008	"Allow Medicare to negotiate for cheaper drug prices."	Promise	0%
Sep 12 2008	"Create a refundable tax credit equal to 10 percent of mortgage interest for nonitemizers, up to a maximum credit of $800."	Promise	0%

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