Introduction
In 2009, President Obama inherited many foreign policies, like the wars between the U.S. and Afghanistan, from the previous president George W. Bush. Most Republicans think that George W. Bush did better than Obama with foreign policies, most Demarcates disagree with most Republicans. Most Demarcates think that Barack Obama did a better job with foreign policies than George W. Bush. Many candidates are using Obama’s foreign policy to make people vote for them. Obama has done a mix between a good and a bad job on foreign policies during his presidency.
Barack Obama President Barack Obama was born in Honolulu, Hawaii, on August 4, 1961. President Obama went to Occidental College in Los Angeles, California, and also attended Columbia
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Obama is making a high tech visa system, which means the government can see where these people went with their visa cards. Most of these undocumented immigrants are registered with the government, allowing them to legally become a citizen. Obama has made the homeland security much better by having more agents near the borders. The Obama administration is moving people with no criminal records to the bottom of the deportation list, meaning that they can stay longer than people with criminal a …show more content…
Cuba’s government has been mostly made up of the communist party and the Castro’s. Barack Obama has done a better job of making Cuba and the United States friendlier then before. Since Obama made the U.S. and Cuba have a stronger relationship, Americans can now fly to Cuba, because the last person to go to Cuba from the U.S. was President Calvin Coolidge. Barack Obama has supported the Cuban people with their lives making them happier than before. President Obama visited Cuba on March 20, 2016 with his two daughters and his wife, Michelle Obama, doing many things there, like visiting a Cuban baseball game. Before that game, Obama got to throw the first pitch of the game, which was pretty exciting because no person has been there since President Calvin Coolidge. So, many people think that Obama has done a great job on making the United States and Cuba have a stronger
...ous statements it can be inferred that in some ways the Obama administration was like the Bush Administration in terms of foreign national policies. Obama also made poor choices by expanding on Bush policies that were already a dangerous jaunt from constitutional practices. Another thing Obama did was increase our expenditures by the billions, which can cause harm in his domestic reform agendas, and might lead to divisive and expensive foreign wars.
Immigration has always been a hot topic in America. There are many pros and cons, which makes it a delicate issue when it comes to debates. In an attempt to reform immigration, President Obama has issued an executive order that will overhaul the nation’s immigration system as we know it. The president’s changes will affect nearly 11 million undocumented immigrants who are currently residing in America. Focusing on 4 main changes, Obamas’ plan focuses on many aspects from enhancing border security to developing new processes in which workers can enter the country.
What were the major impacts on American foreign policy during the H.W. Bush & Clinton Administrations? How did Bush & Clinton define the post-Cold War world for the United States?
Thomas G. Paterson's essay, "Kennedy's Fixation with Cuba," is an essay primarily based on the controversy and times of President Kennedy's foreign relations with Cuba. Throughout President Kennedy's short term, he devoted the majority of his time to the foreign relations between Cuba and the Soviet Union. After the struggle of WW II, John F. Kennedy tried to keep a tight strong hold over Cuba as to not let Cuba turn to the Communist Soviet Union. Kennedy seen Cuba and the Soviet Union as a major threat to the United States. As Castro fell farther and farther into the Communist party, he inched his way closer and closer to becoming a close ally with the Soviet's, As Kennedy seen this happen before his eyes, he was astonished. Kennedy, a newly formed president, did not want to seem like the kind to just sit back and roll with the punches, he wanted immediate action taken for these measures. "As someone said, Cuba was one of the four-letter words of the 1960s" (268). Cuba was not viewed as a very potential power before Fidel Castro took office. It was viewed more as a neutral country that we sent aide and military supplies to in exchange for sugar and other products. When Castro took office, things drastically changed. He started taking back land that we had set aside for military bases, he wanted the American forces no more than what they had in Washington, and he openly defied orders from America. Unknown to Kennedy Khrushchev, leader of the Soviet Union, was also watching everything that played out between Cuba and the United States. President Kennedy, later realizing, would make a few decisions for the worst. These decisions would haunt him for the re...
Obama’s presidency he has made strides to continue making the United States more inclusive of
America also did many good things for Cuba. America cared about the safety of Cuba, President McKinley sent the battleship, “The Maine” to Cuba to protect business interests. America helped Cuba’s economy by investing money into sugar
Barack Hussein Obama was born on August 4, 1961 in Honolulu Hawaii. He is of mixed parentage: his father, a black African born in Kenya, while his mother, a white American that came from Kansas. When he was six years old his parents divorced and his mother married an Indonesian oil manager. They moved to Indonesia where Obama was educated in a Roman Catholic School. He then returned back to Hawaii to continue school while living with his grandparents. Barack struggled with his own racial identity in his late teens. (Funk & Wagnalls)
President Obama runs a more tightly organized administration. The president is responsible for enforcing the laws drafted by congress. “Overtime, the president’s office has grown more technical, more sophisticated, more powerful, and more overtly political Every president must learn how to manage his own office, decide how much to delegate to the cabinet agencies, and then find a way to coordinate the entire enterprise” (2013). The executive branch is taking more of an active role in healthcare policy which is evident with President Obama’s enactment of the Affordable Care
Before the Cuban Revolution, the U.S. military ruled Cuba when the island became a republic. Throughout the 1800’s, Cubans were revolting against Spanish rule, and in 1898, America helped defeat the Spanish. Since the United States and Cuba were so close, the U.S often intervened with Cuba’s domestic affairs. In 1959, Fidel Castro influenced a revolution, overthrowing Batista. Fidel Castro then switched Cuba’s government to communism and became close with the Soviet Union, which restricted ties with the U.S. Soon after, the United States terminated diplomatic interactions, minimizing their economic relations with Cuba. After the Cuban Revolution, Raúl Castro Ruz became the new leader of Cuba- and still is today. Relations between the U.S. and Cuba are still sparse. Travelers from the United States are still not allowed to vacation to Cuba du...
During his presidency, he did many things like, healthcare. Healthcare is a very important thing for many Americans. He made a statement “… It will provide more security and stability to those who have health insurance. It will provide insurance for those who don’t. And it will slow the growth of healthcare costs for our families, our businesses, and our government.” -President Obama addressing the Joint Session of Congress in 2009. In 2010 Obama created the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) on March 2010, by doing this it increased the coverage of healthcare insurance for many Americans.
Barack Obama is the 44th president of the united states. He has served two terms as a president. Barack Obama is the best U.S president because he has accomplished many things in office. Barack Obama approved many reforms to start with; the immigration reform, he stopped deporting young illegal immigrants if been here for 5 years or so. Mr. Obama has done a lot for young hispanics for example the dream act. He has helped young immigrants on their dreams with being someone in life. Barack Obama created a program named the Obama care a U.S health care reform law. The Obama care helps people who cannot afford insurance and it shortens taxes and regulations it makes it easy for those who want to shorten their medical bill. Barack Obama also expanded
Barack Hussein Obama II was born in 1961, in Honolulu, Hawaii. He is the son of Ann Dunham and Barack Obama Sr. His mother a white American citizen from Kansas and his father a black African foreign student studying in Hawaii. Barack Sr left Hawaii to continue his work in his hometown in Africa. For some years, Barack Obama lived with his mother and stepfather in Indonesia; it was from here that he went back to Hawaii to live with his grandparents when his mother felt Barack wasn’t getting the best education. Barack Obama left Hawaii to further his education, studying in both California and New York City. In 1989, Barack Obama began working at a Chicago law firm when he first met Michelle. Michelle, a Princeton University and Harvard Law School graduate who was Barack boss. “First Lady Michelle LaVaugh married Barack Hussien Obama on October 3rd, 1992” (When did First Lady…) after dating for over four years. Whilst living in Chicago, the Obama’s extended their family with the birth of their first daughter in 1998, and in 2001 Michelle gave birth to another daughter.
As the 44th president of the United States Barack Obama had a multitude of successes such as economic stabilization and Obamacare, but he also had failures such as dealing with ISIS. First, early on in Obama’s presidency helped stabilize the economy passed on from the Bush administration. After Bush had finished his term the economy was in free fall so Obama’s campaign relied heavily on fixing this problem. Once Obama was sworn into office he took an approach similar to that of Franklin Roosevelt’s New Deal in which he chose to use government spending to fix the economy and keep it stable. He spent $831 billion during his presidency on programs to help balance the economy.(Gonzales 1) This was a success for the Obama Administration because
It was said by John F. Kennedy, “domestic policy can only defeat us, foreign policy can kill us,” this shows just how important it is when dealing with issues surrounding foreign policy. One of President Obama’s foreign policy achievements was in Lybia when he decided to join with N.A.T.O to remove Ghaddafi from power. Initially, this mission was criticized greatly by both sides for getting involved in the middle of the Libyan
Although her life is has improved, Michelle Obama did not always have life that easy. This wonderful woman was born in Chicago, Illinois on January 17, 1964 (Wheeler 6). Mrs. Obama has one brother that is currently the