When Obama became the presumptive nominee, his first one hundred days in the office have been highly anticipated throughout the United States as well as throughout the world. To this effect, in the United States, the first one hundred days are considered to be a benchmark under which the success of any president can be gauged as early as possible (Reeves). It is important to note that the first one hundred days presidency is a very important historical aspect of the United States as it was first mentioned by Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s administration when he assumed the presidency of the United States of America and the country was facing many problems chief among them being the Great Depression which was affect the world economy and which started in the United States after the collapsing of the stock markets. To this effect his hundredth day at the office will be marked on April 29, 2009. Obama’s first one hundred days presidency started as soon as he was inaugurated on Januinto office as the forty fourth president of the United States of America. He did not also ignore the strained foreign policy that was brought about by the George Bush Doctrine and hence he started some initiatives that were deemed to phase out prisoner detention in Guantanamo Bay which is located in Cuba (Chernus). After assuming presidency, his administration was faced with the uphill task of addressing the global financial crisis and so he leaned towards implementing financial policies which included tax policies. His presidency started at noon of Januaccording to the constitution of the United States which states that a new president whether sworn in or not starts at noon of the inauguration day. His presidency started after his inauguration into office with Joe Biden as his Vice President in January 20, 2009. He started his presidential campaign in February of the year 2007 and he defeated Hilary Clinton in the Democratic Party nomination and he defeated John McCain of the Republican Party to be elected as the forty fourth president of the United States of America (Bleeker). He is officially known as Barack Hussein Obama II and he was the junior senator of the United States representing Illinois from the year 2005 to the year 2008 when he resigned to assume the presidency of the United States. Barack Obama is the forty fourth president of the United States of America and he is also the first African American president in the history of the United States.
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