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• Pass a Stimulus Bill• Reform Healthcare System • Fix the Financial System• Get the Economy Growing • Restore faith in Americas foreign policy• End The War In Iraq
President Obama Agenda
• Sec. of State –Hillary Clinton• Sec. of Defense- Robert Gates• Sec . of Health-Kathleen Sibelius • Sec. of Treasury- Timothy Geithner• Education Sec.- Arne Duncan• Homeland Security Sec.- Napolitano• Commerce Sec.-Gary Locke• Sec. of Labor- Hilda Solis• Sec. of Transportation-Ray LaHood
Obama's Cabinet
American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009
• $787 Billion Dollars• Federal Tax cuts• Infrastructure Spending• Signed into law in Febeburary,16 ,2009• Obama's first legislative victory
Health Care Reform Act of 2009
• First President to pass Healthcare Reform• $940 billion over ten years• Expanded coverage to 32 million Americans• Expands Medicaid
Financial Reform
• Passed 59-39 in Senate ,223-202 in the House• Eliminates to Big To Fail• Cracks down on Wall Street• C.P.A.
Controversies
• 2009 U.S. state dinner security breaches• Air Force One photo op incident• Henry Louis Gates arrest controversy
Major Events• Failed Time Square Bombing• Fort Hood Shootings• Failed Christmas day Bombing• Gulf Coast Oil Spill