BARACK OBAMA
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Jan. 20, 2009: Inaugural address notes that “our patchwork heritage is a strength, not a weakness . ... We are shaped by every language and culture, drawn from every end of this Earth.”
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Jan. 29: Signs first bill, the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, making it easier to sue for wage discrimination.
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Feb. 4: Signs bill expanding health insurance coverage for children from low-income families.
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Feb. 7: First trip to rural Maryland presidential retreat Camp David, accompanied by wife and their two daughters.
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Feb. 17: Signs $787 billion stimulus and recovery package designed to help revive the battered economy.
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Feb. 19: Makes first foreign trip, meeting Canadian leaders in Ottawa. Visits eight more countries, including Turkey and Iraq, in first 100 days in office.
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Feb. 24: Addresses joint session of Congress, saying, “Now is the time to act boldly and wisely, to not only revive this economy, but to build a new foundation for lasting prosperity.”
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March 9: Executive order rolls back Bush administration limits on human stem-cell research.
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April 4: Denounces North Korea’s launch of a missile capable of carrying a nuclear weapon as “a provocation” that threatens nations “near and far.”
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April 15: Tax filing day. Obama and wife jointly declare $2.6 million in income, mostly from book sales. Pay $855,323 in federal taxes and $77,883 in Illinois state taxes.
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April 26: Plays first round of golf as president.
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April 29: Gallup Poll finds Obama’s approval rating at 65 percent.