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Barack Obama was elected as the 44th President of the United States in 2008, and the first African-American President. He won re-election in 2012. He is married to Michelle Obama, a former lawyer, and has two daughters, Sasha and Malia.

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8 Feb, 2006

Wins Grammy

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Obama wins the Grammy for Best Spoken Word Album for Dreams From My Father (Senator Barack Obama).

10 Feb, 2008

Wins Grammy

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Jeff FishbeinObama wins the Grammy for Best Spoken Word Album for The Audacity Of Hope: Thoughts On Reclaiming The American Dream. 

I’d like to thank the Academy for courageously breaking the mold this time. In doing so, honoring the giants upon whose shoulders I stand, some of whom like Miles Davis, John Coltrane … unquestionably, deserved the award in the past. But this is a new day, that proves that the impossible can be made possible.  Yes, We Can!