Barack Hussein Obama II (pronounced /b?’r??k h?’se?n o?’b??m?/; born August 4, 1961) is the 44th and current President of the United States. He is the first African American to hold the office. Obama was the junior United States Senator from Illinois from January 3, 2005 until his resignation on November 16, 2008, following his election to the presidency. He was sworn in as President on January 20, 2009 in an inaugural ceremony at the U.S. Capitol.
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George Walker Bush ( /’d??rd? ‘w??k? ‘b??/ (help·info); born July 6, 1946) served as the 43rd President of the United States from 2001 to 2009. He was the forty-sixth Governor of Texas from 1995 to 2000 before being sworn in as President on January 20, 2001.