December 24, 1957: Selected by President Barack Obama, he was confirmed by the United States Senate on December 24, 2009. - Alan Solomont, Wikipedia.

January 26, 1960: She is the first woman to hold that office, having been nominated by President Barack Obama on January 26, 2009, and confirmed by the U.S. Senate on March 19, 2009. - Elena Kagan, Wikipedia.

August 4, 1961: "Barack Hussein Obama II (born August 4, 1961) is the 44th President of the United States of America." - Barack Obama, Wikiquote.

February 6, 1983: US President Barack Obama later appointed him to be the first Chairman of the President's Economic Recovery Advisory Board on February 6, 2009. - List of Presidents of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, Wikipedia.

January 20, 1995: The website has not changed since President Barack Obama took office on January 20. - Whitehouse.org, Wikipedia.

June 19, 2003: "I'm proud of the fact that I stood up early and unequivocally in opposition to Bush's foreign policy . That opposition hasn't changed." - Barack Obama, Wikiquote.

2004: "That we can have an idea and start our own business without paying a bribe or hearing a sudden knock on the door." - Barack Obama, Wikiquote.

2004: "That is the true genius of America, a faith in the simple dreams of its people, the insistence on small miracles." - Barack Obama, Wikiquote.

2004: "There are patriots who opposed the war in Iraq and there are patriots who supported the war in Iraq." - Barack Obama, Wikiquote.

January 4, 2005: The United States Senate career of Barack Obama began on January 4, 2005 and ended on November 16, 2008. - United States Senate career of Barack Obama, Wikipedia.

January 20, 2006: His office ended as Barack Obama became the new President of the United States on January 20, 2009. - Richard W. Graber, Wikipedia.

September 25, 2006: Oprah Winfrey made her first endorsement of Barack Obama 2008 presidential campaign for president on Larry King Live. - Larry King Live, Wikipedia.

January 30, 2007: "It is important at this point that Congress offer specific constructive approaches to what’s proven to be a foreign policy disaster because we’ve got too much at stake to simply stand on the sidelines and criticize...If we simply cut off funding without any structure for how a redeployment takes place, then you could genuinely have a Constitutional crisis or at least a crisis on the ground where the president continues to send troops there but now they’re being shortchanged in terms of armaments and support...The notion that as a consequence of that [2002 Congressional] authorization, the president can continue down a failed path without any constraints from Congress whatsoever is wrong and is not warranted by our Constitution." - Barack Obama, Wikiquote.

January, 2007: Barack Obama campaigned in favor of universal health coverage as early as January 2007. - Healthy Americans Act, Wikipedia.

January 16, 2007: "I certainly didn't expect to find myself in this position a year ago. I've been struck by how hungry we all are for a different kind of politics. So I've spent some time thinking about how I could best advance the cause of change and progress that we so desperately need...The decisions that have been made in Washington these past six years, and the problems that have been ignored, have put our country in a precarious place. America's faced big problems before. But today, our leaders in Washington seem incapable of working together in a practical, commonsense way. Politics has become so bitter and partisan, so gummed up by money and influence, that we can't tackle the big problems that demand solutions." - Barack Obama, Wikiquote.

February 10, 2007: "I recognize there is a certain presumptuousness in this, a certain audacity, to this announcement. I know that I haven't spent a lot of time learning the ways of Washington, but I've been there long enough to know that the ways of Washington must change. People who love their country can change it." - Barack Obama, Wikiquote.

February 10, 2007: "We've been told that our crises are somebody else's fault. We are distracted from our real failures and told to blame the other party, or gay people, or immigrants, and as people have looked away in frustration and disillusionment, we know who has filled the void. The cynics, the lobbyists, the special interests, who've turned government into only a game they can afford to play. They write the checks while you get stuck with the bill. They get access while you get to write a letter." - Barack Obama, Wikiquote.

2007: "I think that I’m a better speechwriter than my speechwriters. I know more about policies on any particular issue than my policy directors. And I’ll tell you right now that I’m gonna think I’m a better political director than my political director." - Barack Obama, Wikiquote.

February 18, 2010: United States President Barack Obama hosted a meeting at the White House with the Dalai Lama. - 14th Dalai Lama, Wikipedia.