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The '''Obama Administration''' was the executive branch of the federal government under [[Democratic Party|Democrat]]  [[Presidents of the United States|President]] [[Barack Hussein Obama|Barack Obama]] and Vice President [[Joe Biden]]. It began on January 20, 2009 for a term of four years, and then  for a second four-year term.  [[File:Obama deficits 2009-2010.JPG|thumb|330px]] Under Obama's stewardship the United States has undergone the largest [[Federal budget deficit|deficit]]s<ref>[http://www.cbo.gov/publication/41400?index=10708 Monthly Budget Review, November 6, 2009] [[Congressional Budget Office]]</ref><ref>[http://www.cbo.gov/ftpdocs/118xx/doc11873/NovemberMBR.pdf Monthly Budget Review, November 4, 2010] [[Congressional Budget Office]]</ref> to date and a credit downgrade from the rating agency Standard & Poor.<ref>[http://www.commentarymagazine.com/2011/04/18/the-sp-outlook-and-obama/ The S&P Outlook and Obama] [[Commentary]]</ref>  [[Poverty]]<ref>[http://www.census.gov/hhes/www/poverty/data/incpovhlth/2009/pov09fig04.pdf PDF] [[U.S. Census Bureau]]</ref> increased to levels not seen in 50 years.<ref>[http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/census/2010-09-16-poverty-rate-income-numbers_N.htm Number of people in poverty reaches highest level in 51 years] [[USA Today]]</ref> When his [[economic stimulus]] program was adopted unemployment rose and stagnated in the 10% range,<ref>[http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704476104575439172480870774.html?mod=googlenews_wsj Jobless Claims Jump in New Sign Recovery Is Sputtering] [[Wall Street Journal]]</ref> leaving tens of millions without [[hope]] of finding a job.<ref>[http://data.bls.gov/PDQ/servlet/SurveyOutputServlet?data_tool=latest_numbers&series_id=LNS11300000&years_option=specific_years&include_graphs=true&to_month=1&from_month=2 United States Department of Labor], [[United States Department of Labor|Bureau of Labor Statistics]]. Data extracted on: July 19, 2010 (4:31:11 PM).</ref> During what the [[White House]] billed as [[Recovery Summer]], one half million workers per week continued losing their jobs. Portions of his signature legislative achievement, [[ObamaCare]], federal courts ruled [[unconstitutional]]<ref>[http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-12-13/u-s-health-care-law-requirement-thrown-out-by-judge.html Health-Care Law Struck Down Over Insurance Mandate] [[Bloomberg News]]</ref> and was credited as a major cause of uncertainty, high [[unemployment]],<ref>[http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=33220 Obamacare: Unemployment You Can Believe In] [[Human Events]]</ref> lagging job creation,<ref>[http://blog.heritage.org/2010/08/05/it%E2%80%99s-official-medicare%E2%80%99s-finances-shadowed-by-uncertainty/ It’s Official: Medicare’s Finances Shadowed by Uncertainty] [[Heritage Foundation]]</ref> and risk of a credit default crisis.<ref>[http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/03/28/AR2010032802353.html With health bill, Obama has sown the seeds of a budget crisis] [[Washington Post]]</ref><ref>[http://www.thestreet.com/story/10703361/1/cramer-obamacare-will-topple-the-market.html Cramer: Obamacare Will Topple the Market] [[The Street]]</ref> The [[SCOTUS]] later upheld the legality of the Democratic party forcing Americans into involuntary contracts, the so-called 'individual mandate'. Since the rejection of his party's agenda in the [[2010 Midterm elections]], Obama continued [[class warfare]], misuse of wiretapping authority, and harassment of political opponents through government agencies. He then turned to canceling enforcement of the nation's immigration laws by Executive Order and gun control as major policy initiatives in his second term.<ref>[https://www.rushlimbaugh.com/daily/2014/06/24/obama_regime_planned_the_influx_of_illegal_alien_children_at_the_border/ Rush Limbaugh: Obama Regime Planned the Influx of Illegal Alien Children at the Border]</ref>

The '''Obama Administration''' was the executive branch of the federal government under [[Democratic Party|Democrat]]  [[Presidents of the United States|President]] [[Barack Hussein Obama|Barack Obama]] and Vice President [[Joe Biden]]. It began on January 20, 2009 for a term of four years, and then  for a second four-year term.  [[File:Obama deficits 2009-2010.JPG|thumb|330px]] Under Obama's stewardship the United States has undergone the largest [[Federal budget deficit|deficit]]s<ref>[http://www.cbo.gov/publication/41400?index=10708 Monthly Budget Review, November 6, 2009] [[Congressional Budget Office]]</ref><ref>[http://www.cbo.gov/ftpdocs/118xx/doc11873/NovemberMBR.pdf Monthly Budget Review, November 4, 2010] [[Congressional Budget Office]]</ref> to date and a credit downgrade from the rating agency Standard & Poor.<ref>[http://www.commentarymagazine.com/2011/04/18/the-sp-outlook-and-obama/ The S&P Outlook and Obama] [[Commentary]]</ref>  [[Poverty]]<ref>[http://www.census.gov/hhes/www/poverty/data/incpovhlth/2009/pov09fig04.pdf PDF] [[U.S. Census Bureau]]</ref> increased to levels not seen in 50 years.<ref>[http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/census/2010-09-16-poverty-rate-income-numbers_N.htm Number of people in poverty reaches highest level in 51 years] [[USA Today]]</ref> When his [[economic stimulus]] program was adopted unemployment rose and stagnated in the 10% range,<ref>[http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704476104575439172480870774.html?mod=googlenews_wsj Jobless Claims Jump in New Sign Recovery Is Sputtering] [[Wall Street Journal]]</ref> leaving tens of millions without [[hope]] of finding a job.<ref>[http://data.bls.gov/PDQ/servlet/SurveyOutputServlet?data_tool=latest_numbers&series_id=LNS11300000&years_option=specific_years&include_graphs=true&to_month=1&from_month=2 United States Department of Labor], [[United States Department of Labor|Bureau of Labor Statistics]]. Data extracted on: July 19, 2010 (4:31:11 PM).</ref> During what the [[White House]] billed as [[Recovery Summer]], one half million workers per week continued losing their jobs. Portions of his signature legislative achievement, [[ObamaCare]], federal courts ruled [[unconstitutional]]<ref>[http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-12-13/u-s-health-care-law-requirement-thrown-out-by-judge.html Health-Care Law Struck Down Over Insurance Mandate] [[Bloomberg News]]</ref> and was credited as a major cause of uncertainty, high [[unemployment]],<ref>[http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=33220 Obamacare: Unemployment You Can Believe In] [[Human Events]]</ref> lagging job creation,<ref>[http://blog.heritage.org/2010/08/05/it%E2%80%99s-official-medicare%E2%80%99s-finances-shadowed-by-uncertainty/ It’s Official: Medicare’s Finances Shadowed by Uncertainty] [[Heritage Foundation]]</ref> and risk of a credit default crisis.<ref>[http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/03/28/AR2010032802353.html With health bill, Obama has sown the seeds of a budget crisis] [[Washington Post]]</ref><ref>[http://www.thestreet.com/story/10703361/1/cramer-obamacare-will-topple-the-market.html Cramer: Obamacare Will Topple the Market] [[The Street]]</ref> The [[SCOTUS]] later upheld the legality of the Democratic party forcing Americans into involuntary contracts, the so-called 'individual mandate'. Since the rejection of his party's agenda in the [[2010 Midterm elections]], Obama continued [[class warfare]], misuse of wiretapping authority, and harassment of political opponents through government agencies. He then turned to canceling enforcement of the nation's immigration laws by Executive Order and gun control as major policy initiatives in his second term.<ref>[https://www.rushlimbaugh.com/daily/2014/06/24/obama_regime_planned_the_influx_of_illegal_alien_children_at_the_border/ Rush Limbaugh: Obama Regime Planned the Influx of Illegal Alien Children at the Border]</ref>

While 'turning the page' on the War on Terror, the rate of terrorist attacks in the United States has gone from three under President George W. Bush's  eight years in office ([[9/11]] attacks on the [[World Trade Center|World Trade Towers]], the 9/11 attack on [[Pentagon]] and the 9/11 hijacking of United Airlines Flight 93 that crashed in Pennsylvania) <ref>[http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,335500,00.html Foiled Terror Plots Against America Since 9/11] [[Fox News]]</ref> to at least four per year<ref>[http://www.latimes.com/news/nation-and-world/la-na-detroit-airline26-2009dec26,0,7673563,full.story Jet passengers overpower would-be bomber] [[Los Angeles Times]]</ref><ref>[http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/05/us/05explode.html?_r=1&ref=us Bomb Injures Arkansas Doctor] [[The New York Times]]</ref><ref>[http://www.nydailynews.com/news/ny_crime/2009/05/25/2009-05-25_small_bomb_goes_off_outside_upper_east_side_starbucks.html Small Bomb Goes Off Outside Upper East Side Starbucks] [[New York Daily News]]</ref><ref>[http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/04/us/04recruit.html?_r=1&ref=us Suspect in Soldier Attack Was Once Detained in Yemen ] [[The New York Times]]</ref><ref>[http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/20/us/politics/20hood.html  Lawmakers Call Ft. Hood Shootings ‘Terrorism’ ] [[The New York Times]]</ref> and the Bipartisan Policy Center's National Security Preparedness Group reports [[Al-Qaeda]] leadership has become increasingly ‘Americanized’.<ref>[http://bipartisanpolicy.org/press-release/bipartisan-policy-center-report-finds-homegrown-terrorism-presents-key/ Bipartisan Policy Center Report Finds Homegrown Terrorism Presents Key Challenge for the United States] [[Bipartisan Policy Center]]</ref>

 

While 'turning the page' on the War on Terror, the rate of terrorist attacks in the United States initially went from three under President George W. Bush's  eight years in office ([[9/11]] attacks on the [[World Trade Center|World Trade Towers]], the 9/11 attack on [[Pentagon]] and the 9/11 hijacking of United Airlines Flight 93 that crashed in Pennsylvania) <ref>

[http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,335500,00.html Foiled Terror Plots Against America Since 9/11] [[Fox News]]</ref> to at least four per year.<ref>[http://www.latimes.com/news/nation-and-world/la-na-detroit-airline26-2009dec26,0,7673563,full.story Jet passengers overpower would-be bomber] [[Los Angeles Times]]</ref><ref>[http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/05/us/05explode.html?_r=1&ref=us Bomb Injures Arkansas Doctor] [[The New York Times]]</ref><ref>[http://www.nydailynews.com/news/ny_crime/2009/05/25/2009-05-25_small_bomb_goes_off_outside_upper_east_side_starbucks.html Small Bomb Goes Off Outside Upper East Side Starbucks] [[New York Daily News]]</ref><ref>[http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/04/us/04recruit.html?_r=1&ref=us Suspect in Soldier Attack Was Once Detained in Yemen ] [[The New York Times]]</ref><ref>[http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/20/us/politics/20hood.html  Lawmakers Call Ft. Hood Shootings ‘Terrorism’ ] [[The New York Times]]</ref> A total of 76 have been numbered on US soil furing his tenure.

President Obama authorized offshore oil drilling in the [[Gulf of Mexico]]<ref name="csmonitor.com">[http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/2010/0430/Gulf-of-Mexico-oil-spill-imperils-Obama-s-offshore-drilling-plan Gulf of Mexico oil spill imperils Obama's offshore drilling plan,] By Mark Clayton, ''[[Christian Science Monitor]]'', April 30, 2010.</ref> stating,

President Obama authorized offshore oil drilling in the [[Gulf of Mexico]]<ref name="csmonitor.com">[http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/2010/0430/Gulf-of-Mexico-oil-spill-imperils-Obama-s-offshore-drilling-plan Gulf of Mexico oil spill imperils Obama's offshore drilling plan,] By Mark Clayton, ''[[Christian Science Monitor]]'', April 30, 2010.</ref> stating,