Obama,+Barack

+Barack Obama

Barack Obama is important to our country because he is the first African American president of the United States of America. He was born in 1961 in Honolulu Hawaii. In 1979 he graduated from Punaha School in Hawaii. In1992 he married Michelle Robinson. In 1995 He wrote his first book __Dreams from My Father__. In 1996 he was elected to the Illinois Senate. In 2004 he was elected to the US Senate. In 2009 he became the president of the USA. He is important to remember because he will do great things for our country.