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On January 20, 2001, Colin Powell assumed the post of Secretary of State under President George W. Bush, which made him the highest-ranked black Jamaican-American among cabinet secretaries to enter the presidential line of succession, standing fourth. [6]
Rising Star: The Making of Barack Obama is a 2017 biography of former President of the United States Barack Obama by American author and academic David Garrow. [1] It is Garrow's fifth book. [ 2 ] [ 3 ]
The Post-American Presidency: The Obama Administration's War on America. Threshold Editions. ISBN 978-1-4391-8930-6. Bolton, John R. (February 2011). How Barack Obama Is Endangering Our National Sovereignty. ISBN 978-1-4587-3046-6. Brewer, Dirk; Jocelyn, J. Michael (January 6, 2010). President Obama's Broken Promises: Race, Religion & Gay ...
In November 1994, U.S. Representative Mel Reynolds was re-elected to Illinois's 2nd congressional district despite being indicted for sexual assault and sexual abuse.Both Alice Palmer, Illinois State Senator for the 13th district Illinois Senate seat, [4] [5] as well as Jesse Jackson, Jr., 29-year-old son of Jesse Jackson Sr., showed interest in challenging Reynolds for his seat in the 1996 ...
Colin Powell, who led the department from 2001 to 2005, became the first African-American to hold the post; his immediate successor, Condoleezza Rice, was the second female secretary of state and the second African-American. Hillary Clinton became the third female secretary of state when she was appointed in 2009.
The World as It Is is a memoir by Ben Rhodes, a former White House staffer and longtime adviser to former U.S. President Barack Obama. The book was released by Random House on June 5, 2018. It includes a recounting of many important events during Obama's two terms as President.
Barack Obama’s 2024 summer reading list is here. On Aug. 12, the former president dropped the annual reading list on his official Instagram account.
Michelle LaVaughn Robinson Obama [1] (née Robinson; born January 17, 1964) is an American attorney and author who served as the first lady of the United States from 2009 to 2017, being married to Barack Obama, the 44th president of the United States.