Barack Obama Quotes


I agree with the basic principle that anybody who wants to serve in our armed forces and make sacrifices on our behalf, on behalf of our national security, anybody should be able to serve. And they shouldn't have to lie about who they are in order to serve.


Citations

Obama, Barack. "Remarks on Signing the Don't Ask, Don't Tell Repeal Act of 2010." Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Barack Obama, 2010, Book 2, National Archives and Records Administration, 2010, p. 2009.

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Barack Obama
Barack Obama
  • Born: August 4, 1961
  • Nationality: American
  • Profession: President

Barack Hussein Obama II is an American politician and attorney who served as the 44th president of the United States from 2009 to 2017. A member of the Democratic Party, Obama was the first African-American president of the United States. He previously served as a U.S. senator from Illinois from 2005 to 2008 and as an Illinois state senator from 1997 to 2004.