Barack Obama: Perbedaan antara revisi

Pada tanggal 27 Februari 2009, Obama mengumuman bahwa operasi pertempuran di Irak akan berakhir dalam 18 bulan. Pernyataannya ditujukan kepada sekelompok [[Korps Marinir Amerika Serikat|Marinir]] yang hendak ditempatkan di Afghanistan. Obama mengatakan, "Saya katakan dengan jelas: pada<!-- although the specific citation uses a capital B in "By" (as do some others sources), other sources such as [www.defense.gov/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=53270] (and others) use the usual punctuation style of "b" after the colon. Thus, changing to "b" to conform to "usual style." --> 31 Agustus 2010, misi pertempuran kita di Irak akan berakhir."<ref>{{cite quick |news|agency=[[Associated Press]]|first=Ben|last=Feller|url=http://www.detnews.com/article/20090228/POLITICS/902280332/Obama+sets+firm+Iraq+withdrawal|title=Obama sets firm withdrawal timetable for Iraq|work=[[The Detroit News]]|date=February 27, 2009|accessdate=March 3, 2009}}</ref> Pemerintahan Obama memperkirakan penarikan pasukan tempur akan rampung pada Agustus 2010, mengurangi jumlah tentara dari 142.000 orang menjadi satu pasukan transisi berkekuatan 50.000 orang di Irak sampai akhir 2011. Pada 19 Agustus 2010, brigade tempur AS terakhir keluar dari Irak. Tentara yang tersisa dialihkan dari operasi pertempuran ke [[kontra-terorisme]] dan pelatihan, perlengkapan, dan pendidikan pasukan keamanan Irak.<ref>Athena Johnes [http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2009/02/27/1814247.aspx Obama announces Iraq plan] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090303232018/http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2009/02/27/1814247.aspx |date=2009-03-03 }} February 27, 2009. [[msnbc.com]].</ref><ref>{{cite web|author=Hugh Sykes |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-11020270 |title="Last US combat brigade exits Iraq" |publisher=Bbc.co.uk |date=2010-08-19 |accessdate=2012-12-25}}</ref> Tanggal 31 Agustus 2010, Obama menyatakan bahwa misi tempur Amerika Serikat di Irak telah berakhir.<ref>{{cite quick |news|url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/sep/01/obama-formally-ends-iraq-war|place=London |work=The Guardian |title=Barack Obama ends the war in Iraq. 'Now it's time to turn the page'|first=Ewen|last=MacAskill|date=September 1, 2010}}</ref> Tanggal 21 Oktober 2011, Presiden Obama mengumumkan bahwa seluruh tentara A.S. akan keluar dari Irak tepat pada waktunya supaya bisa "pulang saat musim liburan".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/44990594/ns/world_news-mideast_n_africa/ |title=All U.S. troops out of Iraq by end of year |publisher=MSNBC |date=2011-10-21 |accessdate=2012-12-25}}</ref>

Pada bulan Juni 1989, Obama bertemu [[Michelle Obama|Michelle Robinson]] saat bekerja sebagai pengacara pembantu di firma hukum [[Sidley Austin]], Chicago.<ref>Obama (2006), pp. 327–332. See also:{{cite quick |news|first=Sarah|last=Brown|title=Obama '85 masters balancing act|work=The Daily Princetonian|url=http://www.dailyprincetonian.com/2005/12/07/14049|date=December 7, 2005|accessdate=February 9, 2009|archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20090220165725/http://www.dailyprincetonian.com/2005/12/07/14049|archivedate=February 20, 2009}}</ref> Ditugaskan sebagai penasihat Obama selama tiga bulan, Robinson bekerja sama dengan Obama di sejumlah acara sosial, namun menolak permintaan kencan pertamanya.<ref>Obama (2006), p. 329.</ref> Mereka mulai berkencan pada musim panas, bertunangan tahun 1991, dan menikah tanggal 3 Oktober 1992.<ref>{{cite quick |news|author=Fornek, Scott|title=Michelle Obama: 'He Swept Me Off My Feet'|date=October 3, 2007|url=http://www.suntimes.com/news/politics/obama/585261,CST-NWS-wedding03.stng|archiveurl=http://www.webcitation.org/5msGZDbMO|archivedate=January 18, 2010|work=Chicago Sun-Times|accessdate=April 28, 2008}}</ref> Putri pertama mereka, Malia Ann, lahir tanggal 4 Juli 1998,<ref>{{cite quick |web|url=http://www.politico.com/blogs/jonathanmartin/0708/Born_on_the_4th_of_July.html|title=Born on the 4th of July|date=July 4, 2008|accessdate=July 10, 2008|work=Politico|author=Martin, Jonathan|archiveurl= http://web.archive.org/web/20080710073536/http://www.politico.com/blogs/jonathanmartin/0708/Born_on_the_4th_of_July.html|archivedate= July 10, 2008|deadurl= no}}</ref> diikuti putri kedua, Natasha ("Sasha"), pada tanggal 10 Juni 2001.<ref>Obama (1995, 2004), p. 440, and Obama (2006), pp. 339–340. See also:{{cite quick |web|title=Election 2008 Information Center: Barack Obama|url=http://www.gannettnewsservice.com/?cat=153|publisher=Gannett News Service|accessdate=April 28, 2008}}</ref> Kedua putri Obama bersekolah di [[University of Chicago Laboratory Schools]]. Setelah pindah ke Washington, D.C. bulan Januari 2009, mereka mulai bersekolah di [[Sidwell Friends School]].<ref>[httphttps://web.archive.org/web/20090129194323/http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/11/22/america/Obama-School.php "Obamas choose private Sidwell Friends School"], ''International Herald Tribune'', November 22, 2008</ref> Keluarga Obama memiliki seekor [[anjing air Portugal]] bernama [[Bo (anjing)|Bo]] yang dihadiahkan oleh Senator Ted Kennedy.<ref>{{cite quick |news|url=http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/13/us/politics/13obama.html|title=One Obama Search Ends With a Puppy Named Bo|work=The New York Times|date=April 13, 2009|accessdate=December 22, 2010|first=Helene|last=Cooper}}</ref>

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