Barack Hussein Obama II (born August 4, 1961) was the 44th President of the United States from 2009 to 2017 and the first African American to hold the office. Obama previously served as a United States senator from Illinois, from January 2005 until he resigned following his election to the presidency in November 2008.
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Has President Obama accepted more debt than all previous US presidents combined?
I've been seeing this claim on Facebook a lot recently, somewhat virally:
Debt added by the previous 43 U.S. presidents combined $6.3 trillion dollars (sic)
Debt added by the president Obama $6.5 trillion dollars (sic)
Is this claim valid? I tend…
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Did Michelle Obama have a staff of 23 people, while Melania has a staff of 4?
According to this picture (shared over 100k times)
Text reads,
Obama donated none of his salary, Michelle had a staff of 23
Trump donates all of his salary, Melania has a staff of 4
I'm more interested in the claims about comparative staff size.
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Did President Obama institute immigration restrictions in 2011 that were similar to Trump's Jan 2017 immigration restrictions?
Following Trump's recent executive order restricting movement from seven selected nations, some proponents of Trump's actions point out that in 2011 President Obama instituted similar restrictions on Iraqi nationals for similar reasons (ie1, ie2,…
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Are these pictures of Osama Bin Laden with Obama, Rice and Hillary Clinton authentic?
I saw a post on Facebook with these pictures:
They apparently show Osama Bin Laden with Condoleezza Rice, Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama.
Are these authentic pictures of actual meetings?
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Does Barack Obama have an active quora profile?
A while ago, a friend of mine said that President Obama has just answered a question about the Iran deal on quora.com. I thought then it is just a fake profile claiming to be Obama and giving answers to some questions on Quora. But my friend…
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Did the FBI plant an informant in the Trump campaign during the Obama administration?
Donald Trump has tweeted allegations of the US's Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) planting spies in his 2016 presidential campaign:
Wow, word seems to be coming out that the Obama FBI “SPIED ON THE TRUMP CAMPAIGN WITH AN EMBEDDED INFORMANT.”…
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Did Obama admit training IS?
In a video, Obama appears to be saying that "We're speeding up training of ISIL forces, including volunteers from Sunni tribes".
Is this video genuine or fake?
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Is Barack Obama's SSN valid?
The latest conspiracy theory surrounding the validity of Barack Obama's Presidency is his Social Security Number. Some people are claiming that his SSN is a Connecticut SSN, but he never lived there (his Father did though). For example, Orly Taitz…
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Has Obama or any other US President authorized the assassination of US citizens?
In this interview with RT News, Sean Stone -- the son of Oliver Stone and outspoken critic of US anti-Iran sentiment -- claims that President Barack Obama has "assassinated American citizens" (~4:20 mark).
Is this claim true? Is there any proof…
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Did the Obama administration halt processing of Iraqi refugees back in 2011?
From "Muslim ban" hypocrisy: Left quiet when Obama also halted visas by Andrew Bolt:
But why was the Left silent when the Obama administration refused to
issue visas to Iraqis for six months?
The discovery in 2009 of two al Qaeda-Iraq terrorists…
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Did Barack Obama receive 108% of the vote in one Ohio county?
"Recount the election!" is the 4th most popular petition at whitehouse.gov. It has 69,588 signatures (as of Jan 30, 2012).
As justification for the petition, the creator writes:
In one county alone in Ohio, which was a battleground state, President…
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Has the birth certificate recently uploaded to whitehouse.gov been digitally altered?
Whitehouse.gov - Birth Certificate Long Form (Web Archive)
This is the one. I tried asking in my normal channels (hacker news, IRC) but am getting bombarded with accusations of being a Birther.
I am definitely not. Someone showed me there are…
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Does Barack Obama have an aunt who was a homeless illegal alien that used government housing for 10 years?
Just found this one on Facebook. The people making the claim have 11k page likes (26th November 2012).
She lived in a homeless shelter for 2 years.
Lived in Government housing for 10 years.
As an illegal alien.
Her nephew is a…
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Did Obama have a marine demoted for correcting him?
Someone sent me the following claim: a US Army person who had met with President Obama had suggested that he was wearing his American Flag lapel pin upside down. Obama had the woman removed from her assignment and demoted because she had corrected…
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Does Trump spend $10m/month travelling compared to Obama's $1m/month?
The following graphic has been making the rounds in Reddit and other locations:
The graphic cites The Washington Post as its source.
Essentially, it is a infographic based on two figures:
That Trump's estimated travel expenses during his first…
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