Barack Obama: A Year in Speeches: Highlights of the 44th President's First Year in Speeches

In February of 2007, the first term US Senator from Illinois announced his intention to become the 44th President of the United States. Starting with his inaugural speech, Barack Obama: A Year in Words, carries the reader through the ten most important speeches of the President's first year in office. Inside you'll find: -The inaugural -Signing of ARRA -State of the Union -Nomination of Sonia Sotomayor to the Supreme Court -Energy transformation -Sen. Ted Kennedy's Eulogy -Winning the Nobel Prize and much more. This is a volume that students, families, supporters of the President and political scholars will return to again and again.