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Barack Obama

Explore audio recordings along with contextual materials from the Barack Obama administration. Miller Center scholars have selected and edited each recording to help visitors gain insights into the presidency. 

 

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Portrait of Barack Obama
American President

Learn more about Barack Obama, his early life, and his presidential administration.

President Obama giving a speech
March 7, 2015: Remarks at the 50th Anniversary of the Selma Marches

President Obama delivers remarks at the 50th anniversary commemoration of the 1965 civil rights marches from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama.

President Obama receives a briefing from General Joseph Dunford
“I Never Saw Him Unprepared”

Marine Corps General Dunford remarks that President Obama’s lack of military experience did not affect his careful and thorough approach to foreign policy.

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Melody Barnes and President Barack Obama talk over a table
Barack Obama
June 12, 2019
'Could These Two People Have Ever Imagined?'
Melody Barnes
President Obama with advisors in the Oval Office
Barack Obama
April 15, 2021
'Utterly Terrifying'
Cecilia Muñoz
President Obama receives a briefing from General Joseph Dunford
Barack Obama
October 4, 2022
'I Never Saw Him Unprepared'
Joseph Dunford
President Barack Obama, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Mike Mullen, and Vice President Joe Biden
Barack Obama
March 13, 2023
'Would You Please Put That Rosary Ring Back On?'
Mike Mullen
Secretary of Labor Tom Perez on panel discussion
Barack Obama
January 26, 2024
'I Wouldn’t Play Poker Against Him'
Tom Perez
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