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Mitt Romney is Born
Raised in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan by his parents Lenore and George W. Romney, Mitt Romney spent thirty months in France as a Mormon missionary beginning in 1966. -
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Obama is Born
Obama was born on August 4, 1961, at Kapiʻolani Maternity & Gynecological Hospital in Honolulu, Hawaii, and is the first President to have been born in Hawaii. -
Mitt Romney Heads Salt Lake City Olympic Games Organization
Romney restructured the organization's leadership and policies. He reduced budgets and boosted fundraising, alleviating the concerns of corporate sponsors while recruiting new ones. -
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Mitt Romney Becomes Governor
Romney's swearing in as governor used the same Bible that his father George Romney had used when he was sworn in as the Governor of Michigan -
Barack Obama Becomes Us Senator
He was elected in 2004 and Sworn into office January 4, 2005 and is the 5th African American to become a Senator. -
Barack Obama Becomes US President
In the 2008 presidential election, he defeated Republican nominee John McCain, and was inaugurated as president on January 20, 2009. Nine months later, Obama was named the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize laureate. -
Affordable Health Care Plan Passed
On March 23, 2010, President Obama signed into law the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. -
US Withdrawal From Iraq
The United States' eight-year military operation of Iraq is coming to an end. Military commanders in Iraq say the withdrawal of troops and equipment from the country is nearly complete. Fewer than 4,000 remain in the country and officials say they will likely be out in the next few days, in keeping with President Obama's orders for a pullout by the Christmas holiday. -
Mitt Romney is Nominated for the 2012 Republican Ticket
Presidential nominee Mitt Romney pledged to create jobs, unite the country and not raise taxes on the middle class.
