Jeffry Lane Flake is an American politician and diplomat who is the United States ambassador to Turkey. A member of the Republican Party,Flake served in the United States House of Representatives from 2001 to 2013 and in the United States Senate from 2013 to 2019,representing Arizona. He was nominated by Democratic president Joe Biden and confirmed by the Senate for his ambassador post on October 26,2021. He presented his credentials to Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan at the Presidential Complex of Turkey in Ankara on January 26,2022.
Nicholas Joseph Rahall II is an American politician and member of the Democratic Party who served in the United States House of Representatives from 1977 to 2015. He is the longest-serving member ever of the United States House of Representatives from the state of West Virginia.
Thomas Gerard Tancredo is an American politician from Colorado,who represented the state's sixth congressional district in the United States House of Representatives from 1999 to 2009 as a Republican. He ran for President of the United States during the 2008 election,and was the Constitution Party's unsuccessful nominee for Governor of Colorado in 2010.
Barack Hussein Obama II is an American politician who served as the 44th president of the United States from 2009 to 2017. A member of the Democratic Party,he was the first African-American president of the United States. Obama previously served as a U.S. senator representing Illinois from 2005 to 2008 and as an Illinois state senator from 1997 to 2004,and worked as a civil rights lawyer and university lecturer.
James Warren DeMint is an American lobbyist,businessman,author,and retired politician who served as a United States Senator from South Carolina and as president of The Heritage Foundation. DeMint is a member of the Republican Party and a leading figure in the Tea Party movement;he is also the founder of the Senate Conservatives Fund.
The 2004 Democratic National Convention convened from July 26 to 29,2004 at the FleetCenter in Boston,Massachusetts,and nominated Senator John Kerry from Massachusetts for president and Senator John Edwards from North Carolina for vice president,respectively,in the 2004 presidential election.
Michael Chertoff is an American attorney who was the second United States Secretary of Homeland Security to serve under President George W. Bush. Chertoff also served for one additional day under President Barack Obama. He was the co-author of the USA PATRIOT Act. Chertoff previously served as a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit,as a federal prosecutor,and as Assistant U.S. Attorney General. He succeeded Tom Ridge as U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security on February 15,2005.
Reforming the immigration policy of the United States is a subject of political discourse and contention. Immigration has played an essential part in American history. Some claim that the United States maintains the world's most liberal immigration policy.
Douglas Lawrence Lamborn is an American attorney and politician serving as the U.S. representative for Colorado's 5th congressional district since 2007. He is a member of the Republican Party. His district is based in Colorado Springs.
Greg Brophy is an American politician who served in the Colorado House of Representatives from the 63rd district from 2003 to 2005,and in the Colorado Senate from the 1st district from 2005 to 2015,as a member of the Republican Party.
The 2008 presidential campaign of Tom Tancredo,a Congressman from Colorado began on April 2,2007 with a formal announcement. The campaign garnered grassroots support and endorsements from conservative Republicans concerned about illegal immigration and border security. However,Tancredo remained low in the polls and was criticized for his nativist campaign,which had been described as "single-issued." Tancredo stated that he probably would not win the nomination but hoped his campaign would bring forth more debate on his issue of concern,immigration. On December 20,2007 Tancredo withdrew from the presidential race,and endorsed Mitt Romney.
The United States Senate career of Barack Obama began on January 3,2005,and ended on November 16,2008. He resigned his seat in the U.S. Senate upon being elected President of the United States. Obama previously served three terms in the Illinois Senate from 1997 to 2005.
The family of Barack Obama,the 44th president of the United States,is a prominent American family active in law,education,activism and politics. Obama's immediate family circle was the first family of the United States from 2009 to 2017,and are the first such family of African-American descent. His immediate family includes his wife Michelle Obama and daughters Malia and Sasha Obama.
Barack Obama's tenure as the 44th president of the United States began with his first inauguration on January 20,2009,and ended on January 20,2017. A Democrat from Illinois,Obama took office following a decisive victory over Republican nominee John McCain in the 2008 presidential election. Four years later,in the 2012 presidential election,he defeated Republican nominee Mitt Romney to win re-election. Obama is the first African American president,the first multiracial president,the first non-white president,and the first president born in Hawaii.
Michael Farrand Bennet is an American attorney,businessman,and politician serving as the senior United States senator from Colorado,a seat he has held since 2009. A member of the Democratic Party,he was appointed to the seat when Senator Ken Salazar became Secretary of the Interior. Bennet previously worked as a managing director for the Anschutz Investment Company,chief of staff to Denver mayor John Hickenlooper,and superintendent of Denver Public Schools.
Immigration Equality is a United States nonprofit organization founded in 1994. Based in New York,it both advocates for and directly represents LGBTQ and HIV-positive people in the immigration system.
David Boris Rivkin,Jr. is an American attorney,political writer,and conservative media commentator on matters of constitutional and international law,as well as foreign and defense policy. Rivkin has gained national recognition as a representative of conservative viewpoints,frequently testifying before congressional committees,and appearing as an analyst and commentator on a variety of television and radio stations. He is a visiting fellow at the Center for the National Interest,and a recipient of the U.S. Naval Proceedings Annual Alfred Thayer Mahan Award for the best maritime affairs article. He is a fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies,and is a former member of the Sub-Commission on the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights of the United Nations Commission on Human Rights.
The 2012 United States elections took place on November 6,2012. Democratic President Barack Obama won reelection to a second term and the Democrats gained seats in both chambers of Congress,retaining control of the Senate even though the Republican Party retained control of the House of Representatives. As of 2022,this is the most recent election cycle in which neither the presidency nor a chamber of Congress changed partisan control,and the last time that the winner of the presidential race provided coattails for their party in both the House of Representatives and the Senate.
The Almanac of American Politics (2008) rated Barack Obama's overall social policies in 2006 as more conservative than 21% of the Senate,and more liberal than 77% of the Senate.
Robert Patrick Casey Jr. is an American lawyer and politician serving as the senior United States senator from Pennsylvania,a seat he has held since 2007. A member of the Democratic Party,Casey previously served as Pennsylvania Auditor General from 1997 to 2005 and as the Pennsylvania Treasurer from 2005 to 2007.
