Answer:
The statement is true.
Explanation:
Barack Hussein Obama II is an American politician who was the 44th President of the United States. He is the first African American president in US history.
On February 10, 2007, in Springfield, Illinois, Obama announced that he was running for Democrats in the 2008 presidential election. He subsequently won the presidential election by defeating Republican candidate John McCain, and was inaugurated as president on January 20, 2009. Nine months later, he received the Nobel Peace Prize. In April 2011, Obama announced his reelection for that 2012 presidential election, and on November 6, 2012, he won over Republican candidate Mitt Romney.
As President, Obama has signed the economic stimulus legislation in the form of the "American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009" and the Tax Relief, Unemployment Insurance Reauthorization, and Job Creation Act of 2010 in response to the financial and economic crisis. Other major domestic policy initiatives include the introduction of health care reform in the United States. In foreign policy, Obama joined the US military intervention in the Iraq war, increased the military forces in Afghanistan, signed with Russia the "START" treaty on arms control, ordered US military intervention in Libya and ordered the military operation in Pakistan which resulted in Osama bin Laden death. In May 2012, Obama became the first US president to publicly announce that he supports gay marriage.
