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America's outgoing president faces a legacy in jeopardy as his successor has threatened to unravel signature achievements, including healthcare reform and the Iranian nuclear accord. The 44th leader of the free world will likely still retain influence as a kingmaker in the Democratic Party, but has yet to announce plans for after his term ends in January 2017. Obama is leaving office at a time of global upheaval; a surge in populism has generated political instability in Europe, punctuated by the June 2016 Brexit. Domestically, his successor Donald Trump rode a similar wave of electoral dissati... Read More
America's outgoing president faces a legacy in jeopardy as his successor has threatened to unravel signature achievements, including healthcare reform and the Iranian nuclear accord. The 44th leader of the free world will likely still retain influence as a kingmaker in the Democratic Party, but has yet to announce plans for after his term ends in January 2017. Obama is leaving office at a time of global upheaval; a surge in populism has generated political instability in Europe, punctuated by the June 2016 Brexit. Domestically, his successor Donald Trump rode a similar wave of electoral dissatisfaction to victory, despite Obama's best efforts to stop him. Read Less

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Is Putin Really More Powerful Than Obama?

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The criticism of Forbes dropping Barack Obama to the number two spot behind Vladimir Putin as the most powerful man in the world misses two big points.

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One is confusing the power of the U.S. with the power of our President. The U.S. is many times larger economically and militarily than Russia. There\u2019s no disputing that. Our survey was a ranking of people, not countries or companies.

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The second and far bigger point is that Barack Obama is weak internationally by choice. At home he\u2019s amassing immense, unprecedented powers over the economy. If Congress won\u2019t pass one of his desired pieces of legislation, he\u2019ll try to achieve his ends through decrees, a.k.a. executive orders, or unprecedented and sweeping regulatory rulings. The niceties of the law have never stopped this White House from doing what it desires. The Obama Administration routinely ignores adverse court rulings. Brazenly lying to the public is no barrier, as the President\u2019s oft-repeated pledge that people could, if they wished, keep their health insurance policies and doctors demonstrates. From the get-go ObamaCare wanted to destroy the market for individual medical-care policies and to obliterate the practices of sole medical practitioners. Hardcore socialists have long understood that it\u2019s much easier to regulate people when they\u2019re herded into collectives.

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Obama has been weakened politically by the botched introduction of the health exchanges, people\u2019s outrage over being lied to about being able to maintain their existing policies and the deepening malaise over the lagging economy. But to the President what matters is that his power grabs have not been rolled back.

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Internationally, however, Obama is the weakest President of the post-World War II years. Even the in-over-his-head Jimmy Carter was more of a factor in foreign affairs than Barack Obama. Diplomats are still astonished, for instance, at how little prep work Obama engages in before international conferences. He doesn\u2019t arrive with much of an agenda, nor does he interact with other leaders in advance to line up support. He more or less just shows up.

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This is deliberate. The President truly believes the U.S. has been a malignant force in the world and therefore wants to reduce our footprint on the world stage to something the size of Belgium\u2019s or Albania\u2019s, which is why Britain and France took the lead on Libya and the U.S. \u201cled from behind.\u201d When massive, anti-government demonstrations erupted in Iran in 2009, Obama gave no support to the dissidents. The perception that the world\u2019s superpower is fecklessly passive is what led Saudi Arabia, a rich yet vulnerable state that has relied on close relations with Washington to preserve its existence for over half a century, to publicly distance itself from Uncle Sam. China is now convinced that the U.S. is a declining power, which could lead to serious miscalculations by not only Beijing but also its neighbors, specifically Japan and South Korea. If Tokyo and Seoul believe the U.S. is withdrawing from the world stage, they will start preparing to build nuclear arms.

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And this gets to the real danger in President Obama\u2019s deliberately weak overseas-power posture. He may wish he could take the U.S. off the world stage, but the world won\u2019t let him; events will erupt that will force U.S. action. One such possibility is Iran reaching nuclear-bomb capability. Do you think Israel today, after Obama\u2019s red line to Syria and his groveling before Iran, really believes that this White House has its back?

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Barack Obama served as the 44th President of the United States. His story is the American story \u2014 values from the heartland, a middle-class upbringing in a strong family, hard work and education as the means of getting ahead, and the conviction that a life so blessed should be lived in service to others.

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When Barack Obama was elected president in 2008, he became the first African American to hold the office. The framers of the Constitution always hoped that our leadership would not be limited to Americans of wealth or family connections. Subject to the prejudices of their time\u2014many of them owned slaves\u2014most would not have foreseen an African American president. Obama\u2019s father, Barack Sr., a Kenyan economist, met his mother, Stanley Ann Dunham, when both were students in Hawaii, where Barack was born on August 4, 1961. They later divorced, and Barack\u2019s mother married a man from Indonesia, where he spent his early childhood. Before fifth grade, he returned to Honolulu to live with his maternal grandparents and attend Punahou School on scholarship.

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In his memoir Dreams from My Father (1995), Obama describes the complexities of discovering his identity in adolescence. After two years at Occidental College in Los Angeles, he transferred to Columbia University, where he studied political science and international relations. Following graduation in 1983, Obama worked in New York City, then became a community organizer on the South Side of Chicago, coordinating with churches to improve housing conditions and set up job-training programs in a community hit hard by steel mill closures. In 1988, he went to Harvard Law School, where he attracted national attention as the first African American president of the Harvard Law Review. Returning to Chicago, he joined a small law firm specializing in civil rights.

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In 1992, Obama married Michelle Robinson, a lawyer who had also excelled at Harvard Law. Their daughters, Malia and Sasha, were born in 1998 and 2001, respectively. Obama was elected to the Illinois Senate in 1996, and then to the U.S. Senate in 2004. At the Democratic National Convention that summer, he delivered a much acclaimed keynote address. Some pundits instantly pronounced him a future president, but most did not expect it to happen for some time. Nevertheless, in 2008 he was elected over Arizona Senator John McCain by 365 to 173 electoral votes.

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As an incoming president, Obama faced many challenges\u2014an economic collapse, wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, and the continuing menace of terrorism. Inaugurated before an estimated crowd of 1.8 million people, Obama proposed unprecedented federal spending to revive the economy and also hoped to renew America\u2019s stature in the world. During his first term he signed three signature bills: an omnibus bill to stimulate the economy, legislation making health care more accessible and affordable, and legislation reforming the nation\u2019s financial institutions. Obama also pressed for a fair pay act for women, financial reform legislation, and efforts for consumer protection. In 2009, Obama became the fourth president to receive the Nobel Peace Prize.

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In 2012, he was reelected over former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney by 332 to 206 electoral votes. The Middle East remained a key foreign policy challenge. Obama had overseen the killing of Osama bin Laden, but a new self-proclaimed Islamic State arose during a civil war in Syria and began inciting terrorist attacks. Obama sought to manage a hostile Iran with a treaty that hindered its development of nuclear weapons. The Obama administration also adopted a climate change agreement signed by 195 nations to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and slow global warming.

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In the last year of his second term, Obama spoke at two events that clearly moved him\u2014the 50th anniversary of the civil rights march from Selma to Montgomery, and the dedication of the National Museum of African American History and Culture. \u201cOur union is not yet perfect, but we are getting closer,\u201d he said in Selma. \u201cAnd that\u2019s why we celebrate,\u201d he told those attending the museum opening in Washington, \u201cmindful that our work is not yet done.\u201d

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SINGAPORE (Reuters Life!) - U.S. President Barack Obama can add another accolade to his already long list of awards after being named the world's most powerful person in an inaugural ranking by Forbes magazine.
Obama, whose popularity at home and abroad has boosted the image of the United States according to numerous surveys, topped the list that also features al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden and TV talk show host Oprah Winfrey as people wielding some influence over the world.
In compiling the inaugural ranking, Forbes said it had narrowed the list to 67 people, "a number based on the conceit that one can reduce the world's 6.7 billion people to the one in every 100 million that matter."
"The goal in compiling this list is to expose power and not glorify it, and over time reveal how influence is as easily lost as it is hard to gain," the magazine said.
World and industry leaders dominated the top 10 of the list, which Forbes said was assessed on the number of people the person influences, their ability to project power beyond their immediate sphere of influence, their control of financial resources and how actively that person wields power.
Also on the list were financial heavyweights including Goldman Sachs Chief Executive Lloyd Blankfein (18) and billionaire investor and philanthropist Warren Buffett (14), as well as Pope Benedict (11).
Bin Laden came in at number 37 and Winfrey at number 45.
British Prime Minister Gordon Brown came in at number 29 while Queen Elizabeth failed to make the list.
The top 10 list is as follows:
1. U.S. President Barack Obama
2. Chinese President Hu Jintao
3. Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin
4. U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke
5. Google founders Sergey Brin and Larry Page
6. Carlos Slim, Chief Executive of Mexico's Telmex
7. Rupert Murdoch, chairman of media group News Corp.
8. Michael T. Duke, Chief executive, Wal-Mart Stores
9. Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz
10. Bill Gates, co-chairman, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

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", "page_last_modified": " Wed, 13 Mar 2024 15:23:58 GMT" }, { "page_name": "Forbes: President Obama is The World\u2019s Most Powerful Person", "page_url": "https://kissrichmond.com/1811142/forbes-president-obama-is-the-worlds-most-powerful-person/", "page_snippet": "What do President Barack Obama, the Pope, and Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg all have in common? They are all featured on Forbes' annual ranking of the World's Most Powerful People. The ranking takes into account four factors: First, they measured how many people a person has power over.What do the President Barack Obama, the Pope, and Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg all have in common? They are all featured on Forbes\u2019 annual ranking of the World\u2019s Most Powerful Peopl\u2026 RELATED TAGS alexx dupri Barack Obama Forbes most powerful person President Obama World's Most Powerful Person ... Listen To Kiss Richmond On Your Alexa! Ralph Tresvant of New Edition Named New Host of \"Love and R+B\" Beloved Dancing with the Stars Judge Len Goodman Dies at 78 \u00b7 Firearm Fatalities Named Leading Cause of Death Among Children [WATCH] Regaining the title of the World\u2019s Most Powerful Man on this year\u2019s list is President Barack Obama, who gave up the top spot last year to China\u2019s president Hu Jintao (#3). Despite his current political weakness, Obama remains the head-of-state of the world\u2019s largest, most dynamic economy, commander-in-chief of the planet\u2019s deadliest military and, unofficially, the leader of the free world. What do the President Barack Obama, the Pope, and Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg all have in common? They are all featured on Forbes\u2019 annual ranking of the World\u2019s Most Powerful People.", "page_result": "\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\tForbes: President Obama is The World's Most Powerful Person\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n
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Forbes: President Obama is The World’s Most Powerful Person

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What do the President Barack Obama, the Pope, and Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg all have in common? They are all featured on Forbes’ annual ranking of the World’s Most Powerful People.

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The ranking takes into account four factors. First, they measured how many people a person has power over. For a religious leader, like Pope Benedict XVI (#7), that would be the number of adherents, or Catholics, in the world.

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They also looked at the financial resources controlled by each candidate, whether that is revenues (for a company), GDP (for a country) or net worth (for a billionaire). Additionally, Forbes asked: Is a candidate influential in more than one arena, or sphere?

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Finally, Forbes gave consideration to how actively the candidates wield their power.

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Regaining the title of the World’s Most Powerful Man on this year’s list is President Barack Obama, who gave up the top spot last year to China’s president Hu Jintao (#3). Despite his current political weakness, Obama remains the head-of-state of the world’s largest, most dynamic economy, commander-in-chief of the planet’s deadliest military and, unofficially, the leader of the free world. Moreover, Hu’s relative power is decreasing as he starts giving up important political offices, including general secretary of the Chinese Communist Party, to his successor.

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In second place is Russian prime minister Vladimir Putin, who is poised to regain the Russian presidency this year from his loyal underling president Dmitry Medvedev. German chancellor Angela Merkel ranks fourth and rounding out the top five is Bill Gates, co-chair of the world’s largest charity, chairman of Microsoft and America’s richest man.

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Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg (#9) is the youngest person on the list at age 27, and the biggest gainer this year, jumping 31 spots from 40th in 2010.

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Life is not easy at the top. Ten people fell off the list this year due to declining influence, including Oprah Winfrey, disgraced French politician Dominique Strauss-Kahn and former Japanese prime minister Naoto Kan. Others departed in a more definitive way, including Apple cofounder Steve Jobs (Feb. 24, 1955 – Oct. 5, 2011) and Osama bin Laden (Mar. 10, 1947 – May 2, 2011).

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The World’s Most Powerful People, 2011 – (Top 10)

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1. Barack Obama, 50

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President, USA

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2. Vladimir Putin, 59

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Prime Minister, Russia

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3. Hu Jintao, 68

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President, People’s Republic of China

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4. Angela Merkel, 57

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Chancellor, Germany

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5. Bill Gates, 56

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Co-Chair, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

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6. Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz al Saud, 87

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King, Saudi Arabia

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7. Pope Benedict XVI, 84

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Pope, Roman Catholic Church

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8. Ben Bernanke, 57

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Chairman, Federal Reserve

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9. Mark Zuckerberg, 27

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Founder, Facebook

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10. David Cameron, 45

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Prime Minister, United Kingdom

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