Visual Story How Partisanship Hampered Obama's Presidency
Barack Obama had hoped to bring a message of hope during his two terms as president of the United States. In many respects he succeeded, but he was often hampered by the Republican Party. A SPIEGEL Visual Story.
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Barack Obama entered the Oval Office in 2009 with a message of hope, change and cooperation: "Yes, we can!" But his mission of reconciliation didn't fare well. He opponents quickly took aim at him and his policies, using both intrigue and boycotts to derail his political mission. How has Obama been changed by his eight years in the White House? What did he achieve domestically and in the foreign policy arena? What will be his legacy? In a SPIEGEL Visual Story by Roman Höfner, we take a look back at Barack Obama's time in office.
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