Kriste lindenmeyr biography of barack
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Just two days before the 2009 United States presidential inauguration, Parade Magazine published an article by president-elect Barack Obama. Entitled, "What I want for You-And Every Child in America," the essay was an optimistic message written in the form of a letter to Obama's daughters, ten-year-old Malia and seven-year-old Sasha.
Kriste lindenmeyr biography of barack
Obama recalled childhood memories of his Kansas-born grandmother reciting lines from the Declaration of Independence in order to teach him about the nation's core values and their relationship to the American Dream. He also acknowledged, however, that his grandmother's teachings included stories of struggle by brave individuals fighting to secure equality of opportunity as the key to accessing that dream.
Obama cautioned, the United States "is not great because it is perfect, but because it can always be made better." Continually striving to provide "greater equality of opportunity for all⋯ is a responsibility we pass on to our children, coming closer