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President Barack Obama’s top accomplishment of every month of 2010.

January: Obama Highlights Benefits Of Health Care Bill

President Barack Obama, eager to sign a health care overhaul bill into law, on Saturday highlighted some of the changes that would come in the first year and permanently ban “the worst practices of the insurance industry.”

February: Obama Sings “Lift Every Voice” With Smokey Robinson

At the White House Civil Rights Concert, Obama joined Smokey Robinson in singing the Negro National Anthem, “Lift Every Voice And Sing”written by James Weldon Johnson. In this clip you can also see Morgan Freeman, Jennifer Hudson and Bob Dylan. Obama Sings “Lift Every Voice” at the 1:31 moment.

March: Obama Signs Executive Order To Fund HBCUs

President Obama on Friday signed a renewal of the executive order on federal efforts to assist historically black colleges. While the executive order itself follows the form of orders in previous administrations, the head of the Obama administration’s effort for the colleges said that the executive order would set off a change in philosophy on how the government could work with the institutions.

April: Obama Signs Landmark Nuclear Arms Pact With Russia

Seeking to end years of rancor, President Barack Obama and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev on Thursday signed the biggest nuclear arms pact in a generation and envisioned a day when they can compromise on the divisive issue of missile defense.

May: As Oil Spill Continues, Obama Touts Alternative Energy Sources

With the massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico fouling waterways, wildlife and beaches, President Barack Obama is expressing deepening concern about the failure to plug the five-week old leak.

June: Obama Wants To Know “Whose Ass To Kick” For BP Oil Spill

President Barack Obama said Monday he’s been talking closely to Gulf Coast fishermen and various experts on BP’s catastrophic oil spill not for lofty academic reasons but “so I know whose ass to kick.”

July: Obama Writes A Letter To Bullied 5th Grader In Philly [VIDEO]

Student Ziainey Stokes from West Philadelphia wrote a letter to President Obama about bullying in January. The 11-year-old was fed up with being a victim after several years of abuse at two schools.

August: Obama Signs $26 Billion Bill To Stop Teacher Layoffs

Summoned back from summer break, the House on Tuesday pushed through an emergency $26 billion jobs bill that Democrats said would save 300,000 teachers, police and others from election-year layoffs. President Barack Obama immediately signed it into law.

September: Obama Hails The Work Of HBCU’S; Pledges Black College Stimulus

President Barack Obama celebrated the accomplishments of America’s historically black colleges and universities on Monday, telling a group of leading African-American educators that while major progress has been made in expanding access to higher education, it’s time to “take stock of the work we have left to do.”

October: President Obama Signs NASA Space Exploration Act Into Law

President Obama signed a major NASA act today (Oct. 11) that turns his vision for U.S. space exploration of asteroids and Mars into law.

November: Obama India Trip: $10 Billion In Trade Deals Supporting 50,000 U.S. Jobs

President Barack Obama announced a host of new trade deals with India supporting tens of thousands of U.S. jobs Saturday as he began a 10-day trip through Asia on a determinedly domestic note.

December: Obama Signs Legislation For Black Farmers

President Barack Obama on Wednesday signed legislation that allocates $4.6 billion to settle discrimination claims made by black farmers and allegations that the government cheated American Indians out of land-use royalties.

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