Barak Obama, person of the Year 2012

timeWe are in the midst of historic cultural and demographic changes, and Barack  Obama is both the symbol and in some ways the architect of this new America. In  2012, he found and forged a new majority, turned weakness into opportunity and  sought, amid great adversity, to create a more perfect union.

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