An important Moment in History - Obama is the 44th President

The American People have spoken. Barak Obama is the new President of the Unitet States and the first Black President. 40 years after Martin King's Assassination some of his dreams have come true. "As the new day dawns in Germany, America is once again dreaming the American dream. It will be a deep, soulful dream after all these restless, dreamless years of terror attacks, reports from the Baghdad front and the collapse of Wall Street. It's a dream about a world without poverty or fear, of a life full of opportunity and devoid of George W. Bush", writes Gabor Steiner in The Resurrection of the American Dream in Spiegel Online International. Here is his Victory speech.


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