Promise Posts – Page 13

Barack Obama

Promote more pre-school education

Money, guidelines dedicated to pre-school | February 2, 2012

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Provide affordable, high-quality child care

Stimulus provided $2 billion in new funding for child care | January 6, 2010

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Reform No Child Left Behind

Major overhauls of “No Child” under way | October 10, 2011

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Recruit math and science degree graduates to the teaching profession

Race to the Top grants would boost math, science teaching | December 8, 2009

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Address the dropout crisis by giving schools incentives for more dropout prevention

Obama funded middle school dropout prevention | September 20, 2012

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Create a voluntary national performance assessment for educators

A gold star for keeping teacher preparation regulations promise | November 1, 2016

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Restore funding for the Byrne Justice Assistance Grant (Byrne/JAG) program

Byrne grants get $2 billion from stimulus | April 3, 2009

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Establish an Energy Partnership for the Americas

Obama has launched an energy partnership with Canada and South America | August 19, 2009

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Seek verifiable reductions in nuclear stockpiles

New START ratified by the Senate | January 5, 2011

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Extend monitoring and verification provisions of the START I Treaty

Senate ratifies New START Treaty | December 22, 2010

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Stand down nuclear forces to be reduced under the Moscow Treaty

Terms of new START treaty would supersede these limits | March 31, 2010

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Organize successful Nonproliferation Treaty (NPT) Review Conference in 2010

Challenging conference went off successfully | August 10, 2011

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Appoint a White House Coordinator for Nuclear Security

White House nuclear security coordinator was installed in January | December 10, 2009

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Expand federal bioforensics program for tracking biological weapons

Main facility is now operational | November 3, 2011

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Develop a comprehensive cyber security and response strategy

Obama makes progress on three-pronged cyber strategy | December 12, 2016

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Initiate a grant and training program for law enforcement to deter cyber crime

Legislation for grants passed, funded | January 13, 2010

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Work to persuade the European Union to end credit guarantees to Iran

EU clamps down on Iran but Obama’s role is minor | December 12, 2012

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Improve relations with Turkey, and its relations with Iraqi Kurds

Diplomatic effort delivered | December 15, 2009

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Launch an international Add Value to Agriculture Initiative (AVTA)

Obama has dropped the acronym, but the goals remain the same | December 21, 2009

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Work for the release of international dissidents

U.S. has helped many dissidents, though not all, go free | December 11, 2012

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Create a rapid response fund for emerging democracies

Appropriations act created emerging democracies fund | December 29, 2009

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Grant Americans unrestricted rights to visit family and send money to Cuba

Historic agreement expands visiting rights and more | December 18, 2014

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Phase out highly enriched uranium (HEU) from the civil sector

Myriad efforts aimed at phasing out highly enriched uranium | December 3, 2012

Barack Obama

Convene a summit on preventing nuclear terrorism

Two summits on preventing nuclear terrorism held, one scheduled for 2014 | November 15, 2012

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