Barack Obama-the Portrait of a Statesman
I had always thought that our current president was more than just another world leader and that our faith in his ability to handle stressful and tough situations would be rewarded. I had no idea that it would be shown true in this manner. According to an article written by Julie Pace of the Associated Press titled Obama says new task force will examine gas prices , President Barack Obama showed me and those who care to look just how cool, calm and collected he really was. First he did something that I had prayed he would do by allowing the Justice Department to begin checking into this sudden rise in gas prices. This article stated that he “ said Thursday that the Justice Department will try to "root out" cases of fraud or manipulation in oil markets. "We are going to make sure that no one is taking advantage of the American people for their own short-term gain," Obama said at a town-hall style meeting at a renewable energy plant in Reno, Nev. The ta...